LNG storage tank and ship having thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12392452-B2
Application number	US-202017786284-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Priority date	Dec 18, 2019
Publication date	Aug 19, 2025
Grant date	Aug 19, 2025

Abstract

A liquefied gas storage tank according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a tank unit in which liquefied gas is stored; an inner box unit disposed inside the tank unit and installed at the bottom portion of the tank unit; and a pump unit that has an inlet pipe part formed to pass through a lower wall portion of the inner box unit and communicate with the inside of the inner box unit, and suctions the liquefied gas stored in the tank unit through the inlet pipe part, thereby supplying the liquefied gas to the outside.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A liquefied gas storage tank, comprising:
a tank unit in which liquefied gas is stored;
an inner box unit that is disposed inside the tank unit and installed at a bottom portion of the tank unit; and
a pump unit that has an inlet pipe formed to pass through a lower wall portion of the inner box unit and communicate with the inside of the inner box unit, and suctions the liquefied gas stored in the tank unit through the inlet pipe and supplies the liquefied gas to the outside,
wherein the inner box unit is formed to be depressed downwardly from the bottom portion of the tank unit, and
wherein the lower wall portion of the inner box unit is formed at a lower height than the bottom portion of the tank unit.

2. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 1 , wherein the inner box unit is provided to surround a periphery of the inlet pipe.

3. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 2 , wherein the inner box unit includes a backflow prevention unit provided so that the liquefied gas is introduced but not discharged.

4. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 3 , wherein the backflow prevention unit includes a first flip door provided in the inner box unit opened and closed only in one direction.

5. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 4 , wherein at least one first flip door is provided on an upper wall portion or a side wall portion of the inner box unit.

6. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 4 , wherein one end portion of the first flip door is hinged to one side of an opening of the inner box unit, and the other end portion thereof is provided to extend so as to be caught on an inner surface of the inner box unit, and the first flip door moves in close contact with the inner box unit by elasticity.

7. A liquefied gas storage tank, comprising:
a tank unit in which liquefied gas is stored;
an inner box unit that is disposed inside the tank unit and installed at a bottom portion of the tank unit; and
a pump unit that has an inlet pipe formed to pass through a lower wall portion of the inner box unit and communicate with the inside of the inner box unit, and suctions the liquefied gas stored in the tank unit through the inlet pipe and supplies the liquefied gas to the outside,
wherein the inner box unit is provided to surround a periphery of the inlet pipe,
wherein the inner box unit includes a backflow prevention unit provided so that the liquefied gas is introduced but not discharged, and
wherein the backflow prevention unit includes a difference pressure pipe having a differential pressure inlet end portion that extends outwardly of the inner box unit and a differential pressure outlet end portion that extends into the inner box unit and is disposed at a height lower than the differential pressure inlet end portion.

8. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 1 , further comprising:
a cryogenic unit that is provided to be in contact with at least the inlet pipe, and has the liquefied gas contained therein.

9. A liquefied gas storage tank, comprising:
a tank unit in which liquefied gas is stored;
an inner box unit that is disposed inside the tank unit and installed at a bottom portion of the tank unit;
a pump unit that has an inlet pipe formed to pass through a lower wall portion of the inner box unit and communicate with the inside of the inner box unit, and suctions the liquefied gas stored in the tank unit through the inlet pipe and supplies the liquefied gas to the outside; and
a cryogenic unit that is provided to be in contact with at least the inlet pipe, and has the liquefied gas contained therein,
wherein the cryogenic unit includes an insertion cylinder part that is provided to pass through the inlet pipe so that the inside of the inner box unit communicates with the inlet pipe and formed in a cylindrical shape in contact with the inlet pipe.

10. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 9 , wherein the insertion cylinder part includes:
an inner pipe part that is in contact with the inlet pipe; and
an exterior part that is spaced apart from the inner pipe part at a predetermined interval to accommodate the liquefied gas and has a lower end portion coupled to the inner pipe part.

11. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 9 , wherein the insertion cylinder part has an opened upper end portion.

12. The liquefied gas storage tank of claim 9 , wherein the cryogenic unit includes a double wall portion provided with a second flip door that communicates with a lower end portion of the insertion cylinder, extends to a lower wall portion of the inner box unit or the lower wall portion and a side wall portion of the inner box unit, and is opened and closed only in one direction so that the liquefied gas is introduced into the second flip door.

13. A ship, comprising:
the liquefied gas storage tank of claim 1 ; and
a hull that is provided with a liquefied gas storage tank, and includes an engine unit providing driving force.

Assignees

• Posco

Inventors

• Son Sang-Hun
• Noh Myung-Hyun
• Kim Eung-Soo

Classifications

• B63B25/16 Primary

  heat-insulated (insulating panelling B63B3/68; heating or cooling B63J) · CPC title

• B63H21/38

  Apparatus or methods specially adapted for use on marine vessels, for handling power plant or unit liquids, e.g. lubricants, coolants, fuels or the like ({in outboard drives B63H20/001; } lubricating or cooling machines or engines in general F01 - F04) · CPC title

• F17C9/00

  Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied or solidified gases from vessels not under pressure · CPC title

• B63B25/08

  fluid {(constructional features of bunkers B63B11/04; tanks for fuel or the like not forming bunkers B63B17/0027)} · CPC title

• F17C2270/0105

  Ships · CPC title