A storage tank for vehicular storage of liquid hydrogen

This article outlines a concept for a new method of fabricating cryogenic liquid hydrogen storge tanks with emphasis on the application of liquid hydrogen as an automotive fuel. It includes a recapitulation of the properties of hydrogen and gasoline for reference, a discussion of automotive fuel utilisation rates, a thermal analysis of the liquid hydrogen boil-off rate for a reference storage container and the new concept tank. In addition, an analysis of the tank concept and its method of assembly line fabrication are provided. The conclusions reached are that this fabrication concept would provide a liquid hydrogen storage tank of improved thermal performance, that the tank could be potentially less expensive to build than current technology tanks, and that the tank would be suitable for automotive containment of liquid hydrogen.