Device comprising a receptacle for storing a liquid

Abstract

Equipment (1) including a container (19) for the storage of a liquid (2) as well as thermal insulation panels (12,13), wherein none of the thermal insulation panels (12,13) is mounted directly on or even in contact with an outer surface of the container (19), wherein a chamber (5) housing the container (19) is delimited by an enclosure (6) consisting of walls (7), a floor (8) and a ceiling (9), and which is accessible through an access opening, either in the form of an entrance opening in one of the walls (7) closeable by a door or in the form of a manhole (11) closeable by a lid (10), wherein an inner surface of the chamber (5) is entirely covered with the thermal insulation panels (12,13) in such a way that a volume of space occupied by the container (19) is smaller than a volume of space delimited by the thermal insulation panels (12,13) at the inner side of the walls, the ceiling and the floor, leaving space for maintenance between the outer surface of the container (19) and the thermal insulation panels (12,13) mounted to the inner surface of the chamber (5), and wherein the heat exchange between the insulated chamber (5) and its surrounding is restricted to (i) a heat transfer liquid flowing in at least one pipe, the pipe extending through the thermal insulation at the inner side of the chamber (5) between the container (19) and the outside of the chamber (5), and possibly (ii) an unwanted heat leakage just through the thermal insulation panels (12,13) at the inner side of the chamber (5).

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REFERENCE TO PENDING PRIOR PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application is a continuation-in-part of pending prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 111,398, filed Jul. 13, 2016 by Jan Franck for DEVICE COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE FOR STORING A LIQUID (Attorney's Docket No. KUCH-74), which patent application in turn claims benefit of International (PCT) Patent Application No. PCT / IB2015 / 000021, filed Jan. 14, 2015 by Jan Franck for DEVICE COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE FOR STORING A LIQUID, which claims benefit of German Patent Application No. DE 10 2014 000 191.1, filed Jan. 14, 2014.[0002]The three (3) above-identified patent applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0003]The invention focuses on an equipment including a container for the storage of a liquid.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]In many cases a liquid is to be kept and stored at a temperature being different from the surrounding outer temperature level. For this purpose cladding the out...

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Benefits of technology

The invention is a container system that can be used for storing fluids, such as water, at a safe pressure and without the risk of leaks. The container is made of insuling materials and can be placed underground or in a building to further improve insulation. The system is versatile and can be adapted to different shapes and sizes of containers. The technical effects include a safer and more efficient storage of fluids, reduction of temperature difference between the inside of the chamber and the ambience, and improved insulation in building.

Problems solved by technology

However such containers are in most cases relatively expensive, inter alia also because the outer surface of containers is often curved, for example following cylindrical or calotte-shaped surfaces, so that the insulating material needs to be adapted to such surface in respect of its shape.

Furthermore, a chamber housing such liquid container and such receptacle for stones does not comprise any thermal insulation and therefore, much heat is dissipated even if no heat is requested.

Therefore, the heating action cannot be controlled.

Although the underground room of the building housing the liquid container is thermally insulated, there is no possibility of maintenance because the regarding room underground is completely filled with stones.

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