Double-wall tank
AssigneeNexans
InventorKlaus Schippl
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Abstract
A double-wall tank for storing and shipping cryogenic media, which consists of an inner tank that contains the medium, an outer casing spaced some distance from the inner tank, and an evacuated space located between the inner tank and the outer casing, such that at least one permanent magnet is installed in the evacuated space and is arranged opposite a high-temperature superconductor, so that the inner tank is supported in the casing without contact, has the following features: the high-temperature superconductor (8) is located in the evacuated space (5), both the inner tank (1) and the casing (2) have a neck (3, 4), and the necks (3, 4) are arranged concentrically to each other, the neck (3) of the inner tank (1) is a spirally corrugated metal tube (3), whose outer end is attached to the neck (4) of the casing (2).
Claims6
Double-wall tank for storing and shipping cryogenic media, comprising:
- an inner tank that contains the medium;
- an outer casing spaced some distance from the inner tank;
- an evacuated space located between the inner tank and the outer casing, such that at least one permanent magnet is installed in the evacuated space and is arranged opposite a high-temperature superconductor, so that the inner tank is supported in the casing without contact, wherein the high-temperature superconductor is located in the evacuated space, both the inner tank and the casing have a neck, and the necks are arranged concentrically to each other, and the neck of the inner tank is a helically corrugated metal tube, whose outer end is attached to the neck of the casing;
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- a plug made of a nonmetallic material is located inside the corrugated metal tube wherein the plug fills the inside cross section of the corrugated metal tube, so that a spiral channel is formed between the corrugated tube and the plug.
Double-wall tank for storing and shipping cryogenic media, comprising:
- an inner tank that contains the medium;
- an outer casing spaced some distance from the inner tank;
- an evacuated space located between the inner tank and the outer casing, such that at least one permanent magnet is installed in the evacuated space and is arranged opposite a high-temperature superconductor also located in the same evacuated space, so that the inner tank is supported in the casing without contact allowing said double-walled tank to be formed with a small special dimension, allowing for removal of a liquefied gas, used to cool said cryogenic media, by pouring, both the inner tank and the casing have a neck, and the necks are arranged concentrically to each other, and the neck of the inner tank is a helically corrugated metal tube, whose outer end is attached to the neck of the casing;
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- a plug made of a nonmetallic material is located inside the corrugated metal tube wherein the plug fills the inside cross section of the corrugated metal tube, so that a spiral channel is formed between the corrugated tube and the plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.