{"id":770,"date":"2022-07-14T17:28:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/propellants\/?page_id=770"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:27:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T12:27:09","slug":"moveablestorageunits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/propellants\/moveablestorageunits\/","title":{"rendered":"Moveable Storage Units"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign-center uagb-columns__gap-0 alignfull uagb-block-e9bd8b5c uagb-columns__columns-1 uagb-columns__max_width-custom\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-88e618be\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light\" style=\"min-height:160px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1715\" height=\"527\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-64\" alt=\"Kennedy Space Center Propellants and Life Support Branch\" src=\"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/propellants\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/PropsHero01.jpg\" style=\"object-position:52% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"52% 100%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-ef7a8560\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Moveable Storage Units (MSU&#8217;s)<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign- uagb-columns__gap-0 alignwide uagb-block-91353801 uagb-columns__columns-1 uagb-columns__max_width-theme\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-018cecdf\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<p>Moveable Storage Units are large volume compressed gas storage vessels intended for long-term use at facilities which do not have fixed, ASME-type pressure vessels. MSU&#8217;s typically have one to nine individual cylinder(s) and provide unregulated nitrogen, helium or breathing air at 6600 psig maximum pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many KSC MSU&#8217;s are covered by DOT-E-9740 which allows for a 10 year hydrostatic re-test interval. This is an expensive operation as the MSU must be disassembled into individual tubes. Fortunately, the Department of Transportation had recently incorporated new Acoustic Emission tests as an approved test method thus eliminating the disassembly requirement. As MSUs come due for their re-test, the more economical acoustic emission tests are being used.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0a0a0dc3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:60px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/propellants\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/StorageUnits01.jpg\" alt=\"Moveable Storage Units\" class=\"wp-image-1747\" style=\"width:600px;height:413px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moveable Storage Units are large volume compressed gas storage vessels intended for long-term use at facilities which do not have fixed, ASME-type pressure vessels. MSU&#8217;s typically have one to nine individual cylinder(s) and provide unregulated nitrogen, helium or breathing air at 6600 psig maximum pressure. 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