SEALED AND THERMALLY INSULATING TANK PROVIDED WITH A LOADING/UNLOADING TOWER

    公开(公告)号:US20210247026A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US17049790

    申请日:2019-04-25

    Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating storage tank for a fluid that is anchored in a load-bearing structure built into a ship, the ship having a longitudinal direction, the tank having a loading/unloading tower suspended from a ceiling wall of the load-bearing structure, the loading/unloading tower including first, second and third vertical pylons defining a prism of triangular section, the loading/unloading tower carrying at least a first pump, the tank having a support foot that is fastened to the load-bearing structure, the tank having at least one sump, the first pump being arranged outside the triangular prism and being aligned with the support foot in a first transverse plane that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the ship.

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