Liquefied gas storage tank and marine structure comprising same

Abstract

The present invention relates to liquefied gas storage tanks and a marine structure comprising same. The storage tanks comprises a plurality of liquefied gas storage tanks which are respectively installed in plural spaces which are partitioned off by a coffer dam installed inside the hull of the marine structure, and are arranged in two lines inside the marine structure. The coffer dam comprises one or more longitudinal and widthwise coffer dams which are respectively extended in the longitudinal and widthwise directions of the hull. The liquefied gas storage tank is sealed and thermally insulated by consecutive sealing and thermal-insulating walls without disconnection. The longitudinal coffer dams support the load of upper structure, and simultaneously suppress the phenomenon of shaking.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to liquefied gas storage tanks for storing liquefied gas such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and more particularly, the present invention relates to a liquefied gas storage tank comprising a plurality of storage tanks arranged in two rows and received in a plurality of spaces, the liquefied gas storage tanks are bounded by longitudinal cofferdams that support the load of the superstructure while inhibiting the sloshing phenomenon ), and the present invention relates to a marine structure comprising the liquefied gas storage tank. Background technique [0002] Natural gas is transported in a gaseous state to consumers over long distances by gas pipelines across land or sea, or in a liquefied gas (LNG or LPG) state by vehicles. Liquefied gas is obtained by cooling natural gas to a cryogenic state (approximately -163°C), where its volume is reduced to approximately 1 / 600 of that at standard...

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[0023] However, in this case, there is a high possibility that the amount of heat transferred into the storage tank 20 from the outside increases, thereby degrading the thermal insulation performance of the storage tank 20 while generating a large amount of evaporation in the storage tank 20 gas

[0024] On the other hand, if the thickness of the metal plate used for the support 25 is reduced, or the number of connection points between the support 25 and the inner wall 21 of the hull is reduced to enhance the thermal insulation performance of the storage tank 20, then the anti-sloshing tank The connection point between the wall 23 and the support 25 or between the support 25 and the inner wall 21 of the hull can be damaged by sloshing impacts

[0025] In addition, the standoffs 25 provide discontinuous points on the primary and secondary barriers of the tank 20 that could cause damage to the primary and secondary barriers due to thermal contraction or expansion of the tank 20

[0026] In addition, since the anti-sloshing bulkhead 23 is a bulkhead-shaped thin structure, it cannot support the load from the upper deck of the marine structure.

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