GB958745A - Methods of constructing subterranean storage cavities - Google Patents

Methods of constructing subterranean storage cavities

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Publication number
GB958745A
GB958745A GB3993762A GB3993762A GB958745A GB 958745 A GB958745 A GB 958745A GB 3993762 A GB3993762 A GB 3993762A GB 3993762 A GB3993762 A GB 3993762A GB 958745 A GB958745 A GB 958745A
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soil
layers
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earth
methods
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D Arcy Adriance Shock
John Dean Sudbury
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ConocoPhillips Co
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Continental Oil Co
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H7/00—Construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil engineering techniques in situ or off the site
    • E04H7/02—Containers for fluids or gases; Supports therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D19/00—Keeping dry foundation sites or other areas in the ground
    • E02D19/06—Restraining of underground water
    • E02D19/12—Restraining of underground water by damming or interrupting the passage of underground water
    • E02D19/14—Restraining of underground water by damming or interrupting the passage of underground water by freezing the soil
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00—Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32—Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/38—Foundations for large tanks, e.g. oil tanks
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D1/00—Sinking shafts
    • E21D1/10—Preparation of the ground
    • E21D1/12—Preparation of the ground by freezing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21F—SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINING IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS
    • E21F17/00—Methods or devices for use in mines or tunnels, not covered elsewhere
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C3/00—Vessels not under pressure
    • F17C3/005—Underground or underwater containers or vessels
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2201/00—Vessel construction, in particular geometry, arrangement or size
    • F17C2201/03—Orientation
    • F17C2201/032—Orientation with substantially vertical main axis
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2201/00—Vessel construction, in particular geometry, arrangement or size
    • F17C2201/05—Size
    • F17C2201/052—Size large (>1000 m3)
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2203/00—Vessel construction, in particular walls or details thereof
    • F17C2203/06—Materials for walls or layers thereof; Properties or structures of walls or their materials
    • F17C2203/068—Special properties of materials for vessel walls
    • F17C2203/0682—Special properties of materials for vessel walls with liquid or gas layer
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2209/00—Vessel construction, in particular methods of manufacturing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2221/00—Handled fluid, in particular type of fluid
    • F17C2221/03—Mixtures
    • F17C2221/032—Hydrocarbons
    • F17C2221/033—Methane, e.g. natural gas, CNG, LNG, GNL, GNC, PLNG
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
    • F17C2223/01—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the phase
    • F17C2223/0146—Two-phase
    • F17C2223/0153—Liquefied gas, e.g. LPG, GPL
    • F17C2223/0161—Liquefied gas, e.g. LPG, GPL cryogenic, e.g. LNG, GNL, PLNG
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
    • F17C2223/03—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the pressure level
    • F17C2223/033—Small pressure, e.g. for liquefied gas
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2270/00—Applications
    • F17C2270/01—Applications for fluid transport or storage
    • F17C2270/0142—Applications for fluid transport or storage placed underground
    • F17C2270/0144—Type of cavity
    • F17C2270/0149—Type of cavity by digging cavities
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2270/00—Applications
    • F17C2270/01—Applications for fluid transport or storage
    • F17C2270/0142—Applications for fluid transport or storage placed underground
    • F17C2270/0157—Location of cavity
    • F17C2270/016—Location of cavity onshore

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
  • Paleontology (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Separation By Low-Temperature Treatments (AREA)
  • Underground Structures, Protecting, Testing And Restoring Foundations (AREA)
GB3993762A 1961-12-04 1962-10-22 Methods of constructing subterranean storage cavities Expired GB958745A (en)

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Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3468129A (en) * 1966-07-21 1969-09-23 Continental Oil Co Method of sealing underground cavities
US4728222A (en) * 1984-06-26 1988-03-01 Ed. Zublin Aktiengesellschaft Arrangement for collecting seepage water from depositories
EP0480926A4 (en) * 1988-12-08 1992-05-13 Rkk, Ltd. Closed cryogenic barrier for containment of hazardous material in the earth
US5722800A (en) * 1985-01-15 1998-03-03 Keller Grundbau Gmbh Seal and its production method for the creation of load bearings, removable earth masses for the construction of underground structures such as cavity structures
US5730550A (en) * 1995-08-15 1998-03-24 Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University Method for placement of a permeable remediation zone in situ
CN100392209C (zh) * 2005-04-20 2008-06-04 太原理工大学 盐岩矿床水平硐室型油气储库及其建造方法
CN105926636A (zh) * 2016-05-13 2016-09-07 中国矿业大学 深基坑冻结封底施工方法
CN107558784A (zh) * 2017-09-18 2018-01-09 河南工大设计研究院 一种半地下的用于储存散粮的多功能粮仓
CN110984202A (zh) * 2019-10-15 2020-04-10 国网浙江省电力有限公司嘉兴供电公司 一种适用于建筑基桩的后排水装置
CN110984201A (zh) * 2019-10-15 2020-04-10 国网浙江省电力有限公司嘉兴供电公司 一种基桩的后排水装置及安装方法

Cited By (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3468129A (en) * 1966-07-21 1969-09-23 Continental Oil Co Method of sealing underground cavities
US4728222A (en) * 1984-06-26 1988-03-01 Ed. Zublin Aktiengesellschaft Arrangement for collecting seepage water from depositories
US5722800A (en) * 1985-01-15 1998-03-03 Keller Grundbau Gmbh Seal and its production method for the creation of load bearings, removable earth masses for the construction of underground structures such as cavity structures
EP0480926A4 (en) * 1988-12-08 1992-05-13 Rkk, Ltd. Closed cryogenic barrier for containment of hazardous material in the earth
GR1000841B (el) * 1988-12-08 1993-02-17 Rkk Ltd Κλειστο κρυογονο φραγμα για την συγκρατηση της μετακινησης επικινδυνων υλικων μεσα στη γη.
US5730550A (en) * 1995-08-15 1998-03-24 Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University Method for placement of a permeable remediation zone in situ
CN100392209C (zh) * 2005-04-20 2008-06-04 太原理工大学 盐岩矿床水平硐室型油气储库及其建造方法
CN105926636A (zh) * 2016-05-13 2016-09-07 中国矿业大学 深基坑冻结封底施工方法
CN105926636B (zh) * 2016-05-13 2018-03-20 中国矿业大学 深基坑冻结封底施工方法
CN107558784A (zh) * 2017-09-18 2018-01-09 河南工大设计研究院 一种半地下的用于储存散粮的多功能粮仓
CN107558784B (zh) * 2017-09-18 2023-08-08 河南工大设计研究院 一种半地下的用于储存散粮的多功能粮仓
CN110984202A (zh) * 2019-10-15 2020-04-10 国网浙江省电力有限公司嘉兴供电公司 一种适用于建筑基桩的后排水装置
CN110984201A (zh) * 2019-10-15 2020-04-10 国网浙江省电力有限公司嘉兴供电公司 一种基桩的后排水装置及安装方法
CN110984202B (zh) * 2019-10-15 2021-09-24 国网浙江省电力有限公司嘉兴供电公司 一种适用于建筑基桩的后排水装置
CN110984201B (zh) * 2019-10-15 2021-09-24 国网浙江省电力有限公司嘉兴供电公司 一种基桩的后排水装置及安装方法

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