APPARATUS FOR COOLING AND FILLING LIQUEFIED GAS TRANSPORT AND STORAGE TANKS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID TANKS

摘要

A transport tank for carrying liquefied gas at about ambient pressure including free-standing inner and outer tank walls formed of material for withstanding low temperatures so that the outer tank acts as a secondary system in the event the inner tank fails and a plurality of interconnecting members coupling the inner tank wall to the outer tank wall so as to limit the relative movement therebetween but provide 2 DEG of freedom within this limit. Stress members secured to the inner and outer tank walls are provided to assure more uniform thermal tank growth in the vertical direction.