Liquid-hydrogen trailer

A liquid-hydrogen trailer is a trailer designed to carry cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH2) on roads being pulled by a powered vehicle. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tanktainers which are also designed to carry liquefied loads. Liquid-hydrogen trailers tend to be large; they are insulated. Some are semi-trailers.[1]

History

The U-1 semi-trailer was a liquid-hydrogen trailer designed in the 1950s to carry cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH2) on roads being pulled by a powered vehicle. It was constructed by the Cambridge Corporation and had a capacity of 26,000 liters (6,900 U.S. gal; 5,700 imp gal) with a hydrogen loss rate of approximately 2 percent per day. The U-1 was a single-axle semi-trailer. The specifications for its successor the U-2, a double axle semi-trailer, were issued on 15 March 1957.[2]

Size and volume

Liquid hydrogen trailers are referenced by their size or volume capacity. Liquid-hydrogen trailers typically have capacities ranging from 28,400 to 49,200 liters (7,502 to 12,997 U.S. gal; 6,247 to 10,822 imp gal) gross volume.[3] [4]

See also

References
  1. Semi trailer hydrogen tanker truck Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. NASA-LIQUID HYDROGEN AS A PROPULSION FUEL, 1945–1959
  3. liquid hydrogen trailers Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Worthington Industries CRYOGENIC TRANSPORT TRAILERS
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