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Thermally insulating containers for liquefied gases
Assignee: Osaka Oxygen Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1976-12-23
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Granted: 1979-05-15
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Expires: 1996-12-23
Abstract
Abstract Thermally insulating containers or the Dewar containers useful for shipping and storage of low-temperature liquefied gases, having double walls made of a metal, the space between the walls being evacuated, are provided, the thermal insulation properties of which are prevented from deterioration by putting in the vacuum space, a getter alloy composed of a ternary alloy expressed by the formula LaNixCry, where x is a number from 1 to 6, both inclusive and y is a number from 0.1 to 2, both inclusive, working to adsorb traces of hydrogen coming out of the wall material. The alloy is preferably an activated one. The vacuum thermal insulation can further be improved by the presence of an adsorbent having a large specific area which serves to adsorb traces of gases other than hydrogen.
Inventors
- 👤 Zenji Hagiwara
- 👤 Sigeo Matsui
- 👤 Yoshio Yamanaka
- 👤 Akira Kamei
- 👤 Susumu Sakaguchi
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-30 05:01
CPC Classifications
F; F17; F17C; F17C3/00; F17C3/02; F17C3/08; C; C01; C01B; C01B3/00; C01B3/0005; C01B3/001; C01B3/0018; C01B3/0031; C01B3/0047; C01B3/0057; F17C2203/00; F17C2203/01; F17C2203/014; F17C2203/018; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/30; Y02E60/32; Y10; Y10S; Y10S420/00; Y10S420/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
61 words
A thermally insulating container for a liquefied gas comprising double walls, the space between the walls being evacuated, and a getter alloy provided in the evacuated space, having a composition expressed by the general formula LaNi.sub.x Cr.sub.y where x has a value of from 1.0 inclusive to 6.0 inclusive and y has a value of from 0.1 inclusive to 2.0 inclusive.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
61 words
A thermally insulating container for a liquefied gas comprising double walls, the space between the walls being evacuated, and a getter alloy provided in the evacuated space, having a composition expressed by the general formula LaNi.sub.x Cr.sub.y where x has a value of from 1.0 inclusive to 6.0 inclusive and y has a value of from 0.1 inclusive to 2.0 inclusive.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The thermally insulating container as claimed in claim 1 wherein said getter alloy is a powder having a particle size distribution equal to or finer than 325 mesh according to the U.S. Standard sieve series.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
82 words
The thermally insulating container as claimed in claim 1 wherein said getter alloy is one which has been activated by heating at a temperature between 100° and 700° C. for at least 30 minutes in an atmosphere of hydrogen gas, followed by at least two repeated cycles each cycle consisting of a step of pressurization using hydrogen gas to a pressure of at least 10 kg/cm 2 , the pressure being maintained for at least 5 minutes, and a step of evacuation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The thermally insulating container as claimed in claim 1 wherein said walls are made of stainless steel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The thermally insulating container as claimed in claim 1 wherein the degree of vacuum in the evacuated space is at least 1 × 10 -4 mmHg.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The thermally insulating container as claimed in claim 1 wherein the amount of said getter alloy is in the range of from 0.1 to 5 g per liter of the volume of the evacuated space.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The thermally insulating container as claimed in claim 1 comprising additionally, in the evacuated space, an adsorbent having a specific surface area of at least 150 m 2 /g.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The thermally insulating container as claimed in claim 7 wherein the amount of said adsorbent is in the range of from 10 to 30 g per liter of the volume of the evacuated space.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1982-05-14 | 1982-11-13 | 1983-05-15 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-05-14 | 1986-11-13 | 1987-05-15 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-05-14 | 1990-11-13 | 1991-05-15 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |