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- This disclosure relates generally to a support system for independent cargo tanks containing liquefied gases and is particularly useful in enabling large diameter cryogenic tanks to be safely installed and operated on liquefied gas carriers.
- the design and construction of liquefied gas carriers is regulated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) primarily through application of the International Gas Carrier Code (IGC Code).
- IGC Code International Gas Carrier Code
- the IGC Code permits a wide range of cargo containment systems.
- the cylindrical tank system is the most widely employed containment system for liquefied gas carriers having capacities below approx. 22,000 m 3 .
- the tank has an internal ring frame at each saddle to help stabilize and distribute the saddle loads into the tank shell.
- the two saddle system minimizes interaction and resulting stresses between the hull and the tank both of which flex under forces imposed by the ship motions.
- the diameter and length of such tanks are limited by technical and economic constraints such that the largest single tank known to have been constructed to date has a capacity of about 6,000 m 3 and the largest ship capacity is believed to be approximately 12,000 m 3 .
- liquefied gas carriers employ either two smaller diameter tanks fitted side by side or a so called bilobe tank.
- the bilobe tank consists of two parallel, same diameter horizontal cylinders intersecting each other at about 80% of their diameter. An internal longitudinal bulkhead is fitted where the two “lobes” are joined. As with the cylindrical tank, the bilobe tank is supported by two saddles one near each end.
- Such tanks can be built to diameters of around 15 m.
- the largest such tank known to have been built to date is about 7,500 m 3 and the largest such liquefied gas carrier employing bilobe tanks has a capacity of around 22,000 m 3 .
- Type C tanks are generally designed to comply with land-based pressure vessel codes such as ASME Div. VIII.
- ASME Div. VIII land-based pressure vessel codes
- Type C tanks are often designed to pressures and loads considerably higher than they will actually experience during their lifetime. This results in large shell material thickness, high tank weight and excessive cost. Since most liquefied gases are carried at atmospheric pressure, the Type C tank is a disadvantage in weight and cost.
- Spherical tanks are also used to transport liquefied gases, usually liquefied natural gas at ⁇ 162° C. Such tanks are designed as Type B tanks of the IGC Code. Type B permits the tanks to be designed to pressures, accelerations and fatigue life as may be actually experienced by the ship during its lifetime. Determining the actual expected design loads is a time consuming and expensive process, but such tanks may be designed with lower material thickness and weight compared to a Type C tank.
- spherical tanks are expensive to fabricate and are generally used only in large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The largest tanks built to date have a diameter of about 43 m and a volume of around 40,000 m 3 .
- LNG large liquefied natural gas
- spherical tanks do not utilize the available space in the ship's cargo hold as well as cylindrical tanks and therefore a larger ship must be designed to obtain the same transport capacity.
- Independent prismatic tanks are constructed primarily of flat surfaces which are shaped to utilize the ship's form to the greatest possible extent. These tanks may be either Type B tanks or Type A tanks.
- Type A tanks require the surrounding ship's hull structure to act as a secondary liquid barrier as a protection should the primary liquefied gas tank leak or fail.
- the surrounding ship's hull structure must therefore be constructed of expensive, low temperature steel which remains tough and crack resistant at the boiling temperature of the liquefied gas (usually LPG, propane or ammonia).
- Type B prismatic tanks do not need a full secondary barrier and therefore the hull can be built largely of normal ship steel.
- Type B spherical tank considerable detailed stress analysis is required to minimize the risk of fatigue or crack propagation.
- Both tank types have considerable internal support structure similar to the internal hull structure of an oil tanker. Although prismatic tanks have a better volumetric efficiency in the hull than do cylindrical or spherical tanks, they require considerably more material and have limited design pressure.
- the cargo tank In case of flooding of the cargo hold by grounding or collision, the cargo tank must be prevented from floating up and breaking through the upper part of the cargo hold. With conventional Type C tanks this is normally accomplished by four large brackets placed on the upper side of the tank in way of the two ring frames. The floatation load is then transmitted through the brackets to the upper hull sides. With spherical tanks, the tank equator is welded to the ship's structure via a so called skirt and therefore the support structure also holds the tank against floatation. With prismatic tanks the hold down is accomplished by brackets located on the upper sides of the tanks and attached to the sides of the ship in numerous locations.
- pedestals are of wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material fixed to the tank below its circumferential diameter along both the starboard and port tank sides.
- the pedestals rest on structural longitudinal stringers laying port and starboard in the horizontal plane and fixed and supported by the ship's hull structure. Longitudinal and transverse pedestal movement is controlled by stops attached to the stringers at one or more of the pedestals. The stops contact the pedestals via bearing pads which constrain the pedestal in one direction but permit its movement in another. The bearing pads reduce the friction between pedestal and stop thereby allowing free movement in the desired direction.
- cylindrical cargo tanks having the weight and material thickness advantages of Type B cargo tanks plus the fabrication advantages of cylindrical Type C tanks can provide better utilization of the cargo space than spherical tanks and reduced material and fabrication cost of prismatic or Type C tanks.
- the spaced-apart pedestals promote even distribution of loads from the tank or tanks into the ship's hull structure thereby enabling a simpler and lighter hull structure while also eliminating excessive hull deflections and reducing sensitivity due to sloshing loads.
- the design of the pedestals, stops and bearing pads minimize thermal heat transfer and allow for normal cargo tank and hull deflections without adverse affects.
- Single tank capacities of 15,000 m 3 or more may be realized with the concepts discussed herein.
- FIG. 1 shows a top view of a liquefied gas carrier having a tank arrangement therein;
- FIG. 2 shows a cross section of a cargo tank, looking towards the aft, being supported by the system and method described herein;
- FIGS. 2A to 2C show expanded views of the starboard and port, respectively supports
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are side and top views, respectively, of a cargo tank being supported by the system and method described herein;
- FIGS. 5A and 5B show an example of a cylindrical Type C tank with prior art support arrangement for use in liquefied gas carriers
- FIG. 6 shows one embodiment of a tank having pedestals constructed thereon.
- FIG. 1 shows a top view of liquefied gas carrier 10 , having cargo tanks 20 - 1 though 20 - 4 arranged therein. Note that while the cargo tanks are shown in a straight line displaced along the longitudinal axis of the ship, the concepts discussed herein can be used with any placement of tanks and with any number of tanks.
- FIG. 2 shows a cross-section of tank 20 being supported by the system and method described herein.
- a support structure such as the longitudinal stringer 12 which is integrated into the ship's hull structure comprised of transverse web frames 11 and longitudinal bulkheads 13 or girders 14 , as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B .
- structures 12 , 13 and 14 are preferably continuous structures they can be discontinuous and placed only where necessary.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B Before discussing the inventive concepts of this invention it might be helpful to review a prior art support structure as shown with respect to FIGS. 5A and 5B .
- cylindrical tank 20 As shown in FIG. 5A , cylindrical tank 20 is supported internally by ring frame 52 .
- transverse saddle 51 is supported by the ship's bottom 57 and side hull 58 .
- a hold down bracket 56 is attached to the shell. Hold down bracket 56 presses against the ship's side hull 58 with stopper 55 to prevent floating of the tank. Hold down bracket 56 is on the port and starboard sides of the tank.
- Each saddle carries approximately 50% of the static tank load and this load can nearly double due to ship motions. Under such loads, both the hull and tank will deflect considerably in a complex interaction thereby increasing stresses in both the cargo tank and the support structure. To prevent structural failure, a heavy and complex support structure must be designed using detailed structural analysis.
- tank 20 (shown standing alone in FIG. 6 ) is effectively resting on a series of support structures longitudinally distributed along the length of the ship's cargo hold as shown expanded in FIG. 3 .
- pedestals 26 are positioned under the bottom surface of tank support 27 at intervals along each side of the tank parallel to the tank's longitudinal axis.
- the pedestals are advantageously located in locations that correspond to the ship's webframing 11 . While the preferred embodiment is that the pedestal are mounted to the tank, an alternate embodiment shown in FIG. 2C could position the pedestals 26 ′ along the stringers so that they would mate with the longitudinal support 29 of the tank. In such an embodiment, the stops 30 ′ can be on the tank support 29 .
- the ends of the tank may be hemispherical, Kloeber or other suitable types and need not be the same at both ends.
- the tank diameter may be 25 m or more.
- the cylinder length to diameter ratio of the tank is limited primarily by two factors. The first is the deformation of the hull side under hydrostatic and cargo tank loads and its influence on tank deformation. The hull deformation varies as the square of the distance between the cargo hold bulkheads. Therefore a shorter hold will result in considerably less hull deformation.
- the second important length to diameter ratio factor is the limitation of sloshing loads. It is well known that transverse sloshing in a cylindrical tank has little effect on the total tank load. However, sloshing in the longitudinal direction in a cylindrical tank depends on several factors the most significant of which is the length of the tank relative to its diameter. Typically, Type C cylindrical tanks have length to diameter ratios up to 3:1 and utilize swash bulkheads near the ends of the tank attached to the saddle ring frame to reduce sloshing loads. However, with tank diameters above 15 m the use of swash bulkheads becomes a technical challenge. By limiting the cylinder length to diameter ratio to under 2:1 the longitudinal sloshing loads may be small enough to eliminate the need for swash bulkheads. For smaller diameter tanks, higher length to diameter ratios could be implemented in conjunction with one or more swash bulkheads.
- the axis of the cylindrical cargo tank is oriented horizontally in the fore and aft longitudinal direction of the ship.
- the tank is supported by pedestals 26 arrayed at intervals on both sides of the tank parallel to and somewhat below the tank's horizontal centerline axis ( 601 in FIG. 6 ).
- Pedestals 26 are constructed, in one embodiment, of impregnated laminated wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material and are fixed to tank lower longitudinal girder 29 .
- the transverse and longitudinal stops and longitudinal stringer under the pedestals are abutted by bearing pads having a low coefficient of friction load bearing material.
- Vertical supports 27 provide stiffening between lower girder 29 and upper girder 28 .
- tank support 602 FIG.
- the pedestals transfer the transverse and longitudinal loads of the tank and its cargo to stops 30 and 41 (seen in FIGS. 3 and 4 , respectively) which are fixed to longitudinal stringer 12 .
- the stops constrain movement of the pedestal in one direction but allow movement in another direction so as to accommodate the expected thermal expansion and contraction of the tank, the expected deflections of the tank and ship's structure and their interaction on one another.
- the stops incorporate bearing pads which have a surface with a low coefficient of friction such as impregnated wood, polished stainless steel, Teflon, or the like, to facilitate slip between pedestal and stop.
- Girder 29 is designed to carry longitudinal and transverse loads from the tank into the pedestals.
- the lower girders on each side of the tank are located in a horizontal plane the height of which is somewhere between the bottom of tank shell 203 and its horizontal centerline axis.
- the height of the horizontal plane above the bottom is determined by calculating the height at which the lowest overall bending and shear stresses are imposed on the cylindrical tank.
- the height above bottom varies with the geometry of the tank and the forces imposed on it by the ship's motions.
- the height of lower longitudinal girder 29 is generally between 20% and 40% of the tank diameter above the tank bottom.
- a smaller upper longitudinal girder 28 acts to stiffen the tank further and is welded 24 (or otherwise secured) to the outside of tank 20 as shown in FIGS. 2 , 2 A, 2 B and 6 .
- the upper and lower girders are connected by a series of external vertical stiffeners 27 positioned along the longitudinal axis of the tank at the location of the pedestals.
- the tank internal ring frame 25 at each pedestal acts as the primary structural member for transferring the transverse and vertical tank loads to the pedestals.
- Vertical stiffeners 27 transfer the vertical and transverse loads from ring frame 25 to the pedestals via lower longitudinal girder 29 .
- the spacing of the pedestals and ring frames will generally coincide with the ship's transverse webframe spacing.
- the ring frames could be outside the tank in some situations, but as the beam of the ship is generally limited for a given cargo capacity, external ring frames would reduce the tank size and thus the cargo carrying capacity for a ship of a given beam.
- the ship's hull incorporates a longitudinal shelf or stringer 12 at the height of the bottom of the pedestals on each side of the hull.
- a bearing pad may be fitted between the stringer and pedestals.
- the stringers are supported by vertical frames 15 ( FIGS. 2A and 2B ) which distribute the vertical and transverse loads from the tank into the ship's webframes.
- the repetitive nature of the vertical and transverse supports distributes the tank loads fairly evenly into the hull structure. This permits a straight forward and simplified hull structural layout when compared with a Type C tank hull.
- the pedestals are positioned to be approximately level to each other and level with the ship's waterline.
- the ring frames act to carry and distribute loads from the pedestals and permit the design of cargo tanks with diameters much larger than current marine practice.
- the tank is fixed vertically downward and against rotational movement by the weight of the tank resting on pedestals 26 which are, in turn, supported by the ship's structure.
- the tank In case of flooding of the hold, the tank is loosely held from floating up by chains 204 or similar hold down devices located at each pedestal or, if desired, at a minimum of four pedestals, two each side. Chains 204 or similar hold down devices could be attached to the longitudinal stringer 12 , bulkhead 13 or similar location to achieve the same preventive purpose.
- transverse stops 30 shown in FIG. 3 , which are advantageously placed only on one side of the ship (the starboard side in the embodiment shown). This single side placement then allows the tank to expand and contract freely on the unconstrained side.
- FIG. 3 shows transverse stops 30 at each pedestal 200 along the lateral length of tank 20 . If the tank is transversely held only on one ship side then all of the transverse loads are transmitted into that side of the ship's hull. The unsupported tank side is free to move transversely and to accommodate deformation and thermal shrinkage.
- transverse stops on both ship sides along the lateral length of the tank.
- Variations of this transverse stop system may, for example, be the use of transverse stops on both sides of the tank. In such case, the transverse loads can be more or less evenly transmitted into both ship sides.
- the following example variations can be foreseen:
- one set of stops may be arranged for the inboard stop to be in contact with the pedestal in the “cold” tank condition and the outboard stop having contact with the pedestal in the “warm” tank condition, i.e., the stops are spaced so that the tank can expand and contract through thermal cycles without binding in the transverse stops.
- the just mentioned outboard transverse stop may be adjusted after the tank is cold to minimize the gap between pedestal and stop.
- the ideal transverse stop design solution depends on numerous variables and may be different for each ship design depending on hull structure, tank size, liquefied gas density, pressure, etc.
- the longitudinal position is controlled by longitudinal stops 41 , FIG. 4 , which can be placed on the port and starboard side of the tank, as shown.
- the stops act on pedestals fixed to lower girder 29 and sized to accommodate the longitudinal loads in both the forward and aft direction. Only one set of stops port and starboard need be fitted and they are generally located port and starboard at the longitudinal location of tank dome 205 where the fill and discharge pipes are connected to the tank. This stop location allows the tank to expand and contract longitudinally away from the loading pipes (not shown) so as to maintain a fixed position between the tank pipes and the ship's structure.
- the aft end of the tank 32 is closest to the back end of the ship and forward end of the tank 31 is closest to the front end of the ship, as seen in FIG. 3 .
- Tank dome 205 is a vertical cylindrical cupola mounted at the top of the cylindrical tank usually at the aft end. It acts as a liquid free vapor space for collection of vapors. Cargo tank piping, fill line, pump discharge, vapor line, etc. penetrate the tank through the dome.
- the transverse stops permit movement of the tank in the longitudinal direction.
- the longitudinal stops permit movement only in the transverse direction.
- a gap may exist between the bearing pads mounted on the stops and the pedestals.
- the purpose of the longitudinal and transverse stops is to allow deflection of the tank and ship's hull without imposing undue stresses on one another. At some point the deflection of the tank and/or ship's structure becomes unwanted or unsafe and thus the system is designed to maintain the deflections within the acceptable limits and not require the tank or the ship to be overbuilt.
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There are disclosed systems and methods for supporting cargo tanks within the hold of a liquefied gas carrier by establishing a series of spaced-apart pedestals along the longitudinal axis of a tank, said pedestals positioned in conjunction with the ship's structural components. These pedestals are of wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material fixed to the tank below its circumferential diameter along both the starboard and port tank sides. The pedestals rest on structural longitudinal stringers laying port and starboard in the horizontal plane and fixed and supported by the ship's hull structure. Longitudinal and transverse pedestal movement is controlled by stops attached to the stringers at one or more of the pedestals. The stops contact the pedestals via bearing pads which constrain the pedestal in one direction but permit its movement in another.
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- This application is a continuation of co-pending, commonly assigned, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/484,772 filed Jun. 15, 2009 entitled SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING TANKS IN A CARGO SHIP, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/129,639 filed Jul. 9, 2008 entitled SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR CYLINDRICAL CARGO TANKS CONTAINING LIQUEFIED BULK GAS IN MARINE APPLICATIONS, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
- This disclosure relates generally to a support system for independent cargo tanks containing liquefied gases and is particularly useful in enabling large diameter cryogenic tanks to be safely installed and operated on liquefied gas carriers.
- It is now common to transport liquefied gases and other materials in tanks positioned within the holds of cargo ships. Particularly, it is well known that liquefied gases, such as LPG, ethylene and LNG, can be transported in tanks permanently attached within the holds of a cargo ship.
- The design and construction of liquefied gas carriers is regulated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) primarily through application of the International Gas Carrier Code (IGC Code). The IGC Code permits a wide range of cargo containment systems. The cylindrical tank system is the most widely employed containment system for liquefied gas carriers having capacities below approx. 22,000 m3. With this system, the cylindrical tanks are supported by two transverse saddles located one near each end of the cylindrical tank. The tank has an internal ring frame at each saddle to help stabilize and distribute the saddle loads into the tank shell. The two saddle system minimizes interaction and resulting stresses between the hull and the tank both of which flex under forces imposed by the ship motions. The diameter and length of such tanks are limited by technical and economic constraints such that the largest single tank known to have been constructed to date has a capacity of about 6,000 m3 and the largest ship capacity is believed to be approximately 12,000 m3.
- Larger liquefied gas carriers employ either two smaller diameter tanks fitted side by side or a so called bilobe tank. The bilobe tank consists of two parallel, same diameter horizontal cylinders intersecting each other at about 80% of their diameter. An internal longitudinal bulkhead is fitted where the two “lobes” are joined. As with the cylindrical tank, the bilobe tank is supported by two saddles one near each end. Such tanks can be built to diameters of around 15 m. The largest such tank known to have been built to date is about 7,500 m3 and the largest such liquefied gas carrier employing bilobe tanks has a capacity of around 22,000 m3. Currently, there are studies underway for larger carriers in the range of 40,000 m3.
- The interaction between tank and hull due to deformation of each is complex and limits the number of support points to two. The diameter of such tanks is practically limited by the density of the cargo, the design pressure of the tank, saddle spacing, fabrication restrictions and economic factors.
- The limitation of two support saddles for each tank results in very large, highly concentrated loads being imposed on the ship's bottom structure. Such “point” loads can exceed 25% of the total loaded ship's displacement (weight in water). These concentrated loads must therefore be distributed throughout the hull structure by way of a complex system of girders and grillage. Such hulls are difficult to fabricate and require more steel than a hull where the cargo load is evenly distributed along the ship's length.
- Both of the above tank types are designed as Type C tanks in accordance with the IGC code. Type C tanks are generally designed to comply with land-based pressure vessel codes such as ASME Div. VIII. However, due to the dynamic loads such tanks are subjected to at sea, the IGC Code requires liquefied gas carrier tanks to be designed to increased design pressures, acceleration forces and safety factors as compared to land-based tanks. Therefore Type C tanks are often designed to pressures and loads considerably higher than they will actually experience during their lifetime. This results in large shell material thickness, high tank weight and excessive cost. Since most liquefied gases are carried at atmospheric pressure, the Type C tank is a disadvantage in weight and cost.
- Spherical tanks are also used to transport liquefied gases, usually liquefied natural gas at −162° C. Such tanks are designed as Type B tanks of the IGC Code. Type B permits the tanks to be designed to pressures, accelerations and fatigue life as may be actually experienced by the ship during its lifetime. Determining the actual expected design loads is a time consuming and expensive process, but such tanks may be designed with lower material thickness and weight compared to a Type C tank. However, spherical tanks are expensive to fabricate and are generally used only in large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The largest tanks built to date have a diameter of about 43 m and a volume of around 40,000 m3. In addition to the cost disadvantage, spherical tanks do not utilize the available space in the ship's cargo hold as well as cylindrical tanks and therefore a larger ship must be designed to obtain the same transport capacity.
- Independent prismatic tanks are constructed primarily of flat surfaces which are shaped to utilize the ship's form to the greatest possible extent. These tanks may be either Type B tanks or Type A tanks. Type A tanks require the surrounding ship's hull structure to act as a secondary liquid barrier as a protection should the primary liquefied gas tank leak or fail. The surrounding ship's hull structure must therefore be constructed of expensive, low temperature steel which remains tough and crack resistant at the boiling temperature of the liquefied gas (usually LPG, propane or ammonia). Type B prismatic tanks do not need a full secondary barrier and therefore the hull can be built largely of normal ship steel. As with the Type B spherical tank, considerable detailed stress analysis is required to minimize the risk of fatigue or crack propagation. Both tank types have considerable internal support structure similar to the internal hull structure of an oil tanker. Although prismatic tanks have a better volumetric efficiency in the hull than do cylindrical or spherical tanks, they require considerably more material and have limited design pressure.
- In case of flooding of the cargo hold by grounding or collision, the cargo tank must be prevented from floating up and breaking through the upper part of the cargo hold. With conventional Type C tanks this is normally accomplished by four large brackets placed on the upper side of the tank in way of the two ring frames. The floatation load is then transmitted through the brackets to the upper hull sides. With spherical tanks, the tank equator is welded to the ship's structure via a so called skirt and therefore the support structure also holds the tank against floatation. With prismatic tanks the hold down is accomplished by brackets located on the upper sides of the tanks and attached to the sides of the ship in numerous locations.
- There are disclosed systems and methods for supporting cargo tanks within the hold of a liquefied gas carrier by establishing a series of spaced-apart pedestals along the longitudinal axis of a tank, said pedestals positioned in conjunction with the ship's structural components. These pedestals are of wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material fixed to the tank below its circumferential diameter along both the starboard and port tank sides. The pedestals rest on structural longitudinal stringers laying port and starboard in the horizontal plane and fixed and supported by the ship's hull structure. Longitudinal and transverse pedestal movement is controlled by stops attached to the stringers at one or more of the pedestals. The stops contact the pedestals via bearing pads which constrain the pedestal in one direction but permit its movement in another. The bearing pads reduce the friction between pedestal and stop thereby allowing free movement in the desired direction.
- In this manner, cylindrical cargo tanks having the weight and material thickness advantages of Type B cargo tanks plus the fabrication advantages of cylindrical Type C tanks can provide better utilization of the cargo space than spherical tanks and reduced material and fabrication cost of prismatic or Type C tanks. Additionally, the spaced-apart pedestals promote even distribution of loads from the tank or tanks into the ship's hull structure thereby enabling a simpler and lighter hull structure while also eliminating excessive hull deflections and reducing sensitivity due to sloshing loads. The design of the pedestals, stops and bearing pads minimize thermal heat transfer and allow for normal cargo tank and hull deflections without adverse affects. Single tank capacities of 15,000 m3 or more may be realized with the concepts discussed herein.
- The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the detailed description of the invention that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the invention will be described hereinafter which form the subject of the claims of the invention. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific embodiment disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. It should also be realized by those skilled in the art that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. The novel features which are believed to be characteristic of the invention, both as to its organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. It is to be expressly understood, however, that each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description only and is not intended as a definition of the limits of the present invention.
- For a more complete understanding of the present invention, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:
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FIG. 1 shows a top view of a liquefied gas carrier having a tank arrangement therein; -
FIG. 2 shows a cross section of a cargo tank, looking towards the aft, being supported by the system and method described herein; -
FIGS. 2A to 2C show expanded views of the starboard and port, respectively supports; -
FIGS. 3 and 4 are side and top views, respectively, of a cargo tank being supported by the system and method described herein; -
FIGS. 5A and 5B show an example of a cylindrical Type C tank with prior art support arrangement for use in liquefied gas carriers; and -
FIG. 6 shows one embodiment of a tank having pedestals constructed thereon. -
FIG. 1 shows a top view of liquefiedgas carrier 10, having cargo tanks 20-1 though 20-4 arranged therein. Note that while the cargo tanks are shown in a straight line displaced along the longitudinal axis of the ship, the concepts discussed herein can be used with any placement of tanks and with any number of tanks. -
FIG. 2 shows a cross-section oftank 20 being supported by the system and method described herein. In order to facilitate the support system of this invention it is advantageous to add a support structure, such as thelongitudinal stringer 12 which is integrated into the ship's hull structure comprised of transverse web frames 11 andlongitudinal bulkheads 13 orgirders 14, as shown inFIGS. 2A and 2B . Note that whilestructures - Before discussing the inventive concepts of this invention it might be helpful to review a prior art support structure as shown with respect to
FIGS. 5A and 5B . As shown inFIG. 5A ,cylindrical tank 20 is supported internally byring frame 52. - In
FIG. 5B ,transverse saddle 51 is supported by the ship's bottom 57 andside hull 58. Typically, there is wood bearing 54 between the tank and the steel saddle. At eachring frame 52, a hold downbracket 56 is attached to the shell. Hold downbracket 56 presses against the ship'sside hull 58 withstopper 55 to prevent floating of the tank. Hold downbracket 56 is on the port and starboard sides of the tank. There islongitudinal stop 53 at the bottom of one end of the tank. Except for the longitudinal stop, this same structure is repeated at the other end oftank 20 as shown inFIG. 5A . Each saddle carries approximately 50% of the static tank load and this load can nearly double due to ship motions. Under such loads, both the hull and tank will deflect considerably in a complex interaction thereby increasing stresses in both the cargo tank and the support structure. To prevent structural failure, a heavy and complex support structure must be designed using detailed structural analysis. - Returning now to the concepts of the present invention, as shown in
FIGS. 2 , 2A, and 2B, tank 20 (shown standing alone inFIG. 6 ) is effectively resting on a series of support structures longitudinally distributed along the length of the ship's cargo hold as shown expanded inFIG. 3 . - In one embodiment, pedestals 26 are positioned under the bottom surface of
tank support 27 at intervals along each side of the tank parallel to the tank's longitudinal axis. The pedestals are advantageously located in locations that correspond to the ship'swebframing 11. While the preferred embodiment is that the pedestal are mounted to the tank, an alternate embodiment shown inFIG. 2C could position thepedestals 26′ along the stringers so that they would mate with thelongitudinal support 29 of the tank. In such an embodiment, thestops 30′ can be on thetank support 29. - The ends of the tank may be hemispherical, Kloeber or other suitable types and need not be the same at both ends. The tank diameter may be 25 m or more. The cylinder length to diameter ratio of the tank is limited primarily by two factors. The first is the deformation of the hull side under hydrostatic and cargo tank loads and its influence on tank deformation. The hull deformation varies as the square of the distance between the cargo hold bulkheads. Therefore a shorter hold will result in considerably less hull deformation.
- The second important length to diameter ratio factor is the limitation of sloshing loads. It is well known that transverse sloshing in a cylindrical tank has little effect on the total tank load. However, sloshing in the longitudinal direction in a cylindrical tank depends on several factors the most significant of which is the length of the tank relative to its diameter. Typically, Type C cylindrical tanks have length to diameter ratios up to 3:1 and utilize swash bulkheads near the ends of the tank attached to the saddle ring frame to reduce sloshing loads. However, with tank diameters above 15 m the use of swash bulkheads becomes a technical challenge. By limiting the cylinder length to diameter ratio to under 2:1 the longitudinal sloshing loads may be small enough to eliminate the need for swash bulkheads. For smaller diameter tanks, higher length to diameter ratios could be implemented in conjunction with one or more swash bulkheads.
- The axis of the cylindrical cargo tank is oriented horizontally in the fore and aft longitudinal direction of the ship. As discussed, the tank is supported by
pedestals 26 arrayed at intervals on both sides of the tank parallel to and somewhat below the tank's horizontal centerline axis (601 inFIG. 6 ).Pedestals 26 are constructed, in one embodiment, of impregnated laminated wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material and are fixed to tank lowerlongitudinal girder 29. The transverse and longitudinal stops and longitudinal stringer under the pedestals are abutted by bearing pads having a low coefficient of friction load bearing material. Vertical supports 27 provide stiffening betweenlower girder 29 andupper girder 28. In the embodiment shown, tank support 602 (FIG. 6 ) is welded to the sides of the tank bywelds 24 atupper girder 28,lower girder 29 and atvertical stiffener 27. The pedestals transfer the weight and vertical loads of the tank and its cargo to the ship's structure by way oflongitudinal stringer 12. - Similarly, the pedestals transfer the transverse and longitudinal loads of the tank and its cargo to
stops 30 and 41 (seen inFIGS. 3 and 4 , respectively) which are fixed tolongitudinal stringer 12. The stops constrain movement of the pedestal in one direction but allow movement in another direction so as to accommodate the expected thermal expansion and contraction of the tank, the expected deflections of the tank and ship's structure and their interaction on one another. The stops incorporate bearing pads which have a surface with a low coefficient of friction such as impregnated wood, polished stainless steel, Teflon, or the like, to facilitate slip between pedestal and stop. - As discussed, the pedestals are fixed under lower
longitudinal girder 29 which is welded 24 (or otherwise secured) to the outside oftank 20 as shown inFIGS. 2 , 2A, 2B and 6.Girder 29 is designed to carry longitudinal and transverse loads from the tank into the pedestals. The lower girders on each side of the tank are located in a horizontal plane the height of which is somewhere between the bottom oftank shell 203 and its horizontal centerline axis. The height of the horizontal plane above the bottom is determined by calculating the height at which the lowest overall bending and shear stresses are imposed on the cylindrical tank. The height above bottom varies with the geometry of the tank and the forces imposed on it by the ship's motions. The height of lowerlongitudinal girder 29 is generally between 20% and 40% of the tank diameter above the tank bottom. - A smaller upper
longitudinal girder 28 acts to stiffen the tank further and is welded 24 (or otherwise secured) to the outside oftank 20 as shown inFIGS. 2 , 2A, 2B and 6. The upper and lower girders are connected by a series of externalvertical stiffeners 27 positioned along the longitudinal axis of the tank at the location of the pedestals. The tankinternal ring frame 25 at each pedestal acts as the primary structural member for transferring the transverse and vertical tank loads to the pedestals.Vertical stiffeners 27 transfer the vertical and transverse loads fromring frame 25 to the pedestals via lowerlongitudinal girder 29. The spacing of the pedestals and ring frames will generally coincide with the ship's transverse webframe spacing. The ring frames could be outside the tank in some situations, but as the beam of the ship is generally limited for a given cargo capacity, external ring frames would reduce the tank size and thus the cargo carrying capacity for a ship of a given beam. - As discussed, the ship's hull incorporates a longitudinal shelf or
stringer 12 at the height of the bottom of the pedestals on each side of the hull. A bearing pad may be fitted between the stringer and pedestals. The stringers are supported by vertical frames 15 (FIGS. 2A and 2B ) which distribute the vertical and transverse loads from the tank into the ship's webframes. The repetitive nature of the vertical and transverse supports distributes the tank loads fairly evenly into the hull structure. This permits a straight forward and simplified hull structural layout when compared with a Type C tank hull. The pedestals are positioned to be approximately level to each other and level with the ship's waterline. Note, the ring frames act to carry and distribute loads from the pedestals and permit the design of cargo tanks with diameters much larger than current marine practice. - The tank is fixed vertically downward and against rotational movement by the weight of the tank resting on
pedestals 26 which are, in turn, supported by the ship's structure. In case of flooding of the hold, the tank is loosely held from floating up bychains 204 or similar hold down devices located at each pedestal or, if desired, at a minimum of four pedestals, two each side.Chains 204 or similar hold down devices could be attached to thelongitudinal stringer 12,bulkhead 13 or similar location to achieve the same preventive purpose. - The transverse position is controlled by
transverse stops 30, shown inFIG. 3 , which are advantageously placed only on one side of the ship (the starboard side in the embodiment shown). This single side placement then allows the tank to expand and contract freely on the unconstrained side. -
FIG. 3 shows transverse stops 30 at eachpedestal 200 along the lateral length oftank 20. If the tank is transversely held only on one ship side then all of the transverse loads are transmitted into that side of the ship's hull. The unsupported tank side is free to move transversely and to accommodate deformation and thermal shrinkage. - If desired, it is possible to place transverse stops on both ship sides along the lateral length of the tank. Variations of this transverse stop system may, for example, be the use of transverse stops on both sides of the tank. In such case, the transverse loads can be more or less evenly transmitted into both ship sides. The following example variations can be foreseen:
- a) One inboard transverse stop port and one inboard transverse stop starboard per pedestal;
- b) Inboard and outboard stops port and one inboard stop starboard per pedestal; and
- c) Inboard and outboard stops port and inboard and outboard stops starboard per pedestal.
- In case c) one set of stops may be arranged for the inboard stop to be in contact with the pedestal in the “cold” tank condition and the outboard stop having contact with the pedestal in the “warm” tank condition, i.e., the stops are spaced so that the tank can expand and contract through thermal cycles without binding in the transverse stops. In another configuration, the just mentioned outboard transverse stop may be adjusted after the tank is cold to minimize the gap between pedestal and stop.
- The ideal transverse stop design solution depends on numerous variables and may be different for each ship design depending on hull structure, tank size, liquefied gas density, pressure, etc.
- The longitudinal position is controlled by
longitudinal stops 41,FIG. 4 , which can be placed on the port and starboard side of the tank, as shown. The stops act on pedestals fixed tolower girder 29 and sized to accommodate the longitudinal loads in both the forward and aft direction. Only one set of stops port and starboard need be fitted and they are generally located port and starboard at the longitudinal location oftank dome 205 where the fill and discharge pipes are connected to the tank. This stop location allows the tank to expand and contract longitudinally away from the loading pipes (not shown) so as to maintain a fixed position between the tank pipes and the ship's structure. The aft end of thetank 32 is closest to the back end of the ship and forward end of thetank 31 is closest to the front end of the ship, as seen inFIG. 3 .Tank dome 205 is a vertical cylindrical cupola mounted at the top of the cylindrical tank usually at the aft end. It acts as a liquid free vapor space for collection of vapors. Cargo tank piping, fill line, pump discharge, vapor line, etc. penetrate the tank through the dome. - The transverse stops permit movement of the tank in the longitudinal direction. The longitudinal stops permit movement only in the transverse direction. A gap may exist between the bearing pads mounted on the stops and the pedestals. The purpose of the longitudinal and transverse stops is to allow deflection of the tank and ship's hull without imposing undue stresses on one another. At some point the deflection of the tank and/or ship's structure becomes unwanted or unsafe and thus the system is designed to maintain the deflections within the acceptable limits and not require the tank or the ship to be overbuilt.
- Although the present invention and its advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Moreover, the scope of the present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments of the process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods and steps described in the specification. As one of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate from the disclosure of the present invention, processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps, presently existing or later to be developed that perform substantially the same function or achieve substantially the same result as the corresponding embodiments described herein may be utilized according to the present invention. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to include within their scope such processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps.
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1. A cargo tank support system for use in a cargo ship having one or more cargo holds each hold having two ends, two sides, a bottom and a top and each hold employing transverse and longitudinal structural members within said hold, said transverse structural members spaced at regular intervals within each said cargo hold, said support system comprising:
a cylindrical cargo tank with its longitudinal axis arranged roughly parallel to the longitudinal axis of said ship, said cargo tank having dimensions equivalent to, but enough smaller than a particular hold, so as to allow said cargo tank to fit within said particular hold;
for each cargo tank, a plurality of cargo tank ring frames, supports, and pedestals fixed to and positioned along said cargo tank in an array perpendicular to said cargo tank longitudinal axis and longitudinal stringers positioned to support the pedestals in any direction; whereby
said ring frames, supports and pedestals are spaced axially along said cargo tank corresponding to the ship's primary transverse structural members; such that said ring frames act to transmit static and dynamic cargo tank loads into the vertical supports and pedestals; thereby said vertical supports and pedestals transmit the static and dynamic cargo tank loads to the ship's hull by way of bearing pads and stops connected to said corresponding primary transverse structural members.
2. The support system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of said ring frames, supports and pedestals divide and distribute the static and dynamic loads without creating excessive stresses within the cargo tank.
3. The support system of claim 2 wherein the division and distribution of the static and dynamic cargo tank loads into a plurality of primary structural members simplifies the hull construction and permits cargo tank volumes in excess of 15,000 m3 cubic meters.
4. The support system of claim 2 wherein the global deformations of the hull and cargo tank under static and dynamic loads distribute the resulting forces incrementally to the plurality of said ring frames, supports and pedestals thereby eliminating excessive stresses.
5. The support of claim 2 wherein the ring frames spaced at intervals serve as the primary structural members of the cargo tank thereby permitting the tank shell to function as a lightweight, flexible and liquid-tight skin absorbing small deflections between the ring frames such that excessive stresses do not occur in the said tank shell while also enabling savings in weight and material.
6. The cargo tank of claim 2 wherein liquefied gases may be stored in said tank and transported under pressure and at cryogenic temperatures.
7. The cargo tank of claim 2 wherein liquids may be stored in said tank and transported under pressure and above ambient temperatures.
8. The cargo tank of claim 2 wherein length to diameter of said cargo tank is configured to eliminate harmful effects of sloshing without a need for special provisions within the cargo tank.
9. The cargo tank of claim 1 wherein said longitudinal stringers support said cargo tank at a level near the neutral axis of the ship's hull where stresses and deflections resulting from vertical wave bending are at their minimum thereby subjecting the cargo tank support system to the least stresses and deflections due to vertical wave bending.
10. A cargo tank support system for use in a cargo ship, said system comprising:
a cylindrical cargo tank with its longitudinal axis arranged roughly parallel to the longitudinal axis of said ship;
for said cargo tank, a plurality of pedestals fixed to and positioned along both sides of said cargo tank in an array parallel to said cargo tank longitudinal axis;
said pedestals each constrained from moving downward toward a bottom of said ship by bearing against structural elements fixed to said ship's hull, said pedestals not attached to the structural elements but free to move limited amounts longitudinally, transversally and vertically upward relative to the structural elements;
at least certain of said pedestals supporting a bottom said cargo tank above said ship's bottom;
at least certain of said pedestals operative by impact against first stops supported by said structural elements to constrain said cargo tank in a transverse direction; and
at least certain of said pedestals operative by impact against second stops supported by said structural elements to constrain said cargo tank in a longitudinal direction.
11. The support of claim 10 wherein said pedestals are each fixed to said cargo tank at a point below a circumferential diameter of the tank.
12. The support of claim 10 wherein for each pedestal located on one side of said cargo tank a matching pedestal is located in the same axial position on an opposite side of said tank.
13. The support of claim 10 wherein said pedestals are fixed to a longitudinal girder attached to the outside shell of said cargo tank.
14. The support of claim 13 wherein said longitudinal girder is supported by vertical stiffeners located external to said tank above each pedestal.
15. The support of claim 10 wherein a ring frame internal to said tank is located at each pedestal so as to carry and distribute loads from each pedestal.
16. The support of claim 15 wherein axial spacing of said pedestals and ring frames correspond to a multiple spacing of said ship's transverse structural members.
17. The support of claim 10 wherein said pedestals are constructed of load bearing material having thermal insulation characteristics.
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