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    • 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
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  • - TANK FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND OTHER PRODUCTSl STQRED AT LOW TEMPEPJTURES Filed Sept. 5'. 1953 ⁇ f5 Sheets-Sheet 2 sept. 2o, 1966 TANK FOR LIQ 'IED NATURAL Filed Sept. 5.
  • FIGB TANK FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND OTHER PRODUCTS STORED AT LOW TEMPERATURES 5 Sheets-Shea?l 4 Filed Sept. 3. 1963
  • FIGAL FIG] FIGB
  • FIGS. 1-10 TANK FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND OTHER PRODUCTS STORED AT LOW TEMPERTURES 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Sept. 5. 1965 FIGB FIGS.
  • It is the object of the present invention to provide a new article of manufacture comprising a tank designed -to be mounted in a ship and adapted to the transportation of liquefied gas, or any other product, at -a low temperature. Since the tank is to be mounted in a ship, it must have an especially high safety factor, and it is essentially characterized by the fact that it comprises the following components, concentrically positioned, and spaced by partially solid and partially pulverulent insulating means:
  • An inner tank made of metal which is resilient at a low temperature, designed to contain the cold product Which is to be transported;
  • An outer casing which may be integral with the 'hull of a ship or may even be constituted -by said hull;
  • An intermediate casing or barrier layer which is partially deformable and designed to hold in the product being transported in case the inner tank leaks, and thus protect the framework of the ship against cold.
  • This intermediate casing has no shape of its own, but is supported by the solid insulation and consists preferably of steel plates positioned at individual points about the tank,v
  • the tank may contract and expand both radially and vertically and is thus protected against deformation
  • thermal resistance is interposed between outer casing and the inner tank, which resistance opposes an inacceptable transfer of calories to the contents of the inner tank.
  • FIG. l is a vertical section through this embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the detail of one of the tongue members which guide the inner tank relative to the outer casing;
  • FIG. 3b is a schematic view showing hoW the inner tank is expansibly mounted within the outer casing
  • FIG. 4 is an elevational view showing part of t-he de- 3,273,740 Patented Sept. 20, 1966 ice formable intermediate casing, which is made of a cornpound material;
  • FIG. 5 is -a sectional view taken along the line V-V of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 7 is a view showing the encircled portions A on FIGUR-E 1 on an enlarged scale and showing the mounting of elements constituting the barrier layer on the plates which are provided at specific points on the tank;
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing on an enlarged scale the part B which is encircled on FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 9 shows alternative construction for the part shown on FIG. 8.
  • FIG. 10 shows a detail of the means for attaching the barrier layer to its supporting insulation.
  • the tank according to the invention comprises an outer casing 1, for example the steel hull of a ship, to the inner surface of which the solid supporting insulation is attached.
  • This solid insulation is preferably foamed plastic of the type described in U.S. Patent No. 3,158,459 to Jacques Guilhem.
  • the term solid is intended to indicate that the material does not flow under moderate pressure but does not indicate that the material is free from interna-l voids.
  • an intermediate casing or barrier layer On the inner surface of the insulation 2 is mounted, by 'any suitable means, an intermediate casing or barrier layer, which is partially deformable, and designated as a whole by reference numeral 3.
  • This barrier layer which is hereinafter described in detail, is associated, through a layer l5 of pulverulent insulating material, with the inner tank4 which contains the cold product which is to be transported.
  • the inner tank 4 When the tank is installed in a ship, the inner tank 4 is subjected to inertial forces and torques which it refers to the framework of the ship. This first problem is particularly difficult to solve because these forces are quite large and it is necessary to avoid any construction capable of constituting means for conducting heat between the inner tank and the hull of the ship, which is ordinarily made of steel, a metal ywhich becomes somewhat brittle at temperatures below 5 C.
  • This figure shows an outer member 1a and an inner member 4a which may be respectively compared to the outer casing 1 and the inner tank 4 of the tank according Y to the invention, these two members being connected by tongues 9a and grooves 6a.
  • This assembly permits the expansion and 'contraction ⁇ of the two members, while keeping them mechanically connected, vthat is to say, provides for their mutual guidance at 6a.
  • the device according to the invention which is based on this known guidance principle, has been improved so as to solve the problems of heat insulating the tank, the construction and mounting of the improved device on the deformable wall 3, and its mounting on the inner tank 4 and the outer casing 1, so as to produce an assembly which embodies one of the essential characteristics of the present invention.
  • Such a device is constructed as follows:
  • 'Ihe casing 1 comprises, in the example illustrated, four diametrically opposed niches 1a (FIG. 2).
  • Tongues 9 formed or mounted on beams 8, which may have an H section, as shown in FIG. 3, slide with a predetermined clearance, in the grooves 6.
  • These beams have a certain flexibility and are provided at each end with gussets 10 welded at 10a to the casing 1. These gussets are shaped to space the beams 8 and consequently the tongues 9 a little way inside of and away from the casing 1.
  • This assembly is positioned in the space containing the heat insulation and is thus covered partly by pulverulent insulating material 5 and partly by solid insulating material 2.
  • this assembly which is particularly adapted to the transmission of substantial forces from the inner tank 4 to the hull of the ship-does not constitute a path for the conduction of heat between these two members, because the i beams 8, which are positioned parallelto the iso-thermal surfaces, introduce, on account of their length, a substantial resistance to the passage of heat.
  • the volume of heat conducted by this assembly to the contents of the inner tank 4 remains small.
  • the -arrangement according to the invention permits the stress to be distributed among a plurality 0f gussets 7, thusl simplifying the design problem.
  • the flexibility of the beams 8 provides a certain angular freedom for t-he tongues 9 and makes it possible for them to conform, under stress to the slideways 6.
  • the inner tank 4 may contract freely in a radial direction, and contraction may also take place in a direction parallel to the axis x-x (FIG. l) 0f the tank, without encountering any obstruction, on account of the shape of the members 6 and 9.
  • barrier walls When these tanks are installed on the ground, this barrier wall usually consists of small walls of earth positioned around the tank. On the contrary,
  • the flexible casing 3 is inserted between the insulation 2 and the internal tank 4.
  • This casing which forms a barrier layer, preferably comprises an assembly of panels made of two films Srl-3b of a conventional compound heat-weldable material, each Icomprising a layer of metal a, a layer of plastic material b, and a layer of textile material c (FIG. 6).
  • the films 3a yand 3b are sealed fluid tightly to each other by means of a bellows 3d also made of a compound material (as shown in FIG. 5), in order to control the fluid-tightness of the seals during construction.
  • a valve 15 (FIG. l and FIG. 8) is positioned in the walls of each of the cushions which are formed in this manner, and th'e valve permits their ex-
  • the double wall formed in this way is kept in place on the supporting insulation 2 by attaching means consisting of hooks 16, or pins, inserted into a grille 17 (FIG. 8), so as to keep the wall 3 from sagging.
  • Another embodiment 'of the said attaching means is Clips 18 are snapped into screwhooks 19 screwed into inserts 20 which are themselves s-crewed into the insulation 2. Th'e points of attachment are so spaced that the barrier layer can contract without rupturing, if accidentally chilled.
  • the barrier layer 3 consists of a simple plate of metal 11 adapted to low temperature applications, since the nature of the compound material is such that it cannot transmit force.
  • the plates 11 and the surfaces made of complex material are connected in the following Way:
  • a gutter 12 is formed in the edge of each plate 11, and the adjacent edges 3c of the heat-weldable panels 3 are inserted therein. These panels are connected to 'each other by heat-sealed strips 21 (FIG. 6) and their connection to the gutter is made fluid-tight by means of packing 13 which sticks to both the gutter and the compound material forming the wall 3.
  • the gutter exerts uniform pressure like the jaws of a vise, on the material 13, and consequently on the edge 3c which is positioned therein, as a consequence of contractionin the directions of the arrows F and F1 (FIG. 7), the coefficient of contraction of the material 13 being less than that of the metal forming the gutter 12.
  • a tank for transporting fluids at low temperatures comprising an inner casing made of a metal which is resilient at said temperatures, a relatively rigid outer casing, an intermediate deformable casing between said inner and outer casing, interftting relatively slidable tongue and groove means extending through said intermediate casing, said tongue means being attached to one of said inner and outer casings and said groove means to the other so as to guide said inner casing as it expands and contracts relative to the outer casing, and solid insulation between said intermediate casing and one of said inner and outer casings and pulverulent insulation between said intermediate casing and the other of said inner and outer casings.
  • a tank as claimed in claim 1 comprising a grille carried by said solid insulation, said intermediate casing being hooked onto said grille.
  • a tank as claimed in claim 1 comprising plugs seated in said solid insulation and screw hooks seated in said plugs, said intermediate casing being attached to and carried by said screw-hooks.
  • a tank as claimed in claim 1 in which said tongues are mounted on elongated bars having a limited ilexibility and attached only near their respective ends to said outer casing, said groove means comprising pairs of parallel plates attached to the inner casing by gussets, said tongue and groove means extending through both said solid and pulverulent insulation but oifering substantial resistance to the passage of heat therealong.
  • a tank as claimed in -claim 1 in which the intermediate ⁇ casing is supported by the solid insulation and comprises a plurality of metal plates sealed to and spaced by flexible multi-ply panels.

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