Disclosed is a pump tower disposed inside a liquefied gas storage tank so as to supply or discharge liquefied gas to/from the inside of the liquefied gas storage tank. The pump tower includes a discharge pipe for discharging the liquefied gas in the liquefied gas storage tank, an emergency pipe equipped with an emergency pump at the lower end thereof, and a charge pipe for supplying the liquefied gas into the liquefied gas storage tank. The pump tower further includes a support provided on the bottom of the liquefied gas storage tank for enabling the vertical displacement of the pump tower and restricting the horizontal movement and rotation thereof. The support includes a lower body fixed to a hull side, an upper body fixed to a pump tower side and a wedge member interposed between the lower body and the upper body.
Pump tower of liquefied gas storage tank
2019-09-03
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | F17C Behälter zum Aufnehmen oder Speichern verdichteter, verflüssigter oder verfestigter Gase , VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / E04H Gebäude oder ähnliche Bauwerke für besondere Zwecke , BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES / F04B Verdrängerkraft- und Verdrängerarbeitsmaschinen für Flüssigkeiten , POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS |