LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS UNDERGROUND STORAGE (LNG US) Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC F17C1/00 B65G5/00 E04H7/18 

FIELD: oil and gas industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to underground storage and reservation system of LNG for its accumulation and distribution to the consumer. LNG US is located below the ground level 1 at the elevation preventing the freezing of ground surface at the most long-term estimated storage of LNG. It is blocked off and protected along the perimeter from ground mass with a concrete wall of "wall in ground" type 2. It includes reinforced-concrete tank 5 located at the bottom from compacted ground 3 and heat-insulating intermediate layer 4, which is enveloped on external side surface with soft intermediate layer 6, and on the inner side it is covered with layers of heat insulation 7 and waterproof insulation 8 from LNG. LNG US is equipped with process shaft 9 with pipelines 10, which comes out of reinforced-concrete reservoir to ground surface 1, tight hatches 11 and stairs 12. Top of concrete reservoir is filled with a layer of light heat-insulating material 13. Vertical wall of reinforced-concrete reservoir 5 is made of single-type elements of constant curvature in the form of solid reinforced-concrete units 14 of constant section with surfaces 15 adjacent to each other. Along the perimetre of end surfaces 15 of reinforced-concrete blocks 14 and their centre there made are grooves of rectangular section with tightening horizontal and vertical 18 reinforcement installed in them (vertical 17 and horizontal 18 tightening reinforcement rods).

EFFECT: use of the invention ensures reliability of horizontal tightening of reinforced-concrete blocks; simplifying the construction procedure of side walls of reservoir; improving construction quality and operating reliability of LNG US.

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