EP2491293B1 - Polygonal lng vessel - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a sealed tank and / or thermally insulated, for example for the storage of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
- LNG liquefied natural gas
- the documents FR 1 457 617 , FR 2 739 675 and FR 2 398 961 each describe a tank for LNG.
- the tank comprises a sealed barrier and a thermally insulating barrier.
- the sealed barrier is made with metal parts and these documents propose different solutions for arranging these metal parts in the bottom of the tank.
- the document FR 2 912 385 describes a particularly advantageous solution, with respect to the aforementioned documents, for arranging the metal parts at the bottom of the tank.
- the vertical wall of the tank is polygonal.
- the metal parts comprise rectangular parts divided into sectors, each sector corresponding to one of the vertical sections. Connecting pieces are arranged between the sectors. This arrangement makes it possible to limit the number of types of parts required.
- the concrete supporting structure must fill the space between the polygonal vertical wall and the circle circumscribed to the polygon. This space is even smaller as the number of sides is high. Thus, it is interesting to choose a high number of sides to limit the extra cost of concrete.
- the center of the bottom wall must be covered by one or more special parts.
- the ratio between the surface of the central area, which can not be covered by rectangular pieces, and the total surface of the bottom wall, is even lower than the number of sides is low. So it is interesting to choose a low number of sides to limit the area of the central area. Moreover, in this case, the number of rectangular pieces is much larger than the number of connecting pieces, which is advantageous.
- a problem that the present invention proposes to solve is to provide a vessel that does not exhibit at least some of the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art.
- an object of the invention is to enable the carrying structure of the vessel to be produced with a quantity of material and therefore a limited cost.
- the solution proposed by the invention is a sealed tank and / or thermally insulated, comprising a bearing structure, a sealing barrier and / or a thermally insulating barrier, said sealing barrier and / or said thermally insulating barrier having a shape cylindrical and comprising a vertical wall and a bottom wall, wherein said vertical wall has a plurality of vertical panels, said support structure surrounding said vertical wall, and wherein said bottom wall includes a plurality of rectangular parts divided into sectors the each other by rotation, the edges of the rectangular parts of one of said sectors being respectively parallel and perpendicular to one of said vertical panels, characterized in that the number of said vertical panels is twice the number of said sectors.
- the tank can have a high number of vertical panels and a smaller number of sectors.
- the amount of material needed to make the carrier structure is not too high.
- the surface of the central zone of the bottom wall is not too high and most of the bottom wall may consist of rectangular pieces.
- each of said sectors has a plane of symmetry, said vertical panels including first panels each facing one of said respective sectors and being arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane of symmetry of the corresponding sector.
- said vertical panels include second panels, each of said second panels being arranged between two of said first panels respectively corresponding to two adjacent sectors.
- the bottom wall includes at least one trapezoidal piece connecting the rectangular parts of a sector to one of said second panels.
- said trapezoidal piece has corrugations extending perpendicularly to said second adjacent pan.
- said vertical wall has 56 vertical faces.
- FIG. 1 is a partial view, from above and in section, of a tank according to one embodiment of the invention.
- the tank 1 represented on the figure 1 comprises a cylindrical vertical wall 2 and a bottom wall 3.
- the vessel 1 also comprises a concrete support structure 4. On the figure 1 we see the cylindrical part of the supporting structure 4 which surrounds the vertical wall 2 of the vessel 1.
- the vertical wall 2 and the bottom wall 3 each have, from the inside of the tank to the supporting structure, a primary watertight barrier, a primary heat-insulating barrier, a secondary watertight barrier and a secondary heat-insulating barrier.
- the primary waterproof barrier is made of corrugated metal parts.
- the primary thermally insulating barrier, the secondary watertight barrier and the secondary thermal insulating barrier are made with prefabricated panels fixed on the supporting structure 4.
- the primary watertight barrier comprises rectangular pieces 5 and connecting pieces 6 which have corrugations 7.
- the rectangular pieces 5 are distributed in sectors images of each other by rotation, similarly to the arrangement described in the document FR 2 912 385 cited in introduction.
- On the figure 1 three sectors are represented.
- the connecting pieces 6 connect the adjacent sectors to each other.
- the vertical wall 2 has a regular polygon shape. It has vertical panels 8 and 8 '. As can be seen on the figure 1 , the total number of vertical panels 8 and 8 'is twice the number of sectors of the bottom wall 3.
- Each sector of the bottom wall 3 corresponds to a vertical section 8 which faces the corresponding sector. More specifically, each sector has a plane of symmetry and the corresponding vertical pan 8 is arranged symmetrically with respect to this plane of symmetry. The edges of rectangular pieces 5 of a sector are arranged respectively perpendicularly and parallel to the vertical pan 8 corresponding.
- the bottom wall 3 comprises end pieces 9 of rectangular shape, which extends the rectangular pieces 5 and whose corrugations 7 are perpendicular to the vertical pan 8.
- Two vertical panels 8 respectively corresponding to two adjacent sectors are connected by a vertical pan 8 '.
- a vertical pan 8 ' faces the boundary between two adjacent sectors.
- the bottom wall 3 comprises two joining pieces 10 and a connecting piece 11.
- each connecting piece 10 has a substantially trapezoidal shape.
- the corrugations 7 of the joining piece 10 are perpendicular to the vertical pan 8 'and join those of the adjacent parts.
- Each connecting piece 11 has a shape similar to that of the connecting pieces 6, and adapted dimensions.
- the connecting piece 11 has a corrugation 7 which extends the central corrugation 7 of the connecting piece 6 adjacent, and is perpendicular to the vertical pan 8 '.
- the primary waterproof barrier can be made by a number of types of small parts.
- the joining piece 10 has a new shape. However, this piece can easily be made with known techniques.
- the same types of metal parts can be used for tanks of different sizes. It is not necessary to design specific parts when making several tanks of different sizes.
- the tank 1 can have a high number of vertical panels and a number of sectors two times smaller.
- the amount of concrete needed to make the support structure 4 is not too high, and the surface of the central zone of the bottom wall 3, which can not be covered with rectangular parts 5, is not more high.
- the number of rectangular pieces 5 can be significantly higher than the number of connecting pieces 6.
- a tank 1 having 56 vertical faces and 28 sectors is for example particularly interesting. Indeed in this case, most of the bottom wall 3 can be covered by rectangular pieces 5, and the amount of concrete needed to make the carrier structure 4 is only 7% higher than for a circular vertical wall of similar size.
- the metal parts forming the primary waterproof barrier of the bottom wall 3 has been described.
- the prefabricated panels forming the primary heat-insulating barrier, the secondary watertight barrier and the secondary heat-insulating barrier may present the same advantageous arrangement.
- corner blocks 12 which are part of the angle structure for connecting the thermally insulating barriers of the bottom wall 3 and the vertical wall 2.
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Description
La présente invention se rapporte à une cuve étanche et/ou thermiquement isolée, par exemple pour le stockage de gaz naturel liquéfié (GNL).The present invention relates to a sealed tank and / or thermally insulated, for example for the storage of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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La conception d'une cuve selon la solution proposée dans ce document impose de choisir le nombre de côtés du polygone, c'est-à-dire le nombre de pans verticaux et de secteurs:The design of a tank according to the solution proposed in this document requires choosing the number of sides of the polygon, that is to say the number of vertical sections and sectors:
La structure porteuse en béton doit remplir l'espace situé entre la paroi verticale polygonale et le cercle circonscrit au polygone. Cet espace est d'autant plus faible que le nombre de côtés est élevé. Ainsi, il est intéressant de choisir un nombre de côtés élevé pour limiter le surcoût de béton.The concrete supporting structure must fill the space between the polygonal vertical wall and the circle circumscribed to the polygon. This space is even smaller as the number of sides is high. Thus, it is interesting to choose a high number of sides to limit the extra cost of concrete.
Le centre de la paroi de fond doit être recouvert par une ou plusieurs pièces spéciales. Le rapport entre la surface de la zone centrale, qui ne peut pas être recouverte par des pièces rectangulaires, et la surface totale de la paroi de fond, est d'autant plus faible que le nombre de côtés est peu élevé. Ainsi il est intéressant de choisir un nombre de côtés peu élevé pour limiter la surface de la zone centrale. De plus, dans ce cas, le nombre de pièces rectangulaires est nettement plus important que le nombre de pièces de liaison, ce qui est avantageux.The center of the bottom wall must be covered by one or more special parts. The ratio between the surface of the central area, which can not be covered by rectangular pieces, and the total surface of the bottom wall, is even lower than the number of sides is low. So it is interesting to choose a low number of sides to limit the area of the central area. Moreover, in this case, the number of rectangular pieces is much larger than the number of connecting pieces, which is advantageous.
On constate donc qu'il est nécessaire de trouver un compromis entre le coût de la structure porteuse en béton et la surface de la zone centrale. Il est difficile de trouver un compromis pleinement satisfaisant.It is therefore found that it is necessary to find a compromise between the cost of the concrete support structure and the surface of the central zone. It is difficult to find a fully satisfactory compromise.
Un problème que la présente invention propose de résoudre est de fournir une cuve qui ne présente pas au moins certains des inconvénients précités de l'art antérieur. En particulier, un but de l'invention est de permettre de réaliser la structure porteuse de la cuve avec une quantité de matière et donc un coût limité.A problem that the present invention proposes to solve is to provide a vessel that does not exhibit at least some of the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art. In particular, an object of the invention is to enable the carrying structure of the vessel to be produced with a quantity of material and therefore a limited cost.
La solution proposée par l'invention est une cuve étanche et/ou thermiquement isolée, comprenant une structure porteuse, une barrière d'étanchéité et/ou une barrière thermiquement isolante, ladite barrière d'étanchéité et/ou ladite barrière thermiquement isolante présentant une forme cylindrique et comprenant une paroi verticale et une paroi de fond, dans laquelle ladite paroi verticale présente une pluralité de pans verticaux, ladite structure porteuse entourant ladite paroi verticale, et dans laquelle ladite paroi de fond inclut une pluralité de pièces rectangulaires reparties en secteurs images les uns des autres par rotation, les bords des pièces rectangulaires d'un desdits secteurs étant respectivement parallèles et perpendiculaires à l'un desdits pans verticaux, caractérisée par le fait que le nombre desdits pans verticaux est le double du nombre desdits secteurs.The solution proposed by the invention is a sealed tank and / or thermally insulated, comprising a bearing structure, a sealing barrier and / or a thermally insulating barrier, said sealing barrier and / or said thermally insulating barrier having a shape cylindrical and comprising a vertical wall and a bottom wall, wherein said vertical wall has a plurality of vertical panels, said support structure surrounding said vertical wall, and wherein said bottom wall includes a plurality of rectangular parts divided into sectors the each other by rotation, the edges of the rectangular parts of one of said sectors being respectively parallel and perpendicular to one of said vertical panels, characterized in that the number of said vertical panels is twice the number of said sectors.
Grâce à ces caractéristiques, la cuve peut présenter un nombre de pans verticaux élevé et un nombre de secteurs plus faible. Ainsi, la quantité de matière nécessaire à réaliser la structure porteuse n'est pas trop élevée. De même, la surface de la zone centrale de la paroi de fond n'est pas trop élevée et la majeure partie de la paroi de fond peut être constituée de pièces rectangulaires.Thanks to these characteristics, the tank can have a high number of vertical panels and a smaller number of sectors. Thus, the amount of material needed to make the carrier structure is not too high. Likewise, the surface of the central zone of the bottom wall is not too high and most of the bottom wall may consist of rectangular pieces.
De préférence, chacun desdits secteurs présente un plan de symétrie, lesdits pans verticaux incluant des premiers pans faisant chacun face à un desdits secteurs respectifs et étant agencés de manière symétrique par rapport au plan de symétrie du secteur correspondant.Preferably, each of said sectors has a plane of symmetry, said vertical panels including first panels each facing one of said respective sectors and being arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane of symmetry of the corresponding sector.
Avantageusement, lesdits pans verticaux incluent des deuxièmes pans, chacun desdits deuxièmes pans étant agencé entre deux desdits premiers pans correspondant respectivement à deux secteurs adjacents.Advantageously, said vertical panels include second panels, each of said second panels being arranged between two of said first panels respectively corresponding to two adjacent sectors.
Selon un mode de réalisation, la paroi de fond inclut au moins une pièce trapézoïdale reliant les pièces rectangulaires d'un secteur à l'un desdits deuxièmes pans.According to one embodiment, the bottom wall includes at least one trapezoidal piece connecting the rectangular parts of a sector to one of said second panels.
De préférence, ladite pièce trapézoïdale présente des ondulations s'étendant perpendiculairement audit deuxième pan adjacent.Preferably, said trapezoidal piece has corrugations extending perpendicularly to said second adjacent pan.
Avantageusement, ladite paroi verticale présente 56 pans verticaux.Advantageously, said vertical wall has 56 vertical faces.
L'invention sera mieux comprise, et d'autres buts, détails, caractéristiques et avantages de celle-ci apparaîtront plus clairement au cours de la description suivante d'un mode de réalisation particulier de l'invention, donné uniquement à titre illustratif et non limitatif, en référence au dessin annexé. Sur ce dessin, la
La cuve 1 représentée sur la
La paroi verticale 2 et la paroi de fond 3 présente chacune, depuis l'intérieur de la cuve vers la structure porteuse, une barrière étanche primaire, une barrière thermiquement isolante primaire, une barrière étanche secondaire et une barrière thermiquement isolante secondaire. La barrière étanche primaire est réalisée avec des pièces métalliques ondulées. La barrière thermiquement isolante primaire, la barrière étanche secondaire et la barrière thermiquement isolante secondaire sont réalisées avec des panneaux préfabriqués fixés sur la structure porteuse 4.The vertical wall 2 and the bottom wall 3 each have, from the inside of the tank to the supporting structure, a primary watertight barrier, a primary heat-insulating barrier, a secondary watertight barrier and a secondary heat-insulating barrier. The primary waterproof barrier is made of corrugated metal parts. The primary thermally insulating barrier, the secondary watertight barrier and the secondary thermal insulating barrier are made with prefabricated panels fixed on the supporting
Les technologies permettant de réaliser une cuve de ce type sont connues. Ci-dessous, on décrit de manière plus détaillée la forme de la cuve 1 et la disposition des pièces métalliques formant la barrière étanche primaire.Technologies for making a tank of this type are known. Below is described in more detail the shape of the
Sur la paroi de fond 3 de la cuve 1, la barrière étanche primaire comprend des pièces rectangulaires 5 et des pièces de liaison 6 qui présentent des ondulations 7. Les pièces rectangulaires 5 sont réparties en secteurs images les uns des autres par rotation, de manière similaire à la disposition décrite dans le document
La paroi verticale 2 a une forme de polygone régulier. Elle présente des pans verticaux 8 et 8'. Comme on peut le voir sur la
A chaque secteur de la paroi de fond 3 correspond un pan vertical 8 qui fait face au secteur correspondant. Plus précisément, chaque secteur présente un plan de symétrie et le pan vertical 8 correspondant est disposé de manière symétrique par rapport à ce plan de symétrie. Les bords de pièces rectangulaires 5 d'un secteur sont disposés respectivement perpendiculairement et parallèlement au pan vertical 8 correspondant.Each sector of the bottom wall 3 corresponds to a
Grâce à ces caractéristiques, la liaison entre les pièces rectangulaires 5 de la paroi de fond 3 et la barrière étanche primaire du pan vertical 8 correspondant peut être réalisée très facilement. Par exemple, comme le montre la
Deux pans verticaux 8 correspondant respectivement à deux secteurs adjacents sont reliés par un pan vertical 8'. Comme on peut le voir sur la
Comme le montre la
Ainsi, la liaison entre d'une part les pièces rectangulaires 5 de deux secteurs adjacents et les pièces de liaison 6, et d'autre part la barrière étanche du pan vertical 8', peut être réalisée facilement.Thus, the connection between on the one hand the
On constate donc que, sur la paroi de fond 3, la barrière étanche primaire peut être réalisée par un nombre de types de pièces peu élevé. Par rapport au document
De plus, les mêmes types de pièces métalliques peuvent être utilisés pour des cuves de tailles différentes. Il n'est pas nécessaire de concevoir des pièces spécifiques lorsqu'on réalise plusieurs cuves de tailles différentes.In addition, the same types of metal parts can be used for tanks of different sizes. It is not necessary to design specific parts when making several tanks of different sizes.
Grâce à la structure de la cuve 1 et à la disposition des pièces métalliques de la paroi de fond 3, la cuve 1 peut présenter un nombre de pans verticaux élevé et un nombre de secteurs deux fois plus faible. Ainsi, la quantité de béton nécessaire à réaliser la structure porteuse 4 n'est pas trop élevé, et la surface de la zone centrale de la paroi de fond 3, qui ne peut pas être recouverte de pièces rectangulaires 5, n'est pas non plus trop élevée. De plus, le nombre de pièces rectangulaires 5 peut être nettement plus élevé que le nombre de pièces de liaison 6.Thanks to the structure of the
Une cuve 1 présentant 56 pans verticaux et 28 secteurs est par exemple particulièrement intéressante. En effet dans ce cas, la majeure partie de la paroi de fond 3 peut être recouverte par des pièces rectangulaires 5, et la quantité de béton nécessaire pour réaliser la structure porteuse 4 n'est que 7% plus élevée que pour une paroi verticale circulaire de dimension similaire.A
Ci-dessus, on a décrit une disposition avantageuse des pièces métalliques formant la barrière étanche primaire de la paroi de fond 3. De manière correspondante, les panneaux préfabriqués formant la barrière thermiquement isolante primaire, la barrière étanche secondaire et la barrière thermiquement isolante secondaire peuvent présenter la même disposition avantageuse.Above, an advantageous arrangement of the metal parts forming the primary waterproof barrier of the bottom wall 3 has been described. Correspondingly, the prefabricated panels forming the primary heat-insulating barrier, the secondary watertight barrier and the secondary heat-insulating barrier may present the same advantageous arrangement.
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Bien que l'invention ait été décrite en liaison avec un mode de réalisation particulier, il est bien évident qu'elle n'y est nullement limitée et qu'elle comprend tous les équivalents techniques des moyens décrits ainsi que leurs combinaisons si celles-ci entrent dans le cadre de l'invention.Although the invention has been described in connection with a particular embodiment, it is obvious that it is not limited thereto and that it comprises all the technical equivalents of the means described and their combinations if they are within the scope of the invention.
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- Sealed vessel (1), including a load-bearing structure (4) and a sealing barrier, said sealing barrier having a cylindrical shape of which section has the shape of a regular polygon and including a vertical wall (2) and a bottom wall (3), wherein said vertical wall of the sealing barrier has a plurality of vertical panels (8, 8'), said load-bearing structure surrounding said vertical wall, and wherein said bottom wall includes a plurality of rectangular parts (5) divided into sectors that are images of one another by rotation, the edges of the rectangular parts of one of said sectors being respectively parallel and perpendicular to one of said vertical panels (8), characterized in that the number of said vertical panels is twice the number of said sectors.
- Vessel according to claim 1, wherein the vessel (1) is thermally insulated and includes a thermally insulating barrier having said cylindrical shape of which section has the shape of a regular polygon and including a vertical wall (2) and a bottom wall (3), wherein said vertical wall (2) of the thermally insulating barrier has a plurality of vertical panels (8, 8') corresponding to the vertical panels of the sealing barrier, wherein said bottom wall of the thermally insulating barrier includes a plurality of rectangular parts (5) divided into sectors that are images of one another by rotation in such a way that the sectors of the insulating barrier correspond to the sectors of the sealing barrier, the edges of said rectangular parts of one of said sectors of the insulating barrier being respectively parallel and perpendicular to one of said vertical panels (8) of the insulating barrier and wherein the number of the vertical panels of the thermally insulating barrier is twice the number of said sectors of the thermally insulating barrier.
- Vessel according to claim 2, wherein the sealing barrier is a primary sealing barrier and the thermally insulating barrier is a primary thermally insulating barrier, the vessel additionally comprising a secondary sealing barrier and a secondary thermally insulating barrier.
- Vessel according to claim 3, wherein said secondary sealing barrier has said cylindrical shape of which section has the shape of a regular polygon and includes a vertical wall (2) and a bottom wall (3), wherein said vertical wall (2) of the secondary sealing barrier has a plurality of vertical panels (8, 8') corresponding to the vertical panels of the primary sealing barrier, wherein said bottom wall of the secondary sealing barrier includes a plurality of rectangular parts (5) divided into sectors that are images of one another by rotation in such a way that the sectors of the secondary sealing barrier correspond to the sectors of the primary sealing barrier, the edges of said rectangular parts of one of said sectors of the secondary sealing barrier being respectively parallel and perpendicular to one of said vertical panels (8) of the secondary sealing barrier and wherein the number of the vertical panels of the secondary sealing barrier is twice the number of said sectors of the secondary sealing barrier.
- Vessel according to claim 3 or 4, wherein said secondary thermally insulating barrier has said cylindrical shape of which section has the shape of a regular polygon and includes a vertical wall (2) and a bottom wall (3), wherein said vertical wall (2) of the secondary thermally insulating barrier has a plurality of vertical panels (8, 8') corresponding to the vertical panels of the primary sealing barrier, wherein said bottom wall of the secondary thermally insulating barrier includes a plurality of rectangular parts (5) divided into sectors that are images of one another by rotation in such a way that the sectors of the secondary thermally insulating barrier correspond to the sectors of the primary sealing barrier, the edges of said rectangular parts of one of said sectors of the secondary thermally insulating barrier being respectively parallel and perpendicular to one of said vertical panels (8) of the secondary thermally insulating barrier and wherein the number of the vertical panels of the secondary thermally insulating barrier is twice the number of said sectors of the secondary thermally insulating barrier.
- Vessel according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein each of said sectors has a plane of symmetry, said vertical panels including first panels (8) each facing one of said respective sectors and being arranged symmetrically relative to the plane of symmetry of the corresponding sector.
- Vessel according to claim 6, wherein said vertical panels include second panels (8'), each of said second panels being arranged between two of said first panels (8) respectively corresponding to two adjacent sectors.
- Vessel according to claim 7, wherein the bottom wall includes at least one trapezoidal part (10) connecting the rectangular parts (5) of one sector to one of said second panels (8').
- Vessel according to claim 8, wherein said trapezoidal part has corrugations (7) extending perpendicularly to said adjacent second panel.
- Vessel according to one of the above claims, wherein said vertical wall has 56 vertical panels (8, 8').
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