Kawasaki completes world’s first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal - Green Car Congress

Kawasaki completes world’s first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal - Green Car Congress: 

Kobe LH2 Terminal consists of a 2,500 m3 spherical liquefied hydrogen storage tank with a capacity of 2,250 m3—the largest of its kind in Japan—as well as other equipment including a loading arm system specially designed for transferring liquefied hydrogen between land-based facilities and ships. The storage tank enables stable, long-period storage of cryogenic liquefied hydrogen reduced to a temperature of -253 °C and one eight-hundredth its initial volume. The tank features a double-shell vacuum-insulation structure, comprising inner and outer shells with a vacuum-sealed layer in between to prevent heat transfer from the outside. Additionally, the tank adopts a spherical design, which is the best shape for reducing heat transfer.