Gas Tanks

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Description

Gas tanks are a type of compressed gas storage devices used to store helium gas at a high pressure for longer periods of time. The helium gas comes from the recovery lines through a gas bladder. It is stored in gas tanks for longer periods of time until it can be sent to a liquefier.

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Comments

The amount of gas in gas tanks is measured in liquid litres. A liquid litre refers to the amount of gas equivalent to one litre of liquid Helium.

Measurements

Measurement number	Parameter being measured	Unit
1	Pressure (primary reading)	bar
2	Pressure (alternative reading, optional)	bar
3	Battery (optional)	percentage
4	Temperature	K
5	Helium content	litres

Gas Tank object types

By default, the Gas Tank object class has one object type, called Gas tank default. Its value of OT_VOLUME is 0.
Note: In the SQL code for the database and in other places, this object type might also be called Druckgasspeicher.