Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
062530200 | Storage in modified vehicle (e.g., ship, truck, etc.) | 24 |
20080216487 | Supplemental Heat Exchange for High Pressure Gas Tank - Apparatus for heat exchange in a high pressure gas storage tank wherein a heat absorbent gas media circulates within the tank and absorbs or radiates the heat resulting from compression and expansion of gas stored in the on board tank depending upon the mode of operation of the vehicle, the gas media is circulated through a heat exchange unit external to the tank whereby heat is radiated to or absorbed from an environment external to the tank, and an in situ heat exchange device installed within the tank absorbs or radiates the heat from or to the gas stored in the tank as a result of heat exchange through a unit external to the tank. | 09-11-2008 |
20080256960 | Vehicles incorporating tanks for carrying cryogenic fluids and methods for forming such tanks - A tank for carrying cryogenic fluids and/or hydrogen peroxide and a method of forming the same is provided. A vehicle incorporating such a tank as part of the vehicle structure is also provided. The tank includes an inner wall compatible with the fluid to be carried, an outer wall, and a spacing layer sandwiched between the two walls. In an exemplary embodiment, the outer wall forms part of the structure of a flight vehicle. | 10-23-2008 |
20090071174 | STORAGE TANK ASSEMBLY - A storage tank assembly for storage of cryogenic liquids comprising a first outer tank and a second, inner tank, the first and second tanks being spaced apart from one another to form an insulation space, each of the first and second tanks having a first end, and an opposite second end spaced apart from the first end, and a wall extending from the first end to the second end, the assembly further comprising a pipe work system comprising a plurality of pipes and a first connector extending through the wall of the first tank, the pipe work being connectable to the first connector such that the pipe work is spaced apart from the wall of the first tank. | 03-19-2009 |
20100018225 | STRUCTURE FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS STORAGE TANK - An LNG storage tank comprises a heat insulating wall on an inner surface of the storage tank, a sealing wall contacting LNG on the heat insulating wall, and a structure to support the sealing wall. The structure comprises an anchor structure, which comprises an anchor member between the inner surface of the storage tank and the sealing wall to secure the sealing wall to the inner surface, and a heat-insulating material around the anchor member. The anchor member is coupled at several portions to the inner surface. The structure provides a simple configuration to the heat insulating wall and the sealing wall, and a simple connection therebetween, enabling convenient construction thereof while increasing sealing reliability. The structure simplifies an assembled structure and a manufacturing process, reducing a construction time of the tank while efficiently relieving stress on the tank. | 01-28-2010 |
20100058780 | Liquefied Gas Storage Tank and Marine Structure Including the Same - The present disclosure relates to a liquefied gas storage tank and a marine structure including the same. The storage tank includes a plurality of liquefied gas storage tanks received in a plurality of spaces defined in a hull of the marine structure by a cofferdam and arranged in two rows. The cofferdam includes at least one longitudinal cofferdam extending in a longitudinal direction of the hull and at least one transverse cofferdam extending in a transverse direction of the hull. Each of the storage tanks is sealed and thermally insulated by a sealing wall and a thermal insulation wall extending without being disconnected. The longitudinal cofferdam supports load of an upper structure while suppressing a sloshing phenomenon. | 03-11-2010 |
20100083671 | Independent Corrugated LNG Tank - A method and apparatus for transporting LNG are provided. A storage container is disclosed including a support frame fixedly attached to at least one top panel, at least one bottom assembly, and a plurality of corrugated side panels, wherein the support frame is externally disposed around the storage container; wherein the support frame is configured to operably engage at least a portion of a hull of a marine vessel; and wherein the storage container is an enclosed, liquid-tight, self-supporting storage container. A method of manufacturing the storage container is also provided. | 04-08-2010 |
20100281887 | ANTI-SLOSHING STRUCTURE FOR LNG CARGO TANK - The present invention relates to anti-sloshing LNG cargo tanks to mitigate a sloshing phenomenon. The anti-sloshing LNG cargo tank having a first barrier for preventing leakage of a cryogenic LNG, a second barrier and an insulation pad provided to supplement the first barrier, includes: an anti-sloshing bulkhead for partitioning a space in the LNG cargo tank into a plurality of spaces to reduce a sloshing phenomenon of the LNG that moves in the LNG cargo tank; and a stool part united at a first surface thereof to an inner wall of an LNG carrier body and united at a second surface thereof to the anti-sloshing bulkhead to fasten the anti-sloshing bulkhead to the inner wall of the LNG cargo tank. The stool part is coupled to the first barrier and the second barrier and having the insulation pad therein, thus preventing the cryogenic LNG from leaking towards the inner wall of the LNG carrier body or from exchanging heat with the inner wall of the LNG carrier body. | 11-11-2010 |
20110179810 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A LNG FUELLED MARINE VESSEL - The invention relates to a method and system for operating a LNG fuelled marine vessel. The marine vessel ( | 07-28-2011 |
20110289942 | Cryogenic Tank and Space Launcher Including Such a Tank - A cryogenic tank for a space launcher, comprising a partition and delimiting top and bottom volumes communicating via at least one free central opening formed in the partition, so as, on the one hand, to allow for the flow of liquid by gravity from the top volume to the bottom volume via the central opening or openings and, on the other hand, to prevent the rising of the fluid from the bottom volume to the top volume via the central opening or openings under the action of acceleration forces, the tank also comprising at least one vent forming separate from the central opening or openings and providing fluid communication between the top and bottom volumes, the vent being configured to favor the migration of vapor from the bottom volume to the top volume and to prevent the rising of liquid from the bottom volume to the top volume. | 12-01-2011 |
20120159970 | FILLING CONTAINERS WITH COMPRESSED MEDIA - A method and an arrangement for filling a storage container, in particular a storage tank of a vehicle, having a compressed medium, in particular compressed hydrogen, wherein the medium is temporarily stored in at least one high pressure storage container and immediately before being delivered to the storage container to be filled has a temperature that is within a predetermined temperature interval. The high-pressure storage containers, in which the medium is temporarily stored, are cooled and/or heated. Thus, the medium temporarily stored in the high-pressure storage container is temporarily stored substantially at the temperature at which it is delivered to the storage container to be filled. | 06-28-2012 |
20120324910 | Articulated Tug and Barge Arrangement for LNG Storage, Transportation and Regasification - Articulated tug and barge arrangements and methods for transportation, storage and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) aboard barge units and for ballasting the barge units are provided. A barge unit includes a type C tank for the containment of LNG under pressure and a regasification unit fluidly coupled to the type C tank for regasification of LNG aboard the barge unit for offloading natural gas. The barge unit is adapted for loading LNG directly from a liquefaction plant, for transporting LNG by operatively coupling to a tug unit, as well as for storing LNG at a destined off board facility, and for fueling a floating power production facility. The arrangements and methods provide a transport terminal ring. The arrangements and methods provide for the circulation of seawater through the regasification unit and into ballast tanks for ballasting of the barge unit while offloading natural gas. | 12-27-2012 |
20130008188 | CRYOGEN HEAT PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER - A cryogen heat exchanger includes a container having a sidewall defining a chamber in the container for containing a cryogen, and at least one heat exchange assembly having a first portion disposed in the chamber and extending through the sidewall to a second portion disposed in an atmosphere of a space external to the chamber and at an opposite side of the sidewall for providing heat transfer to the atmosphere. | 01-10-2013 |
20130061608 | Method for the Refrigerated Transportation of a Stock in a Vehicle Implementing a Liquid Combustible Gas Tank and a Liquid Nitrogen Tank - The present invention relates to a supply station jointly storing a low-temperature-liquefied combustible gas, in particular natural gas, and liquid nitrogen and designed for supplying each component separately or jointly as needed to a vehicle, the supply station being present on the vehicle, the station comprising at least a first storage tank for storing said liquefied combustible gas; and at least a second storage tank for storing said liquid nitrogen and at least one heat-transmitting connection element between the at least one first storage tank and the at least one second storage tank, which connection element is designed so that the combustible gas can be cooled, or can be maintained at a temperature below its boiling point, directly or indirectly by the liquid nitrogen. | 03-14-2013 |
20130139526 | FLOATING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PRETREATMENT SYSTEM - A pretreatment system and method for a floating liquid natural gas (“FLNG”) facility are presented. The inlet natural gas stream flows through a membrane system to remove carbon dioxide and a heat exchanger, producing first and second cooled CO | 06-06-2013 |
20130283825 | FLOATING LNG PLANT - The present invention relates to a floating LNG plant ( | 10-31-2013 |
20140238052 | INNER TANK SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR LNG STORAGE TANK FOR SHIP - The present invention relates to an inner tank supporting structure for an LNG storage tank for a ship, which does not restrict expansion or contraction of an inner tank in circumferential and lengthwise directions while the inner tank is expanded or contracted due to a temperature change caused by storage and discharge of LNG. The inner tank supporting structure for the LNG storage tank which has a cylindrical outer tank and a cylindrical inner tank, includes: a sliding main supporter mounted at one side of a bottom of the outer tank so as to fix the center of a bottom surface of the inner tank, the sliding main supporter having elongated sliding grooves formed in the lengthwise direction of the inner tank; a sliding main supporter mounted at the other side of the bottom of the outer tank so as to fix the center of the bottom surface of the inner tank, the sliding main supporter having round grooves; and a sub supporter mounted at the bottom of the outer tank so as to support the bottom surface of the inner tank, wherein the bottom surface of the inner tank is not fixed to the sub supporter. | 08-28-2014 |
20140290281 | Articulated tug and barge arrangement for LNG storage, transportation and regasification - Articulated tug and barge arrangements and methods for transportation, storage, and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) aboard barge units and ballasting the barge units, and LNG bunker barge systems and methods for LNG bunkering, are provided. | 10-02-2014 |
20140331691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOADING, STORING AND OFFLOADING NATURAL GAS FROM A BARGE - A system for loading and storing CNG onboard of a barge and for unloading it therefrom comprises CNG loading facilities for loading CNG on board of the barge, CNG storage facilities for storing the loaded CNG on board of the barge at nominal storage pressure and temperature, and CNG unloading facilities for unloading CNG to a delivery point. The delivery point requires the unloaded CNG to be at delivery pressure and temperature generally different from the storage pressure and temperature. Thus, the CNG unloading facilities comprise a CNG heater for heating the to-be-unloaded CNG prior to unloading, and a lamination valve for allowing the to-be-unloaded CNG to expand from its storage pressure to the delivery pressure. A compressor may also be provided to compress CNG that would not otherwise be spontaneously delivered. | 11-13-2014 |
20140345299 | METHOD OF MARINE TRANSPORTATION OF UNSWEETENED NATURAL GAS - Marine transportation of natural gas is disclosed, including: a) removing a free water stream and a condensate stream from the source of raw natural gas to produce a dew-pointed unsweetened natural gas stream at an offshore supply location; b) subjecting the dew-pointed unsweetened natural gas stream to a selected level of dehydration to produce a partially dehydrated unsweetened natural gas stream at the offshore supply location; and c) transporting at least a portion of the partially dehydrated unsweetened natural gas stream in a gas containment system onboard a gas carrier vessel from the offshore supply location as a feed source of natural gas to an acid gas removal facility or an LNG production facility located at an offloading location. | 11-27-2014 |
20150027137 | LNG TANK - An LNG tank as disclosed can include an inner shell of stainless steel and an outer shell spaced at a distance from the inner shell, the inner and outer shells defining an isolation space therebetween. A double-walled pipe of stainless steel connected to the LNG tank can include an inner pipe. The outer wall of the pipe can be connected to the inner shell by a bellows-like pipe fitting welded to the outer wall of the pipe(s) and to the inner shell of the tank. The inner pipe for extending into a tank room can be connected to a valve in a valve block, and the outer wall of the pipe extending into the tank room can be welded to the valve block to provide a continuous secondary barrier for the inner pipe between the inner shell of the tank and the valve block. | 01-29-2015 |
20150135733 | Inspectable Containers for the Transport by Sea of Compressed Natural Gas, Fitted with a Manhole for Internal Access - A CNG transportation vehicle comprising at least one vernally oriented, generally cylindrical, pressure vessel ( | 05-21-2015 |
20150135734 | COLD-BOX SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT ABOARD SHIPS - A cold-box system includes: a bulk gas tank, and a plurality of cold-box compartments operationally associated with the bulk gas tank. A cold-box apparatus includes a plurality of cold-box compartments operationally associated with a bulk gas tank. In one embodiment the cold-box compartments may be spaced apart from the tank aboard a waterborne platform. The system and apparatus provide redundancy regarding power aboard ship for the bulk gas tank. | 05-21-2015 |
20150316208 | LIQUEFIED GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SHIP - Disclosed is a liquefied gas processing system for a ship that includes a storage tank that stores liquefied natural gas, and an engine that uses the liquefied natural gas stored in the storage tank as fuel. The liquefied gas processing system of the present invention comprises: a storage tank that stores liquefied gas; an engine that uses the liquefied gas stored in the storage tank as fuel; and a fuel supply line that can vaporize the liquefied gas and supply the generated gas to the engine as fuel. The engine receives a supply of the fuel gas that is pressurized at a low pressure. | 11-05-2015 |
20150369428 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEALED AND THERMALLY INSULATING BARRIER FOR A STORAGE TANK - A method for producing a sealed and thermally insulating wall for a fluid storage tank includes attaching plural anchoring elements to a support structure; installing modular formwork elements on the support structure, the modular formwork elements having a shape that protrudes relative to the support structure and that defines, with the support structure and the plurality of anchoring parts, compartments having an open side opposite the support structure; spraying insulating foam into the compartments through the open side to form plural insulating sectors made from sprayed insulating foam; arranging insulating junction elements in a stressed position in which they are stressed between the insulating sectors and capable of expanding when the insulating sectors contract, to ensure continuity of the thermal insulation; and attaching a sealing membrane to the anchoring elements. | 12-24-2015 |