No-Vent Cryogenic Fluid Storage System

·         Innovative system for storing, maintaining, and gauging multiple densified or normal boiling-point cryogenic liquids under zero boil-off conditions

·         Active cooling system removes heat leak at tank wall

·         U.S. Pat. No. 7,434,407 and other patents pending

·         Applications:

·         Alternative fueled vehicles – hydrogen and methane

·         Space-based platforms (gravity independent)

·         Lunar storage of cryogens

·         Fuel cell reactant storage systems

·         HTS magnetic resonance imaging systems

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Eliminating boil-off of cryogenic fluids enables long duration
mission performance

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