Bayonet type vacuum insulated pipes with Teflon seal

Teflon seal을 이용한 bayonet형 진공단열배관

Vacuum insulated pipes (VIP) are one of the important equipments for cryogenic fluids' transfer. Flange type of VIP, which can easily be installed at the site, uses a set of male and female bayonet with very small gap between them. In order to prevent leakage of liquid from inner pipe to bayonet. Teflon or Kel-F is located outside both the inner pipe of male and the guide of female. Even though liquid may leak at room temperature, it cannot leak at cryogenic temperature since Teflon shrinks much more than pipes and adheres closely to the inner pipe and guide. Teflon seal method has the advantage of easy fabrication, low cost and effective sealing compared to the conventional method.