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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroki Nakado, Kakogawa, JP;
Masashi Shingo, Uji, JP;
Kazuto Gokan, Kobe, JP;
Ryosuke Uraguchi, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 3/08 (2006.01); B63B 25/16 (2006.01); B65D 90/06 (2006.01); F17C 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 25/16 (2013.01); B65D 90/06 (2013.01); F17C 3/04 (2013.01); F17C 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A double-shell tank includes: an inner shell storing liquefied gas; an outer shell surrounding the inner shell, the outer shell forming a vacuum space between the inner shell and the outer shell; at least one metal sheet mounted to the inner shell, such that the metal sheet faces at least a bottom surface of the inner shell; an adsorbent placed on the metal sheet, the adsorbent adsorbing gas molecules by physisorption; and a thermal insulator covering the inner shell over the metal sheet.