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US 10,317,010 B2Granted
Liquefied gas storage tank and liquefied gas carrier ship
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyosuke Uraguchi, Yukichi Takaoka, Tatsuya Motoi, Osamu Muragishi
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Abstract
A liquefied gas storage tank includes: an inner shell storing a liquefied gas; an outer shell forming a vacuum space between the inner shell and the outer shell; and a fail-safe thermal insulating layer covering an outer side surface of the outer shell. According to this configuration, the fail-safe thermal insulating layer is not disposed in the vacuum space. This makes it possible to suppress the degradation over time of the degree of vacuum in the vacuum space.
Claims5
A liquefied gas carrier ship comprising:
- a liquefied gas storage tank comprising:
- an inner shell storing a liquefied gas;
- an outer shell forming a vacuum space between the inner shell and the outer shell;
- a fail-safe thermal insulating layer covering an outer side surface of the outer shell and including a layer made of a foamable material;
- and
- a vacuum area thermal insulation layer spaced apart from an inner side surface of the outer shell and covering an outer side surface of the inner shell;
- a vacuum degree detector, which detects a degree of vacuum in the vacuum space between the inner shell and the outer shell of the liquefied gas storage tank;
- an indicator, which notifies whether the degree of vacuum detected by the vacuum degree detector is in a voyage possible pressure range or a port-call necessary pressure range;
- a relief passage, which leads a boil off gas generated in the inner shell to outside;
- and
- a relief valve, which is provided on the relief passage and opens when a pressure in the inner shell has become higher than or equal to a predetermined pressure,
- wherein the predetermined pressure, at or above which the relief valve opens, is a pressure when the degree of vacuum in the vacuum space is in the port-call necessary pressure range.
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