Simulations of zero boil-off in a cryogenic storage tank

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Panzarella, Charles H ^a   Kassemi, Mohammad ^b  

^a OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Natl Ctr for Microgravity Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; LIQUIDS;

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS; CRYOGENIC STORAGE TANK; FINAL PRESSURE; HEAT DISTRIBUTION; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELING; RATE OF PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; TRANSPORT OF HEAT;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 85087595969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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