Storage device for liquids
OwnerTheodorus Prinsinventor
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Abstract
Storage device for example for natural oil products wherein a dike or dam in a water mass encloses a rectangular area at least partly. In the enclosed area a reservoir is formed which, just like the dam, is composed of contiguous compartments, each compartment being laterally defined by caissons.
Claims5
A method of manufacturing out of a plurality of caissons an installation for storing petroleum products or the like in a water mass near a shore, each caisson comprising a pair of vertically upstanding horizontally spaced walls with a plurality of cross members therebetween, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. levelling a bottom surface of a water mass at a predetermined depth to form a level surface;
- b. arranging four of said caissons in edge to edge relationship, adjacent caissons perpendicular to each other, on said levelled surface;
- c. interconnecting said four caissons at upright edges thereof both above and below the water surface to form a first box-like rectangular or square compartment;
- d. filling the area between the spaced upstanding walls of each of said caissons and said first box-like compartment with sand;
- e. building a second box-like rectangular or square compartment attached to said first compartment by means of three additional caissons so that said first and second compartments have a common wall;
- f. filling the spaces between the upstanding walls of each of said additional caissons and said second compartment with sand;
- g. repeating steps (a) - (f) until a dam wall extending generally parallel to said shore is completed;
- h. repeating steps (a) - (f) until two rectangular side walls are formed extending a predetermined distance from said dam wall toward the shore so that a U-shaped storage region is formed;
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- i. erecting a plurality of box-like rectangular or square storage compartments within said storage region by arranging a plurality of caissons on a levelled bottom surface of said storage region in edge to edge relationship, having common caisson-walls with said dam wall and said side walls and with each other, and filling with sand the area between the spaced upstanding walls of each of said caissons.
An installation for storing petroleum products or the like in a water mass, having a floor, near a shore, said installation comprising
- a. a plurality of caissons, each of said caissons having a pair of vertically upstanding horizontally spaced walls with a plurality of cross members therebetween, and sand filling the space between said upstanding walls, each caisson having the bottom thereof disposed in the water mass floor and the top thereof extending out of the water surface,
- b. a plurality of first box-like rectangular or square compartments formed from a plurality of said caissons, each compartment formed by four caissons arranged in edge to edge relationship, adjacent caissons perpendicular to each other, and adjacent compartments having a caisson-wall thereof in common,
- c. a plurality of said compartments forming a dam wall extending generally parallel to said shore and a plurality of said compartments forming a pair of side walls extending generally perpendicular to said dam wall and toward said shore, and said dam wall and said side walls enclosing a storage region, all of said compartments filled with sand, and
- d. a plurality of second box-like rectangular or square compartments formed from a plurality of said caissons, said compartments being disposed in said storage region and having caisson-walls common with said dam wall and said side walls, and with each other, said compartments containing natural oil products or the like therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.