SEALED AND THERMALLY INSULATING TANK HAVING INTER-PANEL INSULATING INSERTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220349523A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17634068

    申请日:2019-08-09

    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealed and thermally insulating tank wall comprising a thermally insulating barrier defining a support surface for a sealing membrane, the thermally insulating barrier comprising two adjacent insulating panels jointly delimiting an inter-panel space, the tank wall further comprising an insulating insert arranged in the inter-panel space so as to fill the inter-panel space, the insulating insert comprising an insulating core at least partially covered by a wrapper, the insulating core comprising layered glass wool, the layered glass wool comprising laps of fibers superposed in a direction of layering, the insulating insert being arranged in the inter-panel space in such a way that the direction of layering of the layered glass wool is parallel to a widthwise direction of the inter-panel space.

    System for storing and transporting a cryogenic fluid on a ship

    公开(公告)号:US11407478B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16970998

    申请日:2019-02-12

    Abstract: An installation for storing and transporting a cryogenic fluid on a ship includes: a sealed and thermally insulating tank, having a ceiling wall including, from the outside to the inside, a primary thermally insulating barrier and a primary sealing membrane intended to be in contact with the cryogenic fluid; and a sealed line penetrating through the ceiling wall of the tank, the line including a bottom portion of which a first end is situated inside the ceiling wall of the tank and a second end is situated outside the ceiling wall of the tank in a thicknesswise direction of the ceiling wall, and a top portion fixed to the second end of the bottom portion. The bottom portion includes an alloy with low thermal expansion coefficient. The primary sealing membrane is tightly fixed to the bottom portion of the line around the line.

    Thermally Insulating Sealed Tank
    53.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220163167A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17442475

    申请日:2020-04-01

    Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank incorporated in a supporting structure (2), the tank including at least one inclined tank wall (1) forming an angle with a horizontal direction and fixed to a supporting wall of the supporting structure (2) is disclosed. The tank wall (1) has a multilayer structure including successively, in the direction of thickness from the outside to the inside of the tank, a thermally insulating barrier (3) held against the corresponding supporting wall and a sealed membrane (4) carried by the thermally insulating barrier (3). The tank includes sealed strips (15) in the space formed between the thermally insulating barrier (3) and the supporting wall.

    INSULATING BLOCK INTENDED FOR THERMALLY INSULATING A STORAGE TANK

    公开(公告)号:US20220136653A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17427430

    申请日:2020-02-11

    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulating block intended for the thermal insulation of a fluid storage tank comprising: a first plate (11) and a second plate that are parallel to one another, spaced apart in a thicknesswise direction of the insulating block; supporting pillars inserted between said first and second plates (10, 11) in the thicknesswise direction of the insulating block; and a heat-insulating lining positioned between the supporting pillars; the first plate (11) comprising reinforced bearing zones (13) against which the supporting pillars (12) come to bear, the reinforced bearing zones (13) being linked to one another by a network of ribs (16).

    MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR A SHIP

    公开(公告)号:US20220033040A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17292275

    申请日:2019-11-12

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing maintenance for a ship comprising a sealed and thermally insulating tank for transporting liquefied gas. The method comprises the steps consisting in determining 310 a current filling level of the tank, determining 320 a current state of movement of the ship, determining 330 a current sloshing index IBi from the current filling level of the tank and the current state of movement of the ship, taking into account the position and the geometry of the tank, integrating 340 the determined current sloshing index IBi into a wear index IUi that takes into account a history of the sloshing indices. The wear index is then compared to a threshold in order to indicate if the tank needs to be inspected, depending on the result of the comparison.

    THERMALLY-INSULATING SEALED TANK
    58.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210231262A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US15734990

    申请日:2019-06-06

    Abstract: The invention relates to a tank wall (1) fixed onto a supporting wall (3) wherein the secondary insulating barrier comprises a plurality of secondary rows (A, B, C) parallel to a first direction and juxtaposed in a second direction at right angles to the first direction according to a repeated pattern. The secondary sealed membrane comprises a plurality of strakes (21) parallel to the first direction, the size of the repeated pattern of the secondary rows (A, B, C) being an integer multiple of the size of a strake (21) in the second direction. The primary insulating barrier (5) comprises a plurality of primary rows parallel to the first direction, and the primary sealed membrane has first corrugations (56) parallel to the first direction and spaced apart by a first regular spacing (58), wherein the size of the repeated pattern of the primary rows is an integer multiple of said first regular spacing (58).

    SEALED AND THERMALLY INSULATING TANK

    公开(公告)号:US20210140586A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US17263419

    申请日:2019-07-25

    Abstract: A tank includes a secondary insulation barrier, a secondary sealing membrane resting on the secondary insulation barrier, a primary insulation barrier resting on the secondary sealing membrane, a primary sealing membrane resting on the primary insulation barrier, and a primary reinforcing member. The primary sealing membrane includes primary corrugations and the secondary sealing membrane includes secondary corrugations projecting toward the interior of the tank. The primary and secondary corrugations are superimposed along a thickness direction. The primary insulation barrier has passages, and the secondary corrugations are accommodated in the passages. A dimension of the primary insulation barrier is less than a dimension of the secondary corrugations along the thickness direction, so the secondary corrugations extend through the passages and are partially accommodated in the primary corrugations. The primary reinforcing member is interposed along the thickness direction between superimposed primary and secondary corrugations so as to reinforce the primary corrugation.

    SEALED AND THERMALLY INSULATING TANK
    60.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200271273A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16795131

    申请日:2020-02-19

    Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing a low-temperature liquefied gas, having an insulating box-section with a bottom panel coming into abutment on a support wall, by means of sealant beads disposed between the support wall and the bottom panel, the sealant beads being disposed in the form of at least one closed outline delimiting at least one confined space between the support wall and the bottom panel, the bottom panel having at least one through passage leading into the confined space to allow gas to circulate between the confined space and an internal space of the insulating box-section.

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