Device comprising a receptacle for storing a liquid

Abstract

The invention refers to an equipment (1) including a container (19) for the storage of a liquid (2) as well as thermal insulation panels (12,13), wherein none of the thermal insulation panels (12,13) is mounted directly on or even in contact with an outer surface of the container (19), wherein a chamber (5) housing the container (19) is delimited by an enclosure (6) consisting of walls (7), a floor (8) and a ceiling (9), and which is accessible through an access opening, either in the form of an entrance opening in one of the walls (7) closeable by a door or in the form of a manhole (11) eccentric to the center of the ceiling (9) and closeable by a lid (10), wherein the lid (10) or the door is thermally insulated at the inner side and is provided with an air-tight sealing all around, and wherein an inner surface of the chamber (5) except the access opening is entirely covered with the thermal insulation panels (12,13) in such a way that a volume of space occupied by the container (19) is smaller than a volume of space delimited by the inner sides of the thermal insulation panels (12,13) at the inner side of the walls (7), the ceiling (9) and the floor (8), leaving a space for maintenance between the outer surface of the container (19) and the thermal insulation panels (12,13) mounted to the inner surface of the chamber (5), which is only filled with air and is free of any liquid or bulk material in order to keep the container and the bottom of the chamber visible for inspection, and wherein the only way for heat to leave the air-filled space for maintenance between the outer surface of the container (19) and the thermal insulation panels (12,13) is through these thermal insulation panels (12,13) and neither besides such thermal insulation panels (12,13) nor through any kind of air duct or acitve or passive venting.

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