Thermally insulated reservoir

Abstract

A heat-insulated tank with a volume of 200-20,000 m.sup.3 for storage of oil and oil products includes a heat-insulated wall, roof and bottom installed on a foundation. The wall and roof are equipped with supporting discharge skirts forming sections, the heat-insulated coating made of foam glass blocks that fill sections and form control joints in the heat insulation coating. The tank includes a top coat made of metal sheets located at an external surface of foam glass blocks. The foam glass blocks including a lower row of detachable blocks and additional rows coupled to each other and a surface of the tank via an adhesive. The technical result is improved safety and strength of the tank heat insulation at loads on its structure caused by filling and discharge of the raw material and environmental factors, and relatively even temperature control of the oil and oil products.

Claims

1. A heat-insulated tank for holding oil in extreme climates, comprising: a wall, a roof and a bottom each installed on a foundation; supporting discharge skirts fastened circumferentially around an exterior of the wall and the roof, defining sections wherein the discharge skirts support foam glass blocks; a heat-insulated layer having the foam glass blocks positioned in the sections and defining at least one vertical control joint and one horizontal control joint wherein the at least one vertical control joint and the at least one horizontal control joint include a rubber material positioned between the foam glass blocks, the foam glass blocks including a lower row of foam glass blocks that include detachable foam glass blocks and additional rows of foam glass blocks coupled to the exterior of the tank via an adhesive above the lower row and oriented such that at least one row of foam glass blocks is offset from at least another row of foam glass blocks; and at least one corrugated metal sheet coupled to an outer surface of at least some of the foam glass blocks.

2. The heat-insulated tank of claim 1, wherein the detachable blocks include shock cushions positioned on sides of the block that provide for relatively tight attachment of the detachable blocks to each other and for removal of the detachable blocks, and wherein an external surface of the detachable blocks is coupled to a metal plate for protecting the detachable blocks from mechanical damage.

3. The heat-insulated tank of claim 1, wherein the supporting discharge skirts are separated in a vertical direction by between 1.5 meters (1.5 m) and 2 m.

4. The heat-insulated tank of claim 1, further comprising fastening elements that include a same metal as the heat-insulated tank that are configured to fasten the supporting discharge skirts to the wall and the roof by being welded to a supporting point.

5. The heat-insulated tank of claim 1, wherein the fastening elements are welded to a surface of the tank surface about a perimeter of the surface and separated by less than or equal to 1.5 m.

6. The heat-insulated tank of claim 1, wherein the at least one metal sheet is coupled to the supporting discharge skirts using thread-cutting screws with sealing rubber pads.

7. The heat-insulated tank of claim 1, wherein the foam glass blocks for the heat insulation of the tank wall and roof have the following characteristics: a thermal conductivity of no more than 0.05 watts per square meter of surface area for a temperature gradient of one kelvin for every meter thickness (0.05 W/mK), a vapor permeability of 0 mg/mhPa, being in the NG flammability group, a crushing strength of at least 0.7 Megapascals (MPa), and a density of between 115 kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m.sup.3) and 180 kg/m.sup.3.

8. The heat-insulated tank of claim 1, wherein the at least one row of foam glass blocks is offset from the at least another row of foam glass blocks by a distance equal to half of a length of a foam glass block.

9. The heat-insulated tank of claim 1, wherein the supporting discharge skirts include at least three supporting discharge skirts.

10. The heat insulated tank of claim 1, wherein the rubber material comprises butyl rubber.

11. A heat-insulated tank for holding oil in extreme climates, comprising: a wall, a roof and a bottom each installed on a foundation; supporting discharge skirts fastened circumferentially around an exterior of the wall, defining sections wherein the discharge skirts support foam glass blocks; a heat-insulated layer having the foam glass blocks positioned in the sections including: a lower row of detachable foam glass blocks, and additional rows of foam glass blocks on a surface that contacts the heat-insulated tank and being coupled to each other and to the exterior of the tank via adhesive, at least some of the additional rows of foam glass blocks being offset from each other in a horizontal direction; at least one horizontal control joint and at least two vertical control joints formed in the additional rows of foam glass blocks of the heat-insulated layer on the wall of the heat-insulated tank and having a butyl rubber sealing compound positioned in spaces between at least some of the additional rows of foam glass blocks; at least two radial control joints formed in the additional rows of foam glass blocks of the heat-insulated layer on a roof of the heat insulated tank and having a butyl rubber sealing compound positioned in spaces between at least others of the additional rows of foam glass blocks; and a top coat having metal sheets positioned on an external surface of at least some of the foam glass blocks including at least one sheet of galvanized steel having a thickness of 0.70.08 mm with anticorrosive coating on the outside coupled to the additional rows of foam glass blocks above the lower row of foam glass blocks and fastened to the discharge skirt with sealing gaskets.

12. The heat-insulated tank of claim 11, wherein the at least one horizontal control joint is located between a second and a third supporting discharge skirts and the at least two vertical control joints are spaced about a perimeter of the heat-insulated tank by a distance of between 4.5 m and 5.5 m.

13. The heat-insulated tank of claim 11, wherein the spaces between the at least some of the additional rows of foam glass blocks is between 17 mm and 23 mm wide.

14. The heat-insulated tank of claim 11, wherein the top coat includes corrugated galvanized steel sheets as a roof top coat and smooth galvanized steel sheets as a wall top coat, wherein at least some of the metal sheets are fastened using thread-cutting screws separated by between 295 mm and 305 mm.

15. The heat-insulated tank of claim 11, wherein metal sheets of the top coat are glued to foam glass blocks using an adhesive.

16. The heat-insulated tank of claim 11, wherein has a semicircular cross-sectional shape having a diameter of 20 mm and a permitted deflection of 2 mm.

17. The heat-insulated tank of claim 11, wherein the foundation includes a reinforced concrete pilework, a leveling layer located at the reinforced concrete pilework, an asphalt mastic layer located at the leveling layer, a foundation heat-insulating layer made of foam glass blocks with asphalt mastic therebetween and located at the asphalt mastic layer, and a waterproofing layer located at the foundation heat-insulating layer.

18. The heat-insulated tank of claim 17, wherein the foam glass blocks of the foundation heat-insulating layer have the following characteristics: a thermal conductivity of no more than 0.05 watts per square meter of surface area for a temperature gradient of one kelvin for every meter thickness (0.05 W/mK), a vapor permeability of 0 mg/mhPa, being in the NG flammability group, a crushing strength of at least 0.9 Megapascals (MPa), and a density of between 130 kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m.sup.3) and 180 kg/m.sup.3.

19. The heat-insulated tank of claim 11, further comprising pipe branches and lids equipped with a heat insulation.

20. The heat-insulated tank of claim 19, further comprising collars made of a steel sheet installed on the pipe branches and lids.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The features of the disclosure are illustrated by the following drawings.

(2) FIG. 1 illustrates a front side view of a scheme of the heat insulation on the tank wall;

(3) FIG. 2 illustrates a side view of the scheme of the heat insulation on the tank wall of FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 3 illustrates a side view of a scheme of heat insulation on a tank roof

(5) FIG. 4 illustrates a front view of a scheme of heat insulation of lids and pipe branches on a tank wall;

(6) FIG. 5 illustrates a side view of a scheme of heat insulation on a tank bottom;

(7) FIG. 6 illustrates generally a quick-detachable heat-insulating element of a corner weld joint in a wall-bottom of a tank;

(8) FIG. 7 illustrates a scheme for fastening of supporting discharge skirts; and

(9) FIG. 8 illustrates a front view of a scheme for fastening of a top coat on a tank wall.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(10) The drawings include the following elements along with their corresponding reference numbers: 1tank bottom, 2tank wall, 3tank roof, 4tank pipe branches and lids, 5tank supporting discharge skirt, 6section between supporting discharge skirts, 7foam glass blocks for heat insulation of the tank wall and roof, 8lower supporting discharge skirt, 9tank corner weld joint bottom-room (edge of the tank foundation), 10detachable foam glass blocks, 11shock sealing cushions of detachable blocks, 12metal plate of the detachable block, 13adhesive material, 14horizontal control joint in heat insulation of the tank wall, 15vertical control joint in heat insulation of the tank wall, 16top coat of the tank wall heat insulation, 17top coat of the tank roof heat insulation, 18plate of the fastening element, 19supporting point to fasten the supporting discharge skirt thereon, 20thread-cutting galvanized screws with sealing rubber pads, 21pop-rivets, 22reinforced concrete pilework, 23leveling level, 24asphalt mastic layer, 25foam glass blocks for heat insulation of the tank bottom, 25waterproofing layer, 27extension of the tank roof, 28collars of pipe branches and lids on tank wall and roof, 29rider sheet of tank pipe branches and lids, 30top sheet of tank pipe branches and lids.

(11) The heat-insulated tank includes a heat-insulated cylindrical wall 2, a roof 3, and a bottom 1 installed on a foundation. The tank wall and roof are equipped with supporting discharge skirts 5 that form sections 6. The sections 6 are filled with a heat-insulating layer made of foam glass blocks 7. Control joints 15 are formed within the foam glass blocks 7. A top coat 16, 17 made of metal sheets is located at an external surface of the foam glass blocks 7 at locations other than the lower section (between a lower supporting discharge skirt 8 and an edge of the tank foundation 9).

(12) Supporting discharge skirts 5 are made, for instance, of steel beams or angle elements that are tightly fixed along the perimeter of the tank using fastening elements. For example, the discharge skirts 5 are fastened circumferentially about the tank wall 2 and the tank roof 3. Fastening elements are made of the tank material (steel) and they include a plate 18 welded to a supporting point 19 in a perpendicular manner, for example, by welding the supporting discharge skirt (with brief reference to FIG. 7). Supporting discharge belts are fastened at intervals of between 1.5 m and 2 m. If the distance between skirts exceeds 2 m, the heat-insulating material will be deformed. If the distance between skirts is less than 1.5 m, the metal intensity of the structure will be significantly increased.

(13) Foam glass blocks are installed in the lower section (i.e., below the lower skirt 8 in at least one row, and are made detachable 10. This provides the opportunity to quickly remove the detachable blocks 10 in order to provide easy access to the corner weld joint wall-bottom 9. The detachable blocks 10 are equipped with shock sealing cushions 11 (with brief reference to FIG. 6) that are between 20 mm and 25 mm thick. The cushions 11 are made, for instance, using a cellular rubber substance (i.e., foam rubber) of K-Flex or Armaflex brands. The sealing cushions 11 are glued around the perimeter of the block on its butt sides (lower, top and two side ones). The cushions 11 enable a relatively tight attachment of blocks 10 to each other and, if necessary, enable relatively easy removal of the lower section blocks.

(14) The metal plate 12 is a smooth galvanized steel sheet and is 0.7 mm thick with a permitted deflection of 0.08 mm. The plate 12 includes an anticorrosive coating on the external side, and is installed on an external surface (facade) of the detachable blocks 10 using asphalt mastic. The plate 12 provides mechanical protection of the blocks 10 against mechanical damage. To protect the metal plate 12 with the anticorrosive coating against mechanical damage, it can be also installed on an internal surface of the block. Dimensions of the detachable blocks 10 are determined based on the location of the lower supporting skirt.

(15) Remaining sections of the tank wall 2 and tank roof 3 are filled with foam glass blocks 7 oriented in several rows. Blocks of adjacent rows in each tier 6 are offset from each other, as shown in FIG. 1. For example, the offset may be half of a length of the blocks 7.

(16) Blocks 7 are attached to the tank surface and to each other using an adhesive material 13, such as a polyurethane sealing compound from 3M. Joints between neighboring blocks and joints between blocks and structural elements of the tank are filled with the polyurethane sealing compound. The foam glass blocks 7 have a rectangular parallelepiped shape with geometrical dimensions of 450 mm by 300 mm and have a thickness between 25 mm and 125 mm. The blocks 7 have the following characteristics: a thermal conductivity of no more than 0.05 watts per square meter of surface area for a temperature gradient of one kelvin for every meter thickness (0.05 W/mK), a vapor permeability of 0 mg/mhPa, being in the NG flammability group, a crushing strength of at least 0.7 Megapascals (MPa), and a density of between 115 kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m.sup.3) and 180 kg/m.sup.3.

(17) A cross shaped cut formed by cutting two grooves (cavities) that intersect at a right angle at the center of the block face. The cut is made on the side of the block 7 that contacts the tank surface. The grooves have a cross-sectional shape of a semicircle having a diameter of 20 mm with a permitted deflection of 2 mm. The cuts run across the whole surface of the block up to its ribs.

(18) The heat insulation coating of the tank wall is equipped, at least, with one horizontal control joint 14, and with at least ten vertical control joints 15. The vertical control joints 15 are located in each section except the lower one (with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2). The heat insulation coating of the tank roof 3 is equipped at least with ten control joints, located in each section and oriented radially. Control joints are made by forming spaces between blocks and filling the spaces with a butyl rubber sealing compound. Vertical control joints 15 are located at every 5 m along the tank perimeter and the horizontal joint 14 is located, for instance, between the second and the third supporting discharge skirts (at the center, as shown in FIG. 1). Control joints preserve the integrity of the heat insulation in response to deformation of the tank caused by external mechanical loads.

(19) The external surface of foam glass blocks 7 at the tank wall and roof is covered by a top coat 16, 17 made of metal sheets. The top coats 16, 17 protect the blocks 7 from mechanical damage and environmental impacts. The metal sheets are made of galvanized steel that is 0.7 mm thick with a permitted deflection of 0.08 mm and have an anticorrosive coating on an external side. The top coat 16 of the tank wall 2 has a profile height between 10 mm and 35 mm and a width of at least 1,000 mm. Smooth sheets of at least 1,000 mm wide are used for the top coat 17 on the tank roof 3.

(20) Weather-proof anticorrosive epoxy- and polyurethane-based coatings are used as an anticorrosive coating of the tank wall 2, roof 3, and pipe branches and lids.

(21) The foundation for installation of the heat-insulated tank includes reinforced concrete pilework 22, a leveling layer 23 located on the reinforced concrete pilework 22, an asphalt mastic layer 24 located on the leveling layer 23, a heat-insulating layer of foam glass blocks 25 located on the asphalt mastic layer, and a weather-proof layer 26 located on the heat-insulating layer. The joints between foam glass blocks 25 are filled with the asphalt mastic (with brief reference to FIG. 5).

(22) The leveling layer is made, for instance, of cement screed or medium-grained sand layer, and is at least 50 cm thick. The asphalt concrete layer may be made of I-Ill brands and be 1-3 mm thick is used as a waterproofing layer. The foam glass blocks 25 of the foundation heat-insulating layer have the following characteristics: a thermal conductivity of no more than 0.05 watts per square meter of surface area for a temperature gradient of one kelvin for every meter thickness (0.05 W/mK), a vapor permeability of 0 mg/mhPa, being in the NG flammability group, a crushing strength of at least 0.9 Megapascals (MPa), a density of between 130 kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m.sup.3) and 180 kg/m.sup.3, a length and width of about 450 mm by 600 mm and thickness of between 40 mm and 180 mm. Foam concrete blocks may also be used as the heat-insulating material of the tank bottom.

(23) The heat-insulated tank is made as follows.

(24) The foundation (base) is prepared on which the cylindrical tank is assembled. Tank assembly includes installation of the tank bottom 1 and assemblage of the tank wall 2 and roof 3, upon which load-bearing structuressupporting discharge skirts 5 that form sections 6are fixed by fastening elements. The skirts 5 support the foam glass blocks. Fastening elements of the supporting discharge skirts 5 are welded to the tank surface along the perimeter of the side wall 2 at locations separated by 1.5 m or less.

(25) After the fastening elements are installed, the tank external surface and load-bearing structures for fastening of the heat insulation are protected with weather-proof anticorrosive coatings. Then foam glass (cellular glass) blocks 7 are installed section by section on the supporting discharge skirts 5. Detachable foam glass blocks 10 are installed in a single row in the lower sectionbetween the lower supporting skirt 8 and the edge of the tank foundation 9 (around the corner weld joint). Remaining sections of the tank wall and roof are filled in by several rows of the foam glass blocks 7 having the cross shaped cut. The foam glass blocks 7 are attached to the tank surface and to each other using the adhesive material 13.

(26) To fasten blocks to the tank surface, the cross shaped cut is fully filled by the polyurethane sealing compound, which extends for between 8 mm and 12 mm above the block surface to provide improved adhesion of the block to the tank surface. During fastening of blocks 7 on the tank surface, some blocks are spaced by 20 mm plus or minus 3 mm from a neighboring block to form control joints. The space is then filled with butyl rubber sealing compound, for instance, of 3M brand. To make the vertical control joint of the tank wall 2 and the control joint of the tank roof 3 continuous, foam glass blocks are trimmed on the spot. Joints between neighboring blocks as well as joints between blocks and structural elements are filled with a polyurethane sealing compound that is applied along the perimeter of the blocks. The width selected for the layer of the polyurethane sealing compound is 3 mm plus or minus 1 mm. This width provides for balance between the strength of the joint and the elasticity of the structure.

(27) Scaffolding may be made to aid in installation of the heat insulation. When a section of heat insulation is installed along the perimeter of the tank, the scaffolding is moved along the tank and the neighboring section of heat insulation is installed at the entire height.

(28) After installation of the heat insulation, the top coat is installed. Metal sheets of top coat 16, 17 are glued to the external surface of the foam glass blocks 7 at the tank wall 2 and roof 3 (for instance, using polyurethane sealing compound). The top coat 16, 17 is also fastened to supporting discharge skirts 5 using thread-cutting galvanized screws 20 with sealing rubber pads. Thread-cutting screws 20 are installed to bores mutually drilled in the sheet and in the supporting discharge skirt 5 (with brief reference to FIG. 7). The sheets are fastened at a spacing of about 300 mm plus or minus 5 mm along the perimeter of the tank. This provides for tight attachment of the sheets to each other and to the heat-insulating layer. The overlapping points of the top coat sheets are also attached using aluminum pop-rivets 25 spaced by about 300 mm plus or minus 5 mm (with brief reference to FIG. 8). The amount of overlap in the horizontal plane and the vertical plane is about 50 mm plus or minus 5 mm. Selected values provide preservation of the mutual position of sheets and integrity of the structure at longitudinal and transverse movements of the tank wall.

(29) To prevent the tank wall 2 from pollution by mud flows, a step is made on the roof 3, (i.e., an extension 27). The extension 27 is located at the joint between the roof 3 and the wall top coat (with brief reference to FIG. 3). To fasten the top coat 17, lay-in type panels made of thin sheet galvanized steel are installed at the surface of the top wall blocks. Sheets of the top coat are fastened to lay-in type panels by thread-cutting galvanized screws with sealing rubber pads. The screws and pads are installed into holes mutually drilled in the sheet and in the lay-in type panel.

(30) Collars 28 made of a steel sheet that having a thickness of 5 mm are installed on pipe branches and lids of the tank wall 2 and roof 3 by of welding (with brief reference to FIG. 4). To reinforce insertions of pipe branches and lids, a rider sheet 29 made of thin sheet galvanized steel is installed under the top sheet 30. The top sheet 30 on pipe branches and lids is coupled to the collar 28 and the rider sheet 29 by thread-cutting screws 20. Points of attachment between the top sheet and the collar are sealed using mastic.

(31) Installation of the heat insulation for the tank bottom 1 includes the installation of the reinforced concrete ring (pilework) 22 on which the leveling layer 23 is laid. The leveling layer 23 is used to level the surface for laying of foam glass blocks (with brief reference to FIG. 5). The leveling layer is covered with the asphalt mastic layer 24 and the heat-insulating layer made of foam glass blocks 25. During installation of the heat-insulating level, onsite tipping of foam glass blocks is allowable. Joints between blocks are filled with asphalt mastic (as the adhesive for the bottom) and the mastic layer is 3 mm plus or minus 1 mm wide. The waterproofing layer 26 is laid on the heat-insulating layer. It is used to protect the tank bottom 1 from surface corrosion as well to evenly distribute the load on the heat insulation and to remove local load concentrations during installation and operation of the tank.

(32) The suggested structural version of the tank provides for preservation of the integrity of its heat insulation at longitudinal and transverse movements of the tank wall. The tank also provides for insulation of the tank walls, roof and bottom from the impact of low surrounding temperatures and prevents the product stored in the tank from cooling and the soil from thawing. The constructive version of the heat insulation provides for dismantlement and the repeated assemblage for technical maintenance and repair of the tank, including the quick access to the corner weld joint of the tank wall.