US3058316A - Methods of constructing fluid-tight tanks or like holders, and tanks obtained therefrom - Google Patents

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US3058316A
US3058316A US127039A US12703961A US3058316A US 3058316 A US3058316 A US 3058316A US 127039 A US127039 A US 127039A US 12703961 A US12703961 A US 12703961A US 3058316 A US3058316 A US 3058316A
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F17C2201/01—Shape
    • F17C2201/0128—Shape spherical or elliptical
    • 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
    • F17C2205/00—Vessel construction, in particular mounting arrangements, attachments or identifications means
    • F17C2205/03—Fluid connections, filters, valves, closure means or other attachments
    • F17C2205/0302—Fittings, valves, filters, or components in connection with the gas storage device
    • F17C2205/0352—Pipes
    • F17C2205/0367—Arrangements in parallel
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates essentially to a method of constructing fluid-tight tanks or like holders of the type designed notably for storing liquefied gases or other substances at very low temperature.
  • the freezing step is carried out by utilizing the influence of the low temperature prevailing in the tank proper.
  • water is injected around the tank before or during the filling thereof with liquefied or like gas.
  • This invention is also concerned, by way of novel industrial products, with tanks co-nstructed according to the method broadly set forth hereinabove.
  • FIGURE illustrates diagrammatically by way of example ⁇ and in longitudinal axial section a tank constructed according to the teachings of this invention.
  • the reference numeral 1 designates the ground level from which a pit or well Z of any desired and suitable depth has been dug- If necessary, the pit walls are lined or provided With adequate propping means of which the only function is to support the soil material during the excavation. At the lower end of the pit or from the base thereof a storage chamber 3 having the requisite volume is dug. The walls of this chamber 3l may also be provided with suitable propping means, if necessary.
  • a circular groove or like 3,058,316 Patented Oct. 16, 1962 recess 4 is formed in order to provide a shoulder adapted to support a lfloor-forming plate 5i.
  • This plate is not compulsorily made of fluid-tight material since its only purpose is to permit the passage of piping such as. 6, 7 and 8 for taking fluid out from the tank and inspect the llatter when necessary.
  • sounding holes 9, 10, 11 and -12 are bored for injecting water, as will be explained presently. If desired, these sounding holes may have their lower end located in close proximity of the well 2 and chamber 3, and they are simply connected to a source of water under pressure (not shown). If desired, the installation may be completed by providing heat probes shown in diagrammatic form at 1"3, 14, and ⁇ 15.
  • a layer of sand or loose rocks or stones is disposed on the floor-forming plate 5, this layer consisting preferably of the same material as that constituting the ground in which the pit and chamber 2, 3 have been excavated.
  • These stones, rocks or sand may be humidiiied or sprinkled with water.
  • the tank is iilled with a low-temperature liquid, for example a liquefied gas, and at the same time water is injected through the sounding holes 9, 10, 11 and 12.
  • the most favourable case is that in which the ground is initially soaked with Water.
  • the digging is carried out after the ground has been frozen according to the 'conventional method, without changing the steps involved in the process of forming the tank and freezing its walls for tightness purposes.
  • water may be injected either before introducing the liquefied gas, or preferably when the temperature of the tank walls has dropped to less than 32 F.
  • a method of of constructing a fluid tight enclosed space for storing under pressure a substance at very low temperatures the steps of digging a cavity deep in the ground, la pit leading from said cavity to the ground surface, of closing said cavity by means of a floor-forming plate adapted in said pit at the bottom thereof and provided with openings, of mounting through said openings the necessary piping for said cold substance, of covering said floor-forming plate with a water-soaked material which subsequently freezes and forms a fluid tight layer solid with the walls of said pit.
  • a fluid tight enclosed space for storing under pressure a substance at very low temperatures comprising a cavity dug in a Water-soaked ground, a pit leading from said cavity to the ground surace, a door-forming plate 4adapted in said pit substantially where said pit merges in said cavity, openings in said floor-forming plate, pipings for said substance extending through said openings, a layer of water-soaked material on said ⁇ floor-forming plate in said pit at the bottom of the latter, said watersoaked material in said pit yand ground around said cavity being frozen and constituting a continuous duid-tight layer surrounding said cavity.
  • a iluid tight enclosed space for storing under pressure a substance at very low temperatures according to d claim 3 wherein said cav-ity dug deep in the ground is substantially spherical whereas said pit is vertical and substantially cylindrical, said spherical cavity having a diameter which is much larger than the diameter of said cylindrical pit.

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US3205665A (en) * 1962-01-16 1965-09-14 Morse F Van Horn Underground storage of liquefied gases
US3269132A (en) * 1963-05-24 1966-08-30 Metal Containers Ltd Container, particularly for liquefied petroleum gas
US3934420A (en) * 1973-08-06 1976-01-27 Erik Ingvar Janelid Method of sealing the rock around a rock chamber intended for a medium, the temperature of which is below the natural temperature of the rock
JP2013092199A (ja) * 2011-10-26 2013-05-16 Kajima Corp 低温液化ガスの地下貯蔵方法及び貯蔵施設
JP2013119931A (ja) * 2011-12-08 2013-06-17 Kajima Corp 低温液化ガスの地下凍結制御型貯蔵施設

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US2796739A (en) * 1953-05-22 1957-06-25 Phillips Petroleum Co Underground storage system
US2932170A (en) * 1954-03-24 1960-04-12 Patterson Morton Kingsley Refrigerated underground storage system
US2961840A (en) * 1957-08-12 1960-11-29 Phillips Petroleum Co Storage of volatile liquids

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US2796739A (en) * 1953-05-22 1957-06-25 Phillips Petroleum Co Underground storage system
US2932170A (en) * 1954-03-24 1960-04-12 Patterson Morton Kingsley Refrigerated underground storage system
US2961840A (en) * 1957-08-12 1960-11-29 Phillips Petroleum Co Storage of volatile liquids

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3205665A (en) * 1962-01-16 1965-09-14 Morse F Van Horn Underground storage of liquefied gases
US3269132A (en) * 1963-05-24 1966-08-30 Metal Containers Ltd Container, particularly for liquefied petroleum gas
US3934420A (en) * 1973-08-06 1976-01-27 Erik Ingvar Janelid Method of sealing the rock around a rock chamber intended for a medium, the temperature of which is below the natural temperature of the rock
JP2013092199A (ja) * 2011-10-26 2013-05-16 Kajima Corp 低温液化ガスの地下貯蔵方法及び貯蔵施設
JP2013119931A (ja) * 2011-12-08 2013-06-17 Kajima Corp 低温液化ガスの地下凍結制御型貯蔵施設

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