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EP3452750B1
EP3452750B1 EP17721530.8A EP17721530A EP3452750B1 EP 3452750 B1 EP3452750 B1 EP 3452750B1 EP 17721530 A EP17721530 A EP 17721530A EP 3452750 B1 EP3452750 B1 EP 3452750B1
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Heinz Posselt
Marko PARKKONEN
Hans-Einar FORSBERG
Anders Gronlund
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  • the invention relates to a transport container for helium.
  • Helium is mined together with natural gas. For economic reasons, transporting large quantities of helium only makes sense in liquid or supercritical form, i.e. at a temperature of around 4.2 to 6 K and under a pressure of 1 to 6 bar.
  • transport containers are used which, in order to prevent the helium pressure from rising too quickly, are thermally insulated at great expense.
  • Such transport containers can be cooled using liquid nitrogen, for example.
  • a thermal shield cooled with the liquid nitrogen is provided. The thermal shield shields an inner container of the shipping container. The liquid or cryogenic helium is accommodated in the inner container.
  • the holding time for the liquid or cryogenic helium in such transport containers is 35 to 40 days, which means that after this time the pressure in the inner container has risen to the maximum value of 6 bar.
  • the supply of liquid nitrogen lasts for about 35 days.
  • the thermal insulation of the transport container consists of high-vacuum multi-layer insulation.
  • the EP 1 673 745 B1 describes such a transport container for liquid helium.
  • the transport vessel comprises an inner vessel which houses the liquid helium, a thermal shield which partially covers the inner vessel, a coolant vessel which houses a cryogenic liquid for cooling the thermal shield, and an outer vessel which houses the inner vessel, the thermal shield and the coolant tank are arranged.
  • the JP S54 178218 U shows a transport container with an inner container, a coolant container and an outer container in which the inner container and the coolant container are accommodated.
  • the transport container includes a thermal shield that can be actively cooled using a cryogenic liquid.
  • a coolant line is also provided which is in fluid communication with the coolant reservoir and which spirals around the thermal shield.
  • the JP 2014 119058 A describes a transport container with an inner container, a coolant container, an outer container in which the inner container and the coolant container are accommodated, and a thermal shield which is cooled by means of a cooling pipe which runs in a spiral around the thermal shield.
  • the U.S. 3,698,200 A and the U.S. 5,005,362A each show a shipping container having an inner container, a coolant container, an outer container accommodating the inner container and the coolant container, and a thermal shield.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improved transport container.
  • the transport container comprises an inner container for accommodating the helium, a coolant container for accommodating a cryogenic liquid, an outer container in which the inner container and the coolant container are accommodated, and a thermal shield which can be actively cooled using the cryogenic liquid, the thermal shield a tubular base section, in which the inner container is accommodated, and has a cover section closing the base section at the front side, which is arranged between the inner container and the coolant tank, and wherein a gap is provided between the inner container and the coolant tank, in which the cover section of the thermal shield is arranged.
  • the thermal shield has at least one cooling line for actively cooling it, in which the cryogenic liquid can be accommodated, the at least one cooling line having oblique sections and sections running in a direction of gravity, and the oblique sections having an incline relative to a horizontal line.
  • the inner container can also be referred to as a helium container or inner tank.
  • the transport container can also be referred to as a helium transport container.
  • the helium can be referred to as liquid or cryogenic helium.
  • the helium is also a cryogenic liquid.
  • the transport container is designed in particular to the helium in cryogenic or liquid or to be transported in supercritical form.
  • the critical point is a thermodynamic state of a substance characterized by an equalization of the densities of the liquid and gas phases. The differences between the two states of matter cease to exist at this point. In a phase diagram, the point represents the upper end of the vapor pressure curve.
  • the helium is filled into the inner container in liquid or cryogenic form.
  • a liquid zone with liquid helium and a gas zone with gaseous helium then form in the inner container.
  • the helium therefore has two phases with different states of aggregation, namely liquid and gaseous. This means that there is a phase boundary between the liquid helium and the gaseous helium in the inner container. After a certain time, that is, when the pressure in the inner container increases, the helium in the inner container becomes single-phase. The phase boundary then no longer exists and the helium is supercritical.
  • the cryogenic liquid or cryogen is preferably liquid nitrogen.
  • the cryogenic liquid can also be referred to as a coolant.
  • the cryogenic liquid can also be liquid hydrogen or liquid oxygen, for example.
  • the fact that the thermal shield can be actively cooled or is actively cooled means that the cryogenic liquid at least partially flows through or around the thermal shield in order to cool it.
  • the thermal shield is only actively cooled in one operating state, that is to say when the inner container is filled with helium. When the cryogenic liquid is exhausted, the thermal shield can also be uncooled. Actively cooling the thermal shield allows the cryogenic liquid to boil and vaporize.
  • the thermal shield has a temperature which corresponds approximately or exactly to the boiling point of the cryogenic liquid.
  • the boiling point of the cryogenic liquid is preferably higher than the boiling point of liquid helium.
  • the thermal shield is arranged inside the outer container.
  • the inner container and in particular the insulating element preferably has a temperature on the outside which corresponds approximately or exactly to the temperature of the helium stored in the inner container.
  • the temperature of the helium depending on whether the helium is in liquid or supercritical form, is 4.2 to 6 K.
  • the cover portion of the thermal shield completely frontally closes off the base portion.
  • the base portion of the thermal shield may be circular or approximately circular in cross-section.
  • the outer container, the inner container, the coolant container and the thermal shield can be constructed rotationally symmetrically to a common axis of symmetry or central axis.
  • the inner container and the outer container are preferably made of stainless steel.
  • the inner container preferably has a tubular base section which is closed on both sides with curved cover sections.
  • the inner container is fluid-tight.
  • the outer container preferably also has a tubular base section which is closed at the front on both sides by cover sections.
  • the base section of the inner container and/or the base section of the outer container can have a circular or an approximately circular cross section.
  • the thermal shield ensures that the inner container is only surrounded by surfaces which have a temperature corresponding to the boiling point of the cryogenic liquid (boiling point of nitrogen at 1.3 bara: 79.5 K).
  • the thermal shield 79.5 K
  • the inner container temperature of helium at 1 bara to 6 bara: 4.2 K to 6 K
  • the holding time for the liquid helium can be significantly increased compared to known transport containers. Heat from the surfaces of the inner container to the thermal shield is transferred only by radiation and residual gas conduction. That is, the surface of the thermal shield does not contact the inner container.
  • the cover section of the thermal shield is arranged between the inner tank and the coolant tank, it is always ensured, even when the liquid level of the cryogenic liquid in the coolant tank is falling, that the inner tank is also in the direction of the coolant tank from surfaces that have the boiling temperature of liquid nitrogen , is surrounded.
  • the transport container has a helium holding time of at least 45 days and the supply of cryogenic liquid is sufficient for at least 40 days.
  • the thermal shield is arranged in an evacuated space provided between the inner container and the outer container.
  • the inner container preferably comprises an additional insulation element with a multilayer insulation layer and a metallically bare copper layer facing the shield.
  • the insulation layer preferably comprises several alternating layers of perforated and embossed aluminum foil as a reflector and glass paper as spacers between the aluminum foils.
  • the insulation layer can be 10 layers.
  • the layers of aluminum foil and glass paper are applied to the inner container without any gaps, i.e. pressed.
  • the insulation layer is a so-called MLI (multilayer insulation) or can be referred to as an MLI.
  • the insulation element preferably also has a temperature that corresponds at least approximately or exactly to the boiling point of helium.
  • a further multilayer insulation layer in particular also an MLI, can be arranged between the thermal shield and the outer container, which fills the gap between the thermal shield and the outer container and thus contacts the thermal shield on the outside and the outer container on the inside.
  • Layers of aluminum foil and glass paper, glass silk or glass mesh fabric of the insulating layer are preferably introduced in a fluffy manner into the intermediate space, in contrast to the previously described insulating element of the inner container. Fluffy here means that the layers of aluminum foil and glass paper, glass silk or glass mesh fabric are not pressed, so that the insulation layer and thus the gap can be evacuated without problems through the embossing and perforation of the aluminum foil. Undesirable mechanical-thermal contact between the aluminum foil layers is also reduced. This contact could disrupt the temperature gradient of the aluminum foil layers that occurs as a result of radiation exchange.
  • the thermal shield has two cover sections which close off the base section on both sides at the ends.
  • the cover sections are preferably curved.
  • the cover sections are each curved outwards with respect to the base section.
  • the thermal shield does not rest on either the inner container or the outer container.
  • the thermal shield is supported neither on the inner container nor on the outer container, better thermal insulation can be achieved. In this way, in particular, the heat input into the inner container through heat conduction can be reduced.
  • the thermal shield preferably comprises a support ring which is suspended from the outer container via support rods, in particular tension rods.
  • the inner container is preferably also suspended from the support ring via further support rods, in particular tension rods as well.
  • the thermal shield is fluid permeable.
  • the thermal shield is liquid and gas permeable.
  • the thermal shield can have openings, perforations or bores, for example.
  • the intermediate space provided between the inner container and the outer container can be evacuated.
  • the thermal shield is made of an aluminum material.
  • the thermal shield is made of a high-purity aluminum material. This results in particularly good heat transport and heat reflection properties.
  • the thermal shield For active cooling of the thermal shield, it has at least one cooling line, in which the cryogenic liquid can be accommodated.
  • the cryogenic liquid preferably does not circulate in the cooling line but stands in it.
  • the cryogenic liquid boils in the cooling line, ensuring optimal cooling of the thermal shield.
  • the cooling line can be integrally connected to the thermal shield or can be formed integrally with the thermal shield.
  • the coolant container is in fluid connection with the at least one cooling line, so that the cryogenic liquid flows from the coolant container into the at least one cooling line when the cryogenic liquid in the at least one cooling line partially evaporates. So that the cryogenic liquid completely wets the cooling line even when the filling level of the cryogenic liquid in the coolant tank is reduced, a corresponding excess pressure of 200 to 300 mbar is maintained in the coolant tank in accordance with the hydrostatic pressure to be applied.
  • gas bubbles form in the cryogenic liquid, which can be guided to a highest point of the same by an inclined arrangement of the cooling line.
  • the at least one cooling line is provided on the base section and/or on the cover section of the thermal shield and/or the base section is materially connected to the cover section.
  • cooling lines or at least sections of the cooling lines are provided on both cover sections. Due to the fact that the cover section is materially connected to the base section, the cover section can be cooled by thermal conduction. In the case of material connections, the connection partners are held together by atomic or molecular forces. Cohesive connections are non-detachable connections that can only be separated by destroying the connection means.
  • the at least one cooling line has an incline relative to a horizontal line.
  • the cooling line is inclined to the horizontal.
  • the horizontal is perpendicular to a direction of gravity.
  • the cooling line and, in particular, oblique sections of the cooling line enclose a predetermined angle with the horizontal.
  • the sections enclose an angle of greater than 3° with the horizontal.
  • the angle can be 3 to 15° or amount to more.
  • the angle can also be exactly 3°.
  • the cooling line can also have sections running in the direction of gravity.
  • the transport container also includes a phase separator for separating a gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid from a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid, the at least one cooling line being arranged such that it has a positive gradient in the direction of the phase separator.
  • a positive slope means that the cooling line rises in the direction of the phase separator.
  • the gaseous phase collects in the form of gas bubbles in the phase separator.
  • the phase separator preferably comprises a float with a float coupled to a valve body. As soon as the liquid level of the liquid phase in the phase separator falls due to the introduction of the gas bubbles, the valve body is lifted off a valve seat and the gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid is blown off. As a result, the liquid phase flows into the phase separator, whereby the floating body floats again and the valve body is pressed onto the valve seat.
  • the phase separator ensures that only evaporated, cryogenic nitrogen is released into the environment.
  • the transport container also comprises a large number, in particular six, cooling lines.
  • the number of cooling lines is arbitrary.
  • the lid portion of the thermal shield completely shields the coolant tank from the inner tank.
  • the coolant tank is arranged next to the inner tank in an axial direction of the inner tank.
  • a space is provided between the inner tank and the coolant tank, in which the lid portion of the thermal shield is arranged.
  • the thermal shield completely encloses the inner container.
  • transport container also include combinations of features or embodiments described above or below with regard to the exemplary embodiments that are not explicitly mentioned.
  • the person skilled in the art will also add individual aspects as improvements or supplements to the respective basic form of the transport container.
  • the 1 shows a greatly simplified schematic sectional view of an embodiment of a transport container 1 for liquid helium He.
  • the 2 and 3 show further schematic sectional views of the transport container 1.
  • the transport container 1 can also be referred to as a helium transport container.
  • the transport container 1 can also be used for other cryogenic liquids.
  • the transport container 1 includes an outer container 2.
  • the outer container 2 is made of stainless steel, for example.
  • the outer container 2 can have a length I 2 of 10 m, for example.
  • the outer container 2 comprises a tubular or cylindrical base section 3 which is closed at the front on both sides with the aid of a cover section 4 , 5 , in particular with the aid of a first cover section 4 and a second cover section 5 .
  • the base section 3 can have a circular or approximately circular geometry in cross section.
  • the cover sections 4, 5 are curved.
  • the cover sections 4 , 5 are curved in opposite directions, so that both cover sections 4 , 5 are curved outwards with respect to the base section 3 .
  • the outer container 2 is fluid-tight, in particular gas-tight.
  • the outer container 2 has a symmetry or central axis M 1 to which the outer container 2 is constructed rotationally symmetrically.
  • the transport container 1 also includes an inner container 6 for accommodating the liquid helium He.
  • the inner container 6 is also made of stainless steel, for example. As long as the helium He is in the two-phase region, a gas zone 7 with vaporized helium He and a liquid zone 8 with liquid helium He can be provided in the inner container 6 .
  • the inner container 6 is fluid-tight, in particular gas-tight, and can include a relief valve for controlled pressure reduction.
  • the inner container 6 comprises a tubular or cylindrical base section 9 which is closed on both sides at the front by cover sections 10 , 11 , in particular a first cover section 10 and a second cover section 11 .
  • the base section 9 can have a circular or approximately circular geometry in cross section.
  • the inner container 6 like the outer container 2, is rotationally symmetrical to the center axis M1 .
  • An intermediate space 12 provided between the inner container 6 and the outer container 2 is evacuated.
  • the inner container 6 can still be in the Figures 1 to 3 have not shown insulation element.
  • the insulation element has a highly reflective copper layer on the outside, for example a copper foil or an aluminum foil vapor-deposited with copper, and a multilayer insulation layer arranged between the inner container 6 and the copper layer.
  • the insulation layer comprises several alternating layers of perforated and embossed aluminum foil as a reflector and glass paper as spacers between the aluminum foils.
  • the insulation layer can be 10 layers.
  • the layers of aluminum foil and glass paper are applied to the inner container 6 without any gaps, that is to say they are pressed.
  • the insulation layer is a so-called MLI.
  • the inner container 6 and also the insulating element have a temperature on the outside which corresponds approximately to the boiling point of helium He.
  • the transport container 1 also includes a cooling system 13 ( 2 , 3 ) with a coolant container 14.
  • a coolant container 14 In the coolant container 14 is a cryogenic liquid, such as liquid nitrogen N 2 , accommodated.
  • the coolant tank 14 includes a tubular or cylindrical base section 15 which can be constructed rotationally symmetrically to the central axis M 1 .
  • the base section 15 can have a circular or approximately circular geometry in cross section.
  • the base section 15 is closed at the front by a cover section 16, 17 in each case.
  • the Cover sections 16, 17 can be curved. In particular, the cover sections 16, 17 are curved in the same direction.
  • the coolant container 14 can also have a different structure.
  • a gas zone 18 with vaporized nitrogen N 2 and a liquid zone 19 with liquid nitrogen N 2 can be provided in the coolant tank 14 .
  • the coolant tank 14 is arranged next to the inner tank 6 in an axial direction A of the inner tank 6 .
  • An intermediate space 20 which can be part of the intermediate space 12 , is provided between the inner container 6 , in particular the cover section 11 of the inner container 6 , and the coolant container 14 , in particular the cover section 16 of the coolant container 14 . That is, the gap 20 is also evacuated.
  • the transport container 1 also includes a thermal shield 21 assigned to the cooling system 13 .
  • the thermal shield 21 is arranged in the evacuated intermediate space 12 provided between the inner container 6 and the outer container 2 .
  • the thermal shield 21 can be actively cooled or is actively cooled with the aid of the liquid nitrogen N 2 .
  • active cooling means that the liquid nitrogen N 2 for cooling the thermal shield 21 is conducted through it or along it.
  • the thermal shield 21 is in this case cooled to a temperature which approximately corresponds to the boiling point of nitrogen N 2 .
  • the thermal shield 21 comprises a cylindrical or tubular base section 22 which is closed off on both sides by a cover section 23, 24 which closes off this end face. Both the base section 22 and the cover sections 23, 24 are actively cooled with the aid of nitrogen N 2 .
  • the base section 22 can have a circular or approximately circular geometry in cross section.
  • the thermal shield 21 is preferably also constructed rotationally symmetrically to the central axis M 1 .
  • a first cover section 23 of the thermal shield 21 is arranged between the inner container 6 , in particular the cover section 11 of the inner container 6 , and the coolant tank 14 , in particular the cover section 16 of the coolant tank 14 .
  • a second lid portion 24 of thermal shield 21 faces away from coolant reservoir 14 .
  • the thermal shield 21 is self-supporting.
  • the thermal shield 21 does not support either on the inner container 6 nor on the outer container 2.
  • a support ring can be provided on the thermal shield 21, which is suspended from the outer container 2 via support rods, in particular tension rods.
  • the inner container 6 can be suspended from the supporting ring via further support rods, in particular tension rods.
  • the heat input from the mechanical support rods is partly realized by the support ring.
  • the support ring has pockets that allow for the greatest possible thermal length of the support rods.
  • the coolant reservoir 14 has passages for the mechanical support rods.
  • a further multilayer insulation layer in particular an MLI, can be arranged between the thermal shield 21 and the outer container 2, which completely fills the intermediate space 12 and thus contacts the thermal shield 21 on the outside and the outer container 2 on the inside.
  • Layers of aluminum foil and glass paper, glass silk or glass mesh fabric of the insulation layer are introduced in a fluffy manner into the intermediate space 12, in contrast to the previously described insulation element of the inner container 6 .
  • fluffy means that the layers of aluminum foil and glass paper, glass silk or glass mesh fabric are not pressed, so that the insulation layer and thus the intermediate space 12 can be evacuated without problems by embossing and perforating the aluminum foil. Since this minimizes the thermal-mechanical contact between the reflector layers, the temperature gradient of the reflector layers adjusts itself approximately according to the pure radiation exchange, which minimizes the heat transport.
  • the thermal shield 21 is fluid permeable. That is, a gap 25 between the inner container 6 and the thermal shield 21 is in fluid communication with the gap 12. This allows the gaps 12, 25 to be evacuated simultaneously. Bores, openings or the like can be provided in the thermal shield 21 in order to enable the intermediate spaces 12, 25 to be evacuated.
  • the thermal shield 21 is preferably made of a high purity aluminum material.
  • the thermal shield 21 is spaced circumferentially from the copper layer of the insulating element of the inner container 6 and does not touch it. As a result, the incidence of heat occurs mainly through radiation and is thus reduced to the physically possible minimum.
  • a gap width of a gap provided between the copper layer and the thermal shield 21 can be 10 mm. As a result, heat can be transferred from the inner container 6 to the thermal shield 21 only by radiation and residual gas conduction.
  • the first lid portion 23 of the thermal shield 21 completely shields the coolant tank 14 from the inner tank 6 . That is, when looking at the coolant tank 14 from the inner tank 6 , the coolant tank 14 is completely covered by the first lid portion 23 of the thermal shield 21 .
  • the thermal shield 21 completely encloses the inner container 6 . That is, the inner container 6 is disposed entirely within the thermal shield 21, which thermal shield 21, as previously mentioned, is not fluid tight.
  • the thermal shield 21 comprises at least one cooling line 26 for actively cooling the same.
  • a plurality of such cooling lines 26, for example six such cooling lines 26, are provided.
  • the cooling line 26 can include two vertical sections 27, 28 running in the direction of gravity g, as well as two inclined sections 29, 30.
  • the vertical sections 27, 28 may be provided on the lid sections 23, 24 of the thermal shield 21.
  • the cooling line 26 is in fluid communication with the coolant tank 14 via a connecting line 31 , so that the liquid nitrogen N 2 is pressed from the coolant tank 14 into the cooling line 26 .
  • the connection line 31 opens into a distributor 32, from which the section 27 and the section 30 branch off. Section 29 and section 28 meet at a collector 33 from which a connecting line 34 leads to a phase separator 35 arranged outside of the outer container 2 .
  • the phase separator 35 is set up to separate gaseous nitrogen N 2 from liquid nitrogen N 2 .
  • the gaseous nitrogen N 2 can be blown out of the cooling system 13 via the phase separator 35 .
  • the cooling pipe 26 or cooling pipes 26 are provided on both the base portion 22 and the cover portions 23, 24 of the thermal shield 21.
  • the cover sections 23 and 24 are connected to the base section 22 in a material-locking manner.
  • the cover sections 23, 24 are welded to the base section 22. If the cover sections 23, 24 materially, that is, are materially connected to the base section 22, the cooling of the cover sections 23, 24 can be carried out by thermal conduction.
  • the cooling line 26 and in particular the oblique sections 29, 30 of the cooling line 26 have an incline relative to a horizontal line H, which is arranged perpendicularly to the direction of gravity g.
  • the sections 29, 30 form an angle ⁇ with the horizontal H of greater than 3°.
  • the angle ⁇ can be 3 to 15° or more.
  • the angle ⁇ can also be exactly 3°.
  • the sections 29, 30 in the direction of the phase separator 35 have a positive gradient.
  • the phase separator 35 comprises a housing 36 with a tubular base section 37 which is closed on both sides on the front side with cover sections 38, 39.
  • An inner housing 40 with a tubular base section 41 which is closed on both sides by cover sections 42, 43 at the ends, is accommodated in the housing 36.
  • An evacuated insulation space 44 is provided between the housing 36 and the inner housing 40 .
  • the insulation space 44 can be provided with an MLI, for example, or be filled with perlite or glass microspheres.
  • a connection line 45 which is also partially vacuum-insulated, is in fluid connection with the connection line 34.
  • the phase separator 35 also includes a blow-off line 46, via which gaseous nitrogen N 2 is discharged.
  • the connection line 45 is in fluid connection with an interior space 47 provided in the inner housing 40 .
  • the connecting line 45 is twisted by an angle ⁇ with respect to the blow-off line 46 .
  • the angle ⁇ can be 45 to 90°.
  • a float 48 is provided in the interior space 47 .
  • the float 48 comprises a float body 49 which is provided with a gas-tight metallic casing and whose interior is filled with a plastic foam.
  • the floating body 49 is firmly connected to a counterweight 51 via an axle 50 .
  • a valve body 52 is fastened to the axle 50 and is arranged in a linearly displaceable manner in a valve seat 53 .
  • the axle 50 is rotatably mounted in the inner housing 40 on an axis of rotation 54 .
  • phase separator 35 ensures that only vaporized, cryogenic nitrogen N 2 is released into the environment.
  • the phase separator 35 is a cryogenic valve controlled by the float 48 .
  • the special feature of the phase separator 35 is the counterweight 51 of the horizontally mounted floating body 49, which prevents the valve body 52 from lifting off the valve seat 53 unintentionally during acceleration.
  • the phase separator 35 also includes a valve 55 for generating a vacuum in the insulation space 44.
  • a baffle plate 56 can be arranged in the inner housing 40, which is intended to reduce a surge movement of the liquid nitrogen N 2 .
  • a blow-off valve 57 is arranged on the coolant tank 14 in order to maintain the set excess pressure in the coolant tank 14 by blowing off the gaseous nitrogen N 2 .
  • the thermal shield 21 is first heated to at least approximately or all the way to the boiling point (1.3 bara, 79.5 K) of the liquid with the aid of cryogenic, initially gaseous and later liquid nitrogen N 2 Nitrogen N 2 cooled.
  • the inner container 6 is not yet actively cooled.
  • the thermal shield 21 cools down, the residual vacuum gas that is still in the intermediate space 12 is frozen out on the thermal shield 21 .
  • this can prevent the residual vacuum gas from being frozen out on the outside of the inner container 6 and thus contaminating the metallically bare surface of the copper layer of the insulating element of the inner container 6 .
  • the thermal shield 21 and the coolant tank 14 have completely cooled down and the coolant tank 14 has been completely refilled with nitrogen N 2 , the inner tank 6 is filled with the liquid helium He.
  • the transport container 1 can now be placed on a transport vehicle, such as a truck or a ship, for transporting the helium He.
  • the thermal shield 21 is continuously cooled with the aid of the liquid nitrogen N 2 .
  • the liquid nitrogen N 2 is consumed and boils in the cooling lines 26.
  • the resulting gas bubbles are in the Cooling system 13 with respect to the direction of gravity g at the highest phase separator 35 is supplied.
  • the liquid level in the interior 47 of the phase separator 35 falls, causing the floating body 49 to sink and the axis 50 to rotate about the axis of rotation 54, causing the valve body 52 to be lifted from the valve seat 53.
  • the gaseous nitrogen N 2 is blown off via the blow-off line 46 .
  • phase separator 35 As soon as the gaseous nitrogen N 2 has been removed from the cooling system 13 , liquid nitrogen N 2 flows into the phase separator 35 , as a result of which the floating body 49 floats again and the valve body 52 is pressed onto the valve seat 53 . The opening and closing of the phase separator 35 takes place in the Hertz range.
  • the mass inertia of the counterweight 51 can prevent the floating body 49 from being unintentionally accelerated during transport, for example due to vibrations, as a result of which the valve body 52 could lift off the valve seat 53 . This can prevent an undesired loss of nitrogen N 2 .
  • the thermal shield 21 is also arranged between the coolant container 14 and the inner container 6, it can be reliably ensured that the inner container 6 is adequately cooled even when the fill level or liquid level of nitrogen N 2 in the coolant container 14 falls. The fact that the inner container 6 is completely surrounded by the thermal shield 21 ensures that the inner container 6 is only surrounded by surfaces which have a temperature corresponding to the boiling point (1.3 bara, 79.5 K) of nitrogen N 2 .
  • the transport container 1 has in particular a helium holding time of at least 45 days and the supply of liquid nitrogen N 2 is sufficient for at least 40 days.

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  1. Conteneur de transport (1) pour de l'hélium (He), comprenant un conteneur interne (6) destiné à recevoir l'hélium (He), un conteneur de liquide de refroidissement (14) destiné à recevoir un fluide cryogénique (N2), un conteneur externe (2), dans lequel sont reçus le conteneur interne (6) et le conteneur de liquide de refroidissement (14), ainsi qu'un bouclier thermique (21), qui peut être refroidi activement à l'aide du fluide cryogénique (N2), le bouclier thermique (21) présentant une section de base tubulaire (22), dans laquelle le conteneur interne (6) est reçu, ainsi qu'une section de couvercle (23, 24) fermant la section de base (22) côté avant, laquelle est disposée entre le conteneur interne (6) et le conteneur de liquide de refroidissement (14), un espace intermédiaire (20) étant prévu entre le conteneur interne (6) et le conteneur de liquide de refroidissement (14), dans lequel est disposée la section de couvercle (23, 24) du bouclier thermique (21), le bouclier thermique (21) présentant, pour son refroidissement actif, au moins une conduite de refroidissement (26), dans laquelle le fluide cryogénique (N2) peut être reçu, caractérisé en ce que l'au moins une conduite de refroidissement (26) présente des sections inclinées (29, 30) et des sections (27, 28) s'étendant dans le sens de la gravité (g) et en ce que les sections inclinées (29, 30) présentent une inclinaison par rapport à l'horizontale (H).
  2. Conteneur de transport selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le bouclier thermique (21) est disposé dans un espace intermédiaire (12) évacué prévu entre le conteneur interne (6) et le conteneur externe (2).
  3. Conteneur de transport selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel le bouclier thermique (21) présente deux sections de couvercle (23, 24), qui ferment la section de base (22) des deux côtés, côté avant.
  4. Conteneur de transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel le bouclier thermique (21) est perméable aux fluides.
  5. Conteneur de transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel le bouclier thermique (21) est fabriqué à partir d'un matériau d'aluminium.
  6. Conteneur de transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel le conteneur de liquide de refroidissement (14) se trouve en liaison fluidique avec l'au moins une conduite de refroidissement (26), de sorte que le fluide cryogénique (N2) circule du conteneur de liquide de refroidissement (14) dans l'au moins une conduite de refroidissement (26), lorsque le fluide cryogénique (N2) s'évapore partiellement dans l'au moins une conduite de refroidissement (26).
  7. Conteneur de transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel l'au moins une conduite de refroidissement (26) est prévue sur la section de base (22) et/ou sur la section de couvercle (23, 24) du bouclier thermique et/ou dans lequel la section de base (22) est reliée à la section de couvercle (23, 24) par liaison de matière.
  8. Conteneur de transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, comprenant en outre un séparateur de phases (35) destiné à séparer une phase gazeuse du fluide cryogénique (N2) d'une phase liquide du fluide cryogénique (N2), dans lequel l'au moins une conduite de refroidissement (26) est disposée de manière à présenter une inclinaison positive en direction du séparateur de phases (35).
  9. Conteneur de transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, comprenant en outre une pluralité, en particulier six, conduites de refroidissement (26).
  10. Conteneur de transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, dans lequel la section de couvercle (23, 24) du bouclier thermique (21) protège totalement le conteneur de liquide de refroidissement (14) du conteneur interne (6).
  11. Conteneur der transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, dans lequel le conteneur de liquide de refroidissement (14) est disposé à côté du conteneur interne (6) dans le sens axial (A) du conteneur interne (6).
  12. Conteneur de transport selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, dans lequel le bouclier thermique (21) entoure complètement le conteneur interne (6).
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