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Jean-Luc Fournel

Thierry Novet

Romain Bois

Marine Garcia

A container for storing and transporting liquefied gas, having a first, internal reservoir that extends in a longitudinal direction (A) and is configured to store the liquefied gas, a second, external reservoir that is disposed around the first reservoir with a vacuum insulated space between the first and the second reservoir, a third, annular reservoir that is disposed around the first reservoir, between the first and the second reservoir, the third reservoir extending around at least a part of the first reservoir and containing a liquefied gas in order to form a heat shield for thermally insulating the first reservoir, and a device for holding the first and third reservoirs in the second reservoir.

Container for storing and transporting liquefied gas

Support element and method for a cryogenic fluid circuit comprising a plurality of orifices intended for the passage of cryogenic-fluid transfer pipes, said support element comprising at least one thermal path formed between two adjacent orifices, the thermal path comprising a blind opening, the opening being delimited by two spaced-apart walls extending between two ends in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the plane of the orifices, the two walls being joined together by an end wall, the support element being characterized in that it comprises a first set of orifices which is surrounded by a first thermal path and a second set of orifices, the first thermal path being situated between the first set of orifices and the second set of orifices, which means to say that the first thermal path is in thermal and mechanical connection with, on the one hand, all the orifices of the first set of orifices and, on the other hand, all the orifices of the second set of orifice.

Support element, corresponding cryogenic fluid circuit and corresponding method

A device for transferring fluid between two separate structures includes a rigid pipe with a double shell extending along a longitudinal axis. The pipe includes an outer-shell housing (in the inner vacuum space thereof), at least one inner duct for fluid transfer, and at first and second ends thereof, includes respective first and second rigid connections of the outer shell to the first structure and second structures, respectively. The first and second ends of the outer shell are rigidly connected to the at least one inner duct. The pipe comprises a system to compensate for movements in the longitudinal direction.

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Silly-sur-Nied, France

Jean-Luc Fournel