TY - JOUR A1 - Kutz, Philipp A1 - Werner, Jan A1 - Otremba, Frank T1 - Testing of Composite Material for Transport Tanks for LNG N2 - To reduce the emission of carbondyoxide (CO2) of combustion engines, liquefied natural gas (LNG) is used as an alternative fuel. LNG is transported via truck, ship or railway for long distances. Double walled stainless steel tanks are used for transportation, which are heavy and expensive. The vacuum insulation between the two walled structure ensures that the LNG stays liquid over the transportation time (boiling point of LNG: -162 ◦C). This causes a high temperature difference between the transported good and the ambient air. A simplified tank construction is used to reduce the weight and price of the tank. Instead of stainless steel, glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) is used. The design is changed to a single walled construction with a solid insulation material outside on the GFRP structure. Goal of this work is the characterization of a suitable insulation material and configuration as well as the analysis of the mechanical properties of GFRP under cryogenic conditions. Several experiments are carried out. Numerical models of these experiments can then be used for parameter studies. KW - GFRP KW - Lightweight design KW - LNG PY - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.809.625 SN - 1662-9795 VL - 809 SP - 625 EP - 629 PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd. AN - OPUS4-48271 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -