Suspension system for a low temperature tank
AssigneeMesserschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
InventorsWolfgang Buchs, Martin Mueller, Werner Malburg, Albert Seidel
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Abstract
A low temperature tank is suspended in an outer shell or container by a pality of straps of fiber compound materials. Each strap comprises a plurality of individual strap elements arranged in series. The strap elements are made of different fibers whereby the strap element closest to the tank is made of a fiber material having the lowest heat expansion coefficient as compared to the heat expansion coefficient of the other elements of a strap further away from the tank. Preferably the strap elements are thermally insulated from each other. In that case the strap elements need not necessarily be made of fiber materials having different heat expansion coefficients.
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A suspension system for a low temperature tank, comprising outer shell means, a plurality of strap means of fiber compound materials, said strap means having inner and outer strap ends, first anchoring means operatively connecting said inner strap ends to said tank, second anchoring means operatively connecting said outer strap ends to said outer shell means, each of said strap means comprising a plurality of strap elements, at least certain of said strap elements being made of different fiber materials having different thermal characteristics, and strap elements being arranged so that the strap element closest to said tank is made of a fiber material having the lowest heat expansion coefficient relative to the fiber material of the strap elements further away from the tank, and means operatively securing in series said strap elements of a strap means, whereby said strap elements of a strap means form a row or sequence, one following another.
A suspension system for a low temperature tank, comprising outer shell means, a plurality of strap means of fiber compound materials, said strap means having inner and outer strap ends, first anchoring means operatively connecting said inner strap ends to said tank, second anchoring means operatively connecting said outer strap ends to said outer shell means, each of said strap means comprising a plurality of strap elements, at least certain of said strap elements being made of fiber materials and securing means operatively securing in series said strap elements of a strap means, whereby said strap elements of a strap means form a row or sequence, one following another, said securing means comprising heat insulation means operatively arranged to thermally insulate adjacent ends of adjacent strap elements from each other.
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