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Cryonics Institute Bulk Tank Filling, July 2008

by Ben Best

Every couple of weeks a tanker truck arrives at the Cryonics Institute to fill the 3000 gallon liquid nitrogen bulk tank in the back of the building. The liquid nitrogen is required to maintain CI's patients at −196ºC in CI's cryostats.

Truck arrives to load the tank
[Truck arrives to load the tank]

Bulk tank valves opened
[Bulk tank valves opened]

Bulk tank valves opened -- another view
[Bulk tank valves opened -- another view]

Truck valves opened
[Truck valves opened]

Filling
[Filling]