Storage tank containment system
AssigneeAltair Engineering, Inc.
InventorsRegu Ramoo, Mohan Parthasarathy, Thomas Lamb
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Abstract
A large volume natural gas storage tank comprises a plurality of rigid tubular walls each having opposing ends and an intermediate segment with a closed tubular cross-section, the plurality of rigid tubular walls arranged in a closely spaced relationship and interconnected at their ends, with each end of a given of the plurality of rigid tubular walls connected with respective ends of two others of the plurality of rigid tubular walls to define a corner of the storage tank, such that the interiors of the plurality of rigid tubular walls define an interior fluid storage chamber.
Claims14
A large volume natural gas storage tank, comprising:
- a plurality of rigid tubular walls each having opposing ends and an intermediate segment with a closed tubular cross-section, each of the plurality of rigid tubular walls interconnected at each end with respective ends of two others of the plurality of rigid tubular walls to define a corner of the storage tank, such that interconnected interiors of the plurality of rigid tubular walls define an interior fluid storage chamber;
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- a plurality of bulkhead reinforcements, each bulkhead reinforcement positioned in the interior fluid storage chamber at a different corner of the storage tank, each bulkhead reinforcement comprising three angularly spaced webs interconnected along a common edge, each web spanning between a different pair of interconnected interiors.
A large volume natural gas storage tank, comprising:
- a plurality of rigid tubular walls each having opposing ends and an intermediate segment with a closed tubular cross-section, the plurality of rigid tubular walls interconnected at their ends to form a six-sided storage tank, with each of the six sides of the storage tank defined by four successive of the plurality of rigid tubular walls connected end-to-end, such that interconnected interiors of the plurality of rigid tubular walls define an interior fluid storage chamber;
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- a bulkhead reinforcement positioned in the interior fluid storage chamber at the junction of three interconnected interiors, the bulkhead reinforcement comprising three angularly spaced webs interconnected along a common edge, each web spanning between a different pair of interconnected interiors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.