Container for transport of bulk liquids using dry trailers

A system, comprising:

• a flexible container defining an interior volume configured to receive a volume of a heated bulk liquid, the heated bulk liquid having high viscosity and high volatility;
• a cooling element disposed at least partially inside the flexible container, the cooling element including an inflatable bladder in thermal contact with the interior volume of the flexible container and in physical contact with the heated bulk liquid to transfer thermal energy away from the heated bulk liquid;
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• a forming device configured to exert a uniform pressure on at least one side of the flexible container, a volatile gas released by the heated bulk liquid and contained in the interior volume configured to be evacuated to a volume outside of the flexible container while the forming device exerts the uniform pressure to transition the flexible container from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration, the flexible container having a substantially rigid form when in the collapsed configuration such that a flow of the heated bulk liquid within the interior volume is limited,
• the inflatable bladder configured to receive a cooling material to cool the heated bulk liquid and to increase a buoyancy of the flexible container when the heated bulk liquid is disposed in the interior volume.

A method for packaging bulk liquids, the method comprising:

• conveying a heated bulk liquid into an interior volume of a flexible container, the heated bulk liquid having high viscosity and high volatility, the flexible container having a plurality of container portions and a plurality of restriction portions, each restriction portion from the plurality of restriction portions being disposed between a pair of adjacent container portions from the plurality of container portions and configured to restrict a flow of the heated bulk liquid therebetween;
• evacuating a volatile gas released by the heated bulk liquid from the interior volume of the flexible container;
• conveying a cooling material into an inflatable bladder disposed within the interior volume of the flexible container such that the inflatable bladder cools the heated bulk liquid and increases a buoyancy of the flexible container when the heated bulk liquid is disposed in the interior volume of the flexible container;
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• disposing the flexible container in a rigid shipping container configured to receive a dry cargo, the restricting of the flow of the heated bulk liquid between the container portions configured to limit load shifting of the heated bulk liquid in the flexible container when the flexible container is disposed in the rigid container.