Ground liquefied natural gas storage tank and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeHyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang Beom SHIN, Dae Soon KIM, In Soo CHUN, Dong Ju LEE, Se Hwan JEONG, Dong Kyu SHIN
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Abstract
The present invention includes: an independent tank constituting an inner tank to store a storage material therein; at least one sandwich plate modularized and manufactured include a metal plate provided in a pair opposite to each other, the metal plates having a reinforcing material formed therebetween, and a filler filled between the metal plates, the at least one sandwich plate surrounding the outer surface of the independent tank to constitute an outer tank; and an external reinforcing member formed on the outer surface of the sandwich plate.
Claims21
A ground liquefied natural gas storage tank comprising:
- an independent tank in which a space for storing a storage material is formed to constitute an inner tank;
- at least one sandwich plate modularized and manufactured to comprise a metal plate provided in a pair opposite to each other, the metal plates having a reinforcing material formed therebetween, and a filler filled between the metal plates, the at least one sandwich plate surrounding the outer surface of the independent tank to constitute an outer tank;
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- an external reinforcing member formed on an outer surface of the sandwich plate.
A method for manufacturing a ground liquefied natural gas storage tank, the method comprising:
- installing at least one support extending upward from the ground;
- installing an outer tank slab over the support;
- installing an inner tank over the outer tank slab;
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- installing at least one sandwich plate to surround the inner tank along the circumferential surface of the outer tank slab,
- wherein the sandwich plate comprises an external reinforcing member formed on the outer surface thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.