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This course provides additional guidance for design of liquid hydrogen systems including selection of materials, liquid storage tanks, piping and pressure relief.
Additional safety considerations for design of liquid systems
Those involved in design of liquid hydrogen systems
- Lesson 1: General Design Considerations
- General Safety Considerations
- The Big Picture
- Example Liquid Supply
- Liquid Hydrogen System Components
- Simplified Hydrogen System Piping Diagram
- Example Liquid Hydrogen System
- Liquid Hydrogen Safety Considerations
- Liquid Hydrogen Leak
- Material Selection
- Hydrogen Facility Material Selection
- Selection of Materials
- General Safety Considerations
- Lesson 2: Storage Tanks
- Liquid Hydrogen Storage Vessels
- Liquid Storage Tanks
- Storage Pressure
- Storage Tank Design Considerations
- Liquid Hydrogen Storage Vessels
- Lesson 3: Piping
- Piping
- Piping Safety Considerations
- Piping and Valves
- Lesson 4: Pressure Relief Systems
- Pressure Relief Devices (PRDs)
- Why Use PRDs?
- Final Quiz
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