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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B25/00—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby
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  • B63B25/08—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for bulk goods fluid
  • B63B25/12—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for bulk goods fluid closed
  • B63B25/16—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for bulk goods fluid closed heat-insulated
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63J—AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS
  • B63J2/00—Arrangements of ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning
  • B63J2/12—Heating; Cooling
  • B63J2/14—Heating; Cooling of liquid-freight-carrying tanks
• • 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
  • B65D90/06—Coverings, e.g. for insulating purposes
• • 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
• • 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
  • F17C3/025—Bulk storage in barges or on ships
  • F17C3/027—Wallpanels for so-called membrane tanks
• • 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
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  • F17C2201/0157—Polygonal
• • 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
  • F17C2203/03—Thermal insulations
  • F17C2203/0304—Thermal insulations by solid means
• • 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
  • F17C2203/03—Thermal insulations
  • F17C2203/0304—Thermal insulations by solid means
  • F17C2203/0345—Fibres
• • 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
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  • F17C2203/0626—Multiple walls
  • F17C2203/0631—Three or more walls
• • 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
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  • 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
  • F17C2260/00—Purposes of gas storage and gas handling
  • F17C2260/01—Improving mechanical properties or manufacturing
  • F17C2260/016—Preventing slosh
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • 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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Definitions

• TITLE Fluid impermeable and thermally insulated holder.
• the invention relates to a fluid impermeable thermally insulated holder, which is incorporated in a supporting structure, preferably the hull a vessel, wherein the wall of the holder seen from inside to outside in the transverse cross-width direction comprises:
• a primary fluid barrier layer which is in contact with the fluid contained in the holder, and a primary thermal insulation layer.
• Such holders are suitable for the production, storage, loading, transportation by sea or ocean and/or discharging of cold fluids such as liquefied gases, particularly gases with high methane content such as LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).
• LNG Lithane Natural Gas
• Sea transportation of LNG at very low temperatures causes evaporation of the LNG at a high rate, necessitating a very good insulation of the liquefied gas during the voyage.
• baffle plates are mounted inside holders having a volume above a certain limit.
• These baffle plates have the disadvantage that they only damp axial liquid movements so that non-axial movement of the liquid, like radial or tangential movement, will not be damped or only to a small extend.
• these plates have their own mass and volume, thereby decreasing the capacity of the holder.
• these plates are usually fixedly mounted inside the interior of the holder, so that labour-intensive interiorly mounting, inspection, repair en cleaning will be necessary.
• the fixedly mounted plates inside the holder will transmit a portion of the impulse force and the energy of the oscillating liquid to the holder and the holder wall.
• Gas tankers such as LNG tankers or carriers generally contain two or more holders in which gas, cooled and condensed to liquid at a temperature of about minus 162 °C at atmospheric pressure, is stored and/or transported.
• the holders can be of the type 'self supporting', usually in the shape of a sphere or can be of the type 'membrane'.
• the 'membrane' type holder is directly supported by the hull of the vessel and is integrated with the support structure of the vessel.
• the gas to be transported is present at atmospheric pressure in the liquid state as well as in the vapour state.
• the liquid 'boils' as a result of the supplied energy due to heat conduction from outside and also due to the energy absorbed in the liquid caused by the sloshing or swelling of the liquid cargo.
• the swinging or rocking of the liquid in the holders of the gas tanker depends on the swell of the water but also on the degree of loading of the gas tanker. When the degree of loading increases, the ship lies deeper into the water so that the natural frequencies and the vibration and swing frequencies of the ship and the cargo in the holders will change.
• LNG tanker a gas tanker is meant for storage and/or transportation of liquefied gas.
• the liquid gas constitutes a liquid-vapour equilibrium in the holder dependent upon the temperature and the pressure.
• the pressure and temperature are selected such that under atmospheric conditions the gaseous product in the holder essentially is present as a boiling liquid.
• the free space above the liquid is therefore completely filled with vapour or gas of the product in liquid state.
• the wall of the fluid impermeable and thermally isolated 'membrane' holder is constructed from several layers. Seen from inside to outside in the transverse cross- width direction firstly a primary fluid barrier layer is applied, which is in contact with the cold fluid.
• This primary fluid barrier layer is constructed from metal sheets and/or metal foils and/or metal membranes having a thickness of about 0.1 mm.
• the invention in providing a wall of the fluid impermeable and thermally insulated holder in which the material of the primary fluid barrier layer is a plastic that is flexible at low temperatures, the plastic being based on polyamide, and wherein
• the primary thermal insulation layer is a fabric 3D-layer comprising two layers of permeable fabric, which are separated by a web layer or a nonwoven layer of fibres.
• the primary thermal insulation layer comprises two or more fabric 3D-layers. It is advategeous to configure this primary insulation layer from one fabric 3D-layer, but it is also possible to assemble the insulation layer from two or more fabric 3D-layers, which generally will give rise to lower costs.
• the holder wall is provided with a secondary thermal insulation layer of a material that will not become rigid or frozen at low temperatures.
• kapok is selected for the material of the secondary insulation layer.
• Kapok is a natural hollow fibre that grows in the fruit of the kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra).
• a secondary fluid barrier layer is provided on the outside of the fabric 3D-layer.
• the embodiment is preferred wherein two secondary fluid barrier layers are provided, each on the outside of a fabric 3D-layer.
• a second fluid barrier can be installed in the wall of the holder at low cost.
• the fluid barrier layers can be connected easily in advance with the fibre layers of the fibre 3D-layer at low cost -this is also called lamination-.
• the embodiment is advantageous wherein the nonwoven layer of the fibre 3D- layer of the holder wall is a channel or hollow wall section for transferring a cooling agent.
• the channel or the hollow wall section extends over the entire circumference of the holder. More in particular the channel or hollow wall section is provided with a supply conduit and a discharge conduit for the cooling agent.
• a channel or cavity or hollow space is arranged in the wall of the holder so that a cooling agent such as nitrogen can be transported, from the supply conduit to the discharge conduit, in order to remove heat leaking from the environment and thereby reduce evaporation of the liquid in the holder. It will be thereby also possible to pressurize the channel or cavity by means of the cooling agent, so that the 3D-layer of fabric acquires a greater stiffness and an increased mechanical strength.
• FIG. 1 shows in cross-section an LNG tanker with a hull provided with an impermeable and thermally insulated holder according to the invention
• Fig. 2 shows greater detail of the wall of the holder of Fig.1
• Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the holder of Fig. l provided with a channel for a cooling agent.
• Fig. l shows a vessel provided with a holder for storing liquefied gas 4.
• the vessel shown is designed to be particularly suited for containing a liquefied gas such as LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).
• a gas tanker suitable for transporting liquefied gas is hereafter indicated with LNG tanker.
• the LNG tanker is provided with means and facilities in order to keep the gas liquefied by maintaining the right temperature and pressure within the holder.
• the fluid impermeable and thermally insulated holder is mounted upon, and incorporated in, the double walled hull 2 of the vessel.
• the vessel floats in water like a sea 1.
• the wall 3 of the holder is constructed, seen in transverse cross-width direction, of a number of layers.
• the wall 3 of the holder is supported by the sidewalls and the bottom sidewall of the vessel hull 2.
• Fluid barrier layer 5 is preferably manufactured from a plastic material that retains its flexibility even at low temperatures such as that of atmospheric LNG at minus 170 0 C.
• Fluid barrier layer 5 consists wholly or mainly of polyamides, such as materials known as nylon.
• the fluid barrier layer 5 can be either one uniform layer (woven and/or nonwoven) or can either consist of a woven carrier with an impermeable layer on one or on both sides.
• the fluid barrier layer 5 can also be manufactured containing material based on aromatic polyamide plastic.
• This plastic is also referred to as aromatic polyamides or aramids, which are also known under the trademark names Kevlar, Nomex and Twaron.
• a primary thermal insulation layer 6 is provided, preferably based on a 3D-layer of fabric, which is also known under the trademark name 'Smesh' of Miiller Textil.
• This fabric 3D-layer contains a core web layer or a core nonwoven fibre-yarn between two layers of open or permeable (woven) fabric.
• Primary thermal insulation layer 6 may be configured from a single fabric 3D-layer or can consist of two or more 3D-layers of fabric.
• a secondary thermal insulation layer 7 can be provided, preferably of a non-freezing material, so that the secondary insulation layer 7 will not be rigid and remains resilient at the low operating temperatures, so that shocks and other forces, exerted by the fluid on this layer, will be adequately received and absorbed.
• kapok is selected, a natural hollow fibre that does not freeze or become rigid at temperatures of minus 170 °C.
• the holder wall 3 may be provided with a second secondary thermal insulation layer 8, positioned between the primary thermal insulation layer 6 and the (double) vessel wall 2. This insulation layer 8 protects the inner side of the vessel wall 2
• the fabric 3D-layer may be provided with a secondary fluid barrier layer 6a, 6b that is provided on the outside of the permeable fabric.
• This secondary fluid barrier layer 6a, 6b can be attached by means of bonding, glueing or laminating onto the permeable fabric layer of the fabric 3D-layer 6.
• the secondary fluid barrier layers 6a, 6b can be provided or laminated also on both outer sides of the fabric 3D-layer 6
• Figure 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the holder wall 3 of the fluid impermeable and thermally insulated holder, provided with a channel or hollow space or cavity for transferring a cooling agent.
• a cooling agent Preferably nitrogen is selected as cooling agent.
• the nonwoven layer can be used as fluid channel for the cooling agent such as nitrogen .
• cooling agent By enabling the cooling agent to flow from the supply conduit 9 to the discharge conduit 10, heat leaking in from the environment can be removed so that evaporation of the liquid in the container 4 is reduced.
• the cooling agent it is also possible to provided for excess pressure in the channel or cavity, so that the fabric 3D-layer obtains a greater stiffness and an increased mechanical strength.

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