US 10,371,321 B2 · Anchor structure and LNG storage tank including the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to an anchor structure able to actively cope with hull deformation, and to a liquid natural gas storage tank and a production method for a liquid natural gas storage tank comprising the anchor structure. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an anchor structure is provided wherein an anchor structure, for linking a sealing wall and an inner wall of a liquid natural gas storage tank, comprises: an anchor member adapted such that a joining part, which is joined to the sealing wall, can slide horizontally; and a thermally insulating material formed around the anchor member.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An anchor structure for connecting a sealing wall to an inner wall of an LNG storage tank, comprising:

an anchor member having a joint joined to the sealing wall and horizontally slidable;
and
an insulator formed around the anchor member,
wherein the sealing wall comprises a primary sealing wall directly contacting liquefied natural gas (LNG) and a secondary sealing wall disposed under the primary sealing wall, the primary sealing wall and the secondary sealing wall being joined to the joint of the anchor member,
wherein the joint comprises a first joint joined to the secondary sealing wall and a second joint joined to the primary sealing wall.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/325,702Filed 9 Jul 2015

Priority

KR 10-2014-008746211 Jul 2014

Published

US 2017/0159888 A18 Jun 2017

Granted

6 Aug 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

F17C 13/08
Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels: mounting arrangements for vessels
B63B 25/16
Closed: heat-insulated
B65D 90/06
Wall construction: coverings, e.g. for insulating purposes
F16B 5/02
Joining sheets or plates , e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them: by means of fastening members using screw-thread

Anchor structure and LNG storage tank including the same

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Anchor structure and LNG storage tank including the same

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Abstract

Claims13