Pressure or Cold: How Gas Cylinders and Bulk Gas Tankers Work
In short: Gases are held either under pressure in valved cylinders or as cryogenic liquids in insulated tanks and tankers, which must manage boil-off and turn the liquid back into gas at the other end.
A 2:16 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: UK Ministry of Defence (GOV.UK), “Joint service safety regulations for the storage and handling of gases (JSP 319)”; International Organization for Standardization (ISO), “ISO 9809-1:2019”; Health and Safety Executive (HSE), UK, “Drum / cylinder handling - HSE”; British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA), “Gas Cylinder Valves - BCGA”; Southern Utah University (SUU), Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, Emergency and Risk Management, “Cryogenic Liquids | SUU”; Cryofortune (CryoFor), a commercial cryogenic equipment supplier. This is not an industry or standards body, so its figures are engineering approximations for planning and should be corroborated by E…, “Cryogenic Conversion Tables: Litres, kg, Nm³ – Cryofortune”; U.S. Department of Energy, “On-Site and Bulk Hydrogen Storage”; U.S. Department of Energy, “Liquid Hydrogen Delivery”.
Sources used in this film
- UK Ministry of Defence (GOV.UK) — Joint service safety regulations for the storage and handling of gases (JSP 319) · View →
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) — ISO 9809-1:2019 · View →
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE), UK — Drum / cylinder handling - HSE · View →
- British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) — Gas Cylinder Valves - BCGA · View →
- Southern Utah University (SUU), Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, Emergency and Risk Management — Cryogenic Liquids | SUU · View →
- Cryofortune (CryoFor), a commercial cryogenic equipment supplier. This is not an industry or standards body, so its figures are engineering approximations for planning and should be corroborated by E… — Cryogenic Conversion Tables: Litres, kg, Nm³ – Cryofortune · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy — On-Site and Bulk Hydrogen Storage · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy — Liquid Hydrogen Delivery · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: UK Ministry of Defence (GOV.UK): Joint service safety regulations for the storage and handling of gases (JSP 319)
- Also: International Organization for Standardization (ISO): ISO 9809-1:2019
- Also: Health and Safety Executive (HSE), UK: Drum / cylinder handling - HSE
- Also: British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA): Gas Cylinder Valves - BCGA
- Also: Southern Utah University (SUU), Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, Emergency and Risk Management: Cryogenic Liquids | SUU
- Also: Cryofortune (CryoFor), a commercial cryogenic equipment supplier. This is not an industry or standards body, so its figu: Cryogenic Conversion Tables: Litres, kg, Nm³ – Cryofortune
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy: On-Site and Bulk Hydrogen Storage
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy: Liquid Hydrogen Delivery
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