著者

岡本 博禎 田村 興造

出版者

HIGH PRESSURE INSTITUTE OF JAPN(HPI)

雑誌

圧力技術 (ISSN:03870154)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, no.6, pp.296-305, 1995

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Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd. made a decision to introduce LNG as raw material for city gas and has already started construction of the LNG receiving terminal in Hatsukaichi city, Hiroshima Pref. The costruction of this LNG terminal is now smoothly under way with the cooperation and guidance provided by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan Gas Association, etc.<br>The LNG storage tank of this terminal is the first In-pit type storage tank in Japan, which is a type of "aboveground LNG storage tank" installed in a reinforced-concrete pit built in the ground. This tank has exellent combined characteristics of the aboveground storage tank and the inground storage tank as described below:<br>·The maximum liquid level is below the ground surface.<br>·Appropriate space which exists between the pit and the tank enables control of the cold heat transferred from the storage tank.<br>·The storage tank is in good harmony with its surroundings.<br>This paper describes the overview of this LNG terminal and construction of the 85, 000kl LNG In-pit Storage Tank.