公开(公告)号：US20210254788A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17049811

申请日：2019-04-25

Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ

Inventor： Mickaël HERRY ,  Pierre CHARBONNIER ,  Mohammed OULALITE ,  Emmanuel HIVERT

IPC: F17C3/02 ,  F17C13/08 ,  F17C6/00 ,  F17C9/00 ,  B67D9/02

Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing a fluid, the tank being anchored in a load-bearing structure, the tank having a loading/unloading tower suspended from a ceiling wall of the load-bearing structure, the tank having a support foot that is fastened to the load-bearing structure in a zone of a bottom wall of the tank, the support foot being arranged to guide a vertical translational movement of the loading/unloading tower, the tank having at least one sump that is formed in the bottom wall of the tank, the bottom wall of the tank having a corrugated sealing membrane that is intended to be in contact with the fluid having at least first corrugations extending in a first direction and spaced apart from one another, the sump and the support foot are spaced apart by a distance at least three first corrugations pass between the sump and the support foot.

公开(公告)号：US20210247026A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17049790

申请日：2019-04-25

Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ

Inventor： Mickael HERRY ,  Pierre CHARBONNIER ,  Mohammed OULALITE ,  Emmanuel HIVERT

IPC: F17C3/02 ,  F17C13/02 ,  B67D7/78 ,  B67D7/62 ,  B67D7/84

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.