LNG tank for ships supported by means of skirt

Details LNG tank for ships supported by means of skirt LNG tank for ships supported by means of skirt

1990-10-12

1992-03-31

Sotelo, Jesus D.

Ships

Building

Freighters

220901, B67B 2514

Patent

active

050997793

ABSTRACT:
A LNG tank for ships having a heat insulation material applied over the outer circumference thereof, the tank being supported on a ship hull via a vertical cylindrical skirt, wherein a portion of the tank above the equator is formed by a cylinder and by a top portion of the head structure with a upward convex portion, the head structure being arranged above the cylinder, and another portion of the tank below the equator is formed by a part of the sphere having a radius substantially equal with that of the horizontal section of the equator substantially up to the range of the lat. 30.degree., and the remaining portion of the tank further below the range is formed by a flat semi-spherical hull structure which is a part of the laternally elongated ellipsoid of gyration or semi-ellipsoid and having the aspect ratio of substantially 1.5.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1866517 (1932-07-01), Heylandt
patent: 2799425 (1957-07-01), Werker
patent: 2954892 (1960-10-01), Dosker
patent: 3270700 (1966-09-01), Kohn et al.
patent: 3894505 (1975-07-01), Murphy

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