Multi-lobe cargo tank
AssigneeAc-Inox GmbH
InventorSascha Werner
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Abstract
Multi-lobe tank for containing pressurized liquids, such as liquefied gas, for mounting into a ships hull, wherein the tank comprises at least a first longitudinally extending multi-lobe tank part having a center line and a second longitudinally extending multi-lobe tank part having a center line that are positioned behind each other resulting in a forward multi-lobe tank part and a rear multi-lobe tank part with aligned center lines, wherein the first part can tapered towards an end of the first part.
Claims10
A multi-lobe tank for containing pressurized liquids tbr mounting into a ship's hull, wherein the multi-lobe tank comprises at least a first longitudinally extending multi-lobe tank part having a center line extending centrally and in longitudinal direction of the first longitudinally extending multi-lobe tank part and a second longitudinally extending multi-lobe tank part having a center line extending centrally and in longitudinal direction of the second longitudinally extending multi-lobe tank part, the second longitudinally extending multi-lobe tank part being positioned behind the first longitudinally extending multi-lobe tank part resulting in a forward multi-lobe tank part and a rear multi-lobe tank part with aligned center lines, wherein the forward multi-lobe tank part and rear multi-lobe tank part are joined to each other at a connection, wherein the forward multi-lobe tank part has a tank wall that is tapered constantly from the connection towards a closed end of the forward multi-lobe tank part that is opposite to an end at the connection with the rear multi-lobe tank part such that a cross-sectional area at the connection of the forward multi-lobe tank part and rear multi-lobe tank part is larger than a cross-sectional area at or near the closed end of the forward multi-lobe tank part, and further comprising a transverse web inside the multi-lobe tank and provided at the connection between the forward multi-lobe tank part and the rear multi-lobe tank part, wherein the transverse web is plate structure that extends over the entire larger cross-sectional area in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the multi-lobe tank.
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