A fuel tank arrangement of a marine vessel
AssigneeWäRtsilä Finland Oy
InventorsSören KARLSSON, Frank HARTEVELD, Frans LAUNONEN, Piero ZOGLIA
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuel tank arrangement of a marine vessel including a fuel tank for Liquefied Natural Gas, the fuel tank having a shell, a heat insulation in connection therewith, connections for a pipeline for bunkering LNG to the fuel tank, a pipeline for taking boil-off gas from the fuel tank and a pipeline for taking LNG from the fuel tank, and a deep well pump for pumping LNG from the tank to the pipeline, wherein at least one recess is extending inwardly from the shell and being arranged on top of the fuel tank, the deep well pump being installed in the at least one recess.
Claims12
1-14. (canceled)
A fuel tank arrangement of a marine vessel comprising a fuel tank for Liquefied Natural Gas, the fuel tank comprising a shell, a heat insulation in connection therewith, connections for a pipeline for bunkering LNG to the fuel tank, a pipeline for taking boil-off gas from the fuel tank and a pipeline for taking LNG from the fuel tank, a deep well pump for pumping LNG from the tank to the pipeline, and at least one recess extending inwardly from the shell and being arranged on top of the fuel tank, the deep well pump being installed in the at least one recess the recess having a bottom and a side wall, the deep well pump comprising a pump, a riser and a drive motor, the riser passing through the bottom, characterized in that the drive motor of the deep well pump is located at least partially inside the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.