Effective thermal insulation of cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage tanks remains a critical engineering challenge, as conventional vacuum-based or monolithic systems are constrained by manufacturing complexity, mechanical vulnerability, and poor geometric adaptability. This study presents the design and numerical verification of a four-layer octagonal composite thermal shield fabricated via additive manufacturing: an AA5083 structural layer (5 mm), a boron nitride-doped ceramic plate (1 mm), up to 290 stacked graphene sheets in a sealed compartment, and an outer Fe3S4-TiO2 nanocomposite layer (~30 µm). Steady-state and transient FEA in ANSYS evaluated three convective boundary conditions (h = 10, 15, and 20 W/m2·K), with the inner wall fixed at 20 K.
Pour en savoir plus : Design and Finite Element Thermo-Structural Analysis of a Structurally Integrated Multilayer Composite Cryogenic Thermal Barrier for Liquid Hydrogen Tank Applications
