Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cryogenic tank and space launcher including such a tank
- Patent Title (中): 低温坦克和空间发射器,包括这样一个坦克
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Application No.: US13148101Application Date: 2010-01-28
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Publication No.: US08690000B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Jerome Lacapere , James Butterworth
- Applicant: Jerome Lacapere , James Butterworth
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Étude et l'Éxploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
- Current Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Étude et l'Éxploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agent Christopher J. Cronin
- Priority: FR0950697 20090205
- International Application: PCT/FR2010/050130 WO 20100128
- International Announcement: WO2010/089493 WO 20100812
- Main IPC: B65D88/78
- IPC: B65D88/78 ; B64G1/40 ; F02K9/76 ; B65D88/12

Abstract:
A cryogenic tank for a space launcher, comprising a partition and delimiting top and bottom volumes communicating via at least one free central opening formed in the partition, so as, on the one hand, to allow for the flow of liquid by gravity from the top volume to the bottom volume via the central opening or openings and, on the other hand, to prevent the rising of the fluid from the bottom volume to the top volume via the central opening or openings under the action of acceleration forces, the tank also comprising at least one vent forming separate from the central opening or openings and providing fluid communication between the top and bottom volumes, the vent being configured to favor the migration of vapor from the bottom volume to the top volume and to prevent the rising of liquid from the bottom volume to the top volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110289942A1 Cryogenic Tank and Space Launcher Including Such a Tank Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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