摘要 |
Sealed, thermally insulated tank consisting of tank walls fixed to the load-bearing structure ( 1 ) of a floating structure, said tank walls having, in succession, in the direction of the thickness from the inside to the outside of said tank, a primary sealing barrier ( 8 ), a primary insulating barrier ( 6 ), a secondary sealing barrier ( 5 ) and a secondary insulating barrier ( 2 ), at least one of said insulating barriers consisting essentially of juxtaposed non-conducting elements, each non-conducting element including a thermal insulation liner ( 63 ) and load-bearing elements that rise through the thickness of said thermal insulation liner in order to take up the compression forces, characterized in that the load-bearing elements of a non-conducting element include pillars ( 65 ) of small transverse section as compared to the dimensions of the non-conducting element in a plane parallel to said tank wall. Sealed, thermally insulated tank has tank walls fixed to the load-bearing structure ( 1 ) of a floating structure, the tank walls having, in succession, in the direction of the thickness from the inside to the outside of the tank, a primary sealing barrier ( 8 ), a primary insulating barrier ( 6 ), a secondary sealing barrier ( 5 ) and a secondary insulating barrier ( 2 ), at least one of the insulating barriers includes juxtaposed non-conducting elements, each non-conducting element including a thermal insulation liner ( 63 ) and load-bearing elements that rise through the thickness of the thermal insulation liner in order to take up the compression forces, characterized in that the load-bearing elements of a non-conducting element include pillars ( 65 ) of small transverse section as compared to the dimensions of the non-conducting element in a plane parallel to the tank wall. |