CRYOGENIC TRANSFER HOSE HAVING A FIBROUS INSULATING LAYER AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING SUCH A TRANSFER HOSE

摘要

CRYOGENIC TRANSFER HOSE (3, 107) FOR HYDROCARBONS COMPRISING AN INNER HOSE (4, 40, 52, 61, 110), AN OUTER HOSE (8, 53, 65, 111) ARRANGED AROUND THE INNER HOSE IN A CONCENTRIC MANNER AND A SPACER MEMBER (14, 55, 56, 57, 128, 129, 130, 130?, 132, 133) BRIDGING AN ANNULAR GAP (9, 127) BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER HOSES, A FIBROUS INSULATION MATERIAL FORMING A THREE DIMENSIONAL MATRIX OF FIBRES BEING COMPRISED IN THE ANNULAR GAP, CHARACTERISED IN THAT THE OUTER HOSE COMPRISES AN ELASTOMERIC AND/OR A PLASTIC MATERIAL, THE FIBROUS MATERIAL BEING CONTIGUOUS OVERALL BEST A PART OF THE LENGTH OF THE HOSES WITH THE INNER AND OUTER HOSE AND FORMING A SPACER MEMBER.