WO2011048266A1 - Structure d'isolation et procédé d'isolation d'une structure - Google Patents

Structure d'isolation et procédé d'isolation d'une structure Download PDF

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WO2011048266A1
WO2011048266A1 PCT/FI2010/050813 FI2010050813W WO2011048266A1 WO 2011048266 A1 WO2011048266 A1 WO 2011048266A1 FI 2010050813 W FI2010050813 W FI 2010050813W WO 2011048266 A1 WO2011048266 A1 WO 2011048266A1
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insulation
volume
medium
thermal conductivity
tank
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Jari Sistonen
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Oy U-Cont Ltd
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Priority to NO20120449A priority patent/NO342136B1/no

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
    • B65D90/02—Wall construction
    • B65D90/028—Wall construction hollow-walled, e.g. double-walled with spacers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
    • B65D90/02—Wall construction
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J41/00—Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
    • A47J41/0055—Constructional details of the elements forming the thermal insulation
    • A47J41/0072—Double walled vessels comprising a single insulating layer between inner and outer walls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
    • B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
    • B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
    • B65D88/128—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport tank containers, i.e. containers provided with supporting devices for handling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/74—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/74—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents
    • B65D88/748—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents for tank containers
    • 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
    • F17C3/02—Vessels not under pressure with provision for thermal insulation

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  • the invention relates to an insulation structure and a method for insulating a structure. Particularly, but not solely, the invention relates to an insulated tank and/or storage and a method for adjusting the insulation capacity of a tank and/or storage. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • an insulation structure comprising an inner shell to surround material to be fitted into the insulation structure.
  • the insulation structure comprises at least one insulation volume having adjustable thermal conductivity for a medium, arranged outside the inner shell.
  • a method for insulating a structure, the structure comprising an inner shell which is intended for surrounding a material to be fitted into the structure.
  • the method comprises adjusting the thermal conductivity of at least one insulation volume arranged outside the inner shell.
  • a method is provided for insulating a structure, the structure comprising an inner shell which surrounds a reception volume intended for a material to be fitted into the structure, and the method comprises arranging at least two separate insulation volumes outside the inner shell so that the influence of the at least two insulation volumes is directed at significantly different locations of the same reception volume and separately adjusting the thermal conductivities of the at least two insulation volumes.
  • the insulation structure comprises means for adjusting the thermal conductivity of the insulation volume.
  • the insulation structure may comprise a number of separate insulation volumes which may be separately controllable.
  • an apparatus comprises an insulation structure comprising an inner shell for surrounding a material to be fitted into the insulation structure.
  • the insulation structure comprises at least one insulation volume having adjustable thermal conductivity for a medium, arranged outside the inner shell.
  • the apparatus may comprise means for adjusting thermal conductivity.
  • the apparatus may comprise a control device.
  • the apparatus may comprise temperature sensors for the measurement of a temperature external and/or internal to the insulation structure.
  • the insulation structure comprises a control device.
  • the control device enables controlling the means for adjusting thermal conductivity.
  • the control device enables conducting the medium into and out of the insulation volume.
  • the temperature inside the tank/storage may be measured.
  • the temperature outside the tank/storage i.e., the temperature of the environment may be measured.
  • One or several temperature sensors may be arranged for measuring the temperature outside the insulation structure.
  • One or several temperature sensors may be arranged for measuring the temperature inside the insulation structure.
  • the temperature sensor(s) may be connected to the control device.
  • the pressure in the insulation volume may be measured.
  • One or several pressure sensors may be arranged in the insulation volume as a pressure measurement means.
  • the insulation structure comprises a control device for controlling an adjustment means so that when the temperature of the environment increases, a gaseous medium is reduced in the volume.
  • the insulation volume is pressure-tight.
  • the insulation structure comprises a pressure-tight volume arranged outside an inner shell for a medium to be pressurized and an adjustment means for the adjustable pressurizing of the medium to be fitted into the pressure-tight volume.
  • the volume portion of liquid in the insulation volume may be increased at the expense of the volume portion of gas.
  • the thermal conductivity of the insulation volume may be increased or enhanced by circulating liquid in the insulation volume.
  • the volume portion of gas in the insulation volume may be increased at the expense of the volume portion of liquid.
  • when low insulation capacity is required liquid is placed in the insulation volume, and when higher insulation capacity is required, the liquid or some liquid is removed from the insulation volume and a vacuum is sucked into the insulation volume. The amount of vacuum can be adjusted.
  • the density of the medium fitted into the insulation volume can be increased by increasing the pressure on the medium.
  • the thermal conductivity of the medium increases when the density of the medium increases.
  • the density of the medium fitted into the insulation volume can be decreased by increasing the pressure on the medium, whereby the thermal conductivity of the medium decreases.
  • the insulating capacity of the insulation is increased by decreasing the pressure on the medium in the insulation volume.
  • an overpressure on the medium in the insulation volume is decreased.
  • the insulation volume may be underpressurized.
  • the underpressure in the insulation volume may be increased.
  • a vacuum may be arranged in the insulation volume.
  • the insulating capacity of the insulation is decreased by increasing the pressure on the medium in the insulation volume.
  • the underpressure of the medium in the insulation volume is decreased.
  • the insulation volume may be overpressurized.
  • the overpressure in the insulation volume may be increased.
  • the contents of the insulation structure may be cooled by decreasing the insulating capacity of the insulation volume when the temperature of the environment is lower than that of the contents of the insulation structure.
  • the contents of the insulation structure may be heated by increasing the insulating capacity of the insulation volume when the temperature of the environment is higher than that of the contents of the insulation structure.
  • the heat energy available in the environment of the tank/storage may be allowed to transfer in an enhanced manner into the tank and to increase the temperature of the contents of the tank so that the thermal conductivity of the insulation of the tank is adjusted to be higher.
  • the heat energy available within the tank/storage may be allowed to transfer in an enhanced manner outside the tank and to decrease the temperature of the contents of the tank so that the thermal conductivity of the insulation of the tank is adjusted to be lower.
  • Figure 1 shows a tank in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 3 shows a storage comprising two separate adjustable insulation volumes
  • Figure 1 shows a tank 1 , comprising an inner shell 2 and an outer shell 3 fitted outside the inner shell.
  • An inner surface 2' of the inner shell 2 defines a reception volume 4 of the tank 1 for the material to be stored.
  • the inner surface 2' of the inner shell 2 opens in the direction of the material intended to be stored within the tank 1.
  • the material to be stored may be any substance or material, preferably flowing material, such as a gaseous, liquid, semi-solid, pumpable, viscous, powdery or granular material.
  • the material to be stored is not, as such, intended to be limiting for the invention.
  • Figure 1 does not show the opening of the tank for transferring the material between the inside and outside of the tank 1.
  • Figure 1 does also not show connections, e.g., for the material to be stored, measurement means for material amounts, a service door or the like, typically belonging to tanks. Metal and plastic materials have been used as the material of the tank.
  • the space defined by an outer surface of the inner shell and an inner surface of the outer shell is formed as an insulation volume 5, which entirely surrounds the inner shell. More or less of medium has been fitted to be located in the insulation volume 5 through a channel 6.
  • the insulating capacity of the tank 1 is arranged to be adjustable so that the thermal conductivity of the insulation volume 5 can be adjusted.
  • an outer surface 3 of the tank has been arranged within the sphere of influence of the varying temperature of the environment, preferably in the open air.
  • an insulation structure comprises a double shell structured wall 2, 3, which surrounds the material to be stored.
  • the insulation volume 5 having adjustable thermal conductivity is fitted between the shells 2, 3.
  • the pressure information of the insulation volume 5 is communicated from a pressure sensor 14 located in the insulation volume 5 to the control device 8 (dashed line 14').

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  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
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  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne une structure (21, 31) d'isolation comportant une coque intérieure (2) destinée à entourer un matériau appelé à être installé dans la structure d'isolation et au moins deux volumes (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) d'isolation caractérisés par une conductivité thermique réglable d'un milieu, aménagés à l'extérieur de la coque intérieure. L'invention concerne également un procédé d'isolation d'une structure (21, 31), ladite structure comportant une coque intérieure (2) destinée à entourer un matériau appelé à être installé dans la structure, ledit procédé comportant une étape consistant à régler la conductivité thermique d'au moins deux volumes d'isolation aménagés à l'extérieur de la coque intérieure.
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SE1250491A SE1250491A1 (sv) 2009-10-19 2010-10-19 Isolerande konstruktion och förfarande för isolering av en konstruktion
NO20120449A NO342136B1 (no) 2009-10-19 2012-04-18 Isolasjonsstruktur og fremgangsmåte for isolering av en struktur

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FI20096073A FI125764B (fi) 2009-10-19 2009-10-19 Eristerakenne ja menetelmä rakenteen eristämiseksi

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NO20120449A1 (no) 2012-06-21
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FI20096073A (fi) 2011-04-20
NO342136B1 (no) 2018-03-26
FI125764B (fi) 2016-02-15

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