Tank
AssigneeComiten Gbr
InventorHorst Moddemann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tank comprising a container with an opening and a cover, a flexible casing lying against the interior and exterior of the container. This allows increased resistance to the penetration of sharp objects, liquid and gaseous gases can be used interchangeably and various gas types with a fossil-type and biological-type consistency can be mixed and also heated and cooled in the tank. The invention relates to tanks (1) and staged tanks of the preceding claims, characterized in that in addition to LNG, said tanks can store biological methane gas.
Claims19
A tank adapted for the accumulation and storage of a cryogenic medium, the tank comprising a container with an opening and a cover, wherein a cladding completely covers an inner wall of the container and completely covers an outer wall of the container,
- wherein the cladding is of unipartite form, and
- wherein the cladding includes a foil or a woven material, wherein the cladding is folded over the opening of the container, and wherein the cladding provides both an innermost layer of the container and an outermost layer of the container.
A staged tank comprising multiple tanks, each tank adapted for the accumulation and storage of a cryogenic medium and including a container with an opening and a cover, wherein a cladding completely covers an inner wall of the container and completely covers an outer wall of the container,
- wherein the cladding is of unipartite form,
- wherein the cladding includes a foil or a woven material, wherein the cladding is folded over the opening of the container, and wherein the cladding provides both an innermost layer of the container and an outermost layer of the container, and
- wherein the multiple tanks are connected to one another such that the medium can pass from one into another of the multiple tanks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.