Fuel tank arrangement in a marine vessel
AssigneeWäRtsilä Finland Oy
InventorEmanuele D'URSO
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Abstract
A fuel tank arrangement of a marine vessel is disclosed, having an LNG-fuel tank formed of an inner shell, an outer shell, an insulation therebetween and a tank connection space provided at an end of the LNG-fuel tank, the inner shell having an end part at an end of the inner shell facing the tank connection space. A collar is fastened to the end part of the inner shell and extends conically outwardly from the inner shell. The collar has an outer rim to which an additional shell extending in an axial direction away from the inner shell is fastened, and the additional shell has an end rim opposite the collar to which an end cover of the tank connection space is fastened.
Claims20
A fuel tank arrangement for a marine vessel for storing LNG-fuel, the fuel tank arrangement comprising:
- an LNG-fuel tank formed of an inner shell, an outer shell, and an insulation therebetween;
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- a tank connection space provided at an end of the LNG-fuel tank, the tank connection space having an additional end cover fastened to a second end of an additional shell, the additional shell being fastened at its first end to an outer rim of a collar, the collar having an inner rim fastened to the inner shell of the fuel tank, the additional shell extending in an axial direction away from the inner shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.