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Investigating the effect of metal-polymer internal support on reducing the heat transfer rate of mobile cryogenic vessels

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In this paper, a new composite support made of steel and polymer is proposed for the internal supports of mobile cryogenic vessels. Multilayered design of the steel part in the presented support controls the heat transfer through this part by adding more thermal contact resistance (TCR) to the heat flow path. An analytical model is developed to calculate TCR between layers of the steel part at the support working pressure and temperature condition. A finite element (FE) model is also developed for the proposed support. Thermo-mechanical coupled and transient thermal analysis are performed on the FE model by ANSYS FE code to investigate heat transfer in the polymer and steel parts of the proposed composite support and a support made of polymer block. The effects of dynamic loading frequency and damping on the heat flux passing through the internal support are investigated for the new support design. Comparison of the heat flux results shows that the amount of heat transferred to the cryogenic tank through the internal supports decreases when using proposed composite design instead of polymer blocks not only in the static loading condition but also in the dynamic loading.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jundi-shapur University of Technology, P.O.B. 64615334, Dezful, Iran

    Vahid Norouzifard

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran

    Seyed Meysam Hosseini

  3. Fuel cell Technology Research laboratory, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Fereydoonkenar, Iran

    Ebrahim Alizadeh

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Norouzifard, V., Hosseini, S.M. & Alizadeh, E. Investigating the effect of metal-polymer internal support on reducing the heat transfer rate of mobile cryogenic vessels. Heat Mass Transfer 57, 269–282 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-020-02950-6

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