Patent · US Expired

Method of constructing a large spherical tank supported by a skirt on land

US4522010A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Moss Rosenberg Verft A/S · NO

Inventor

Rolf Schrader · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 1983
Grant date	Jun 11, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE04H7/14
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In the construction of a large, land-based skirt-supported spherical tank, the tank is partially prefabricated, its bottom polar cup section being produced ready for mounting and stored inside the rest of the spherical shell. In this state, wherein the transportation height of the tank has been substantially reduced, the as yet unfinished spherical tank is transported to the erection site, where the bottom polar cap section is lowered into position and secured to the rest of the spherical shell.

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