Construction having integral circulatory system
AssigneeContinental Oil Company
InventorsJon R. Carlson, Robert G. Jackson
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Abstract
In combination, a composite construction comprising a load-bearing substrate, an impermeable liner, and disposed therebetween a circulatory system defined by a network of cells having side walls which are generally in lateral orientation to the liner and the load-bearing substrate, at least some of said side walls having apertures therein whereby at least some adjacent cells are in communication with each other, and means for circulating a fluid through said circulatory system.
Claims4
In combination, (A) a cryogenic liquid storage vessel comprising a load-bearing wall, a primary barrier layer of impermeable polyurethane foam, a circulatory system disposed therebetween defined by a network of cells having side walls which are generally in lateral orientation to the primary barrier layer and the load-bearing wall, at least some of said side walls having apertures therein thereby providing means whereby each cell is in communication with at least one adjacent cell in a manner defining a continuous controlled circulatory path passing through each cell of said network, and a secondary barrier layer of impermeable polyurethane foam partially filling the cells in the region between the apertures and adjacent the load-bearing wall, and (B) means for circulating a fluid through said circulatory system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.