TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS BY RAIL AND BY HIGHWAY

TRANSPORT DE GAZNATURAL LIQUEFIE PAR RAIL ET PAR ROUTE

The design and fabrication of two transport vehicles for liquefied natural gas is described. One is a railroad tank car and the other is a highway tractor-trailer. In addition to an introductory history and some administrative detail, the design limitations, safety regulations, material specifications, and similar design considerations are discussed. Both carriers utilize an inner tank of 5% nickel austenitic stainless steel which is designed for 95% liquid content and 5% ullage. The outer tank is common boiler plate. The annular space (220-250-mm thick) contains insulation, perlite for the trailer and hostaflon for the railroad car. The inner tank is attached to the outer longitudinally by tension-compression tie-rods with ball-and-socket joints at both ends. It is supported transversely by a bottom rail and lateral elastic pads. This complex support system is designed to minimize thermal stresses in and loading thermal shock to the internal tank.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article was also published by Erdoel-Erdgas- Zeitschriff, V83, N12, pp 430-435 in Dec. 1967 issue.
• Corporate Authors:

  Industries du Gaz

  120 F. 62 rue de Courcelles
  Paris (8e),   France 
• Authors:
  • STAHL, G
• Publication Date: 1968-9

Language

• French

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 319-324
• Serial:
  • Gaz D'Aujourd'hui
  • Volume: 92
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Industries du Gaz

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air pollution sources; Hazardous materials; Liquefied gases; Liquefied natural gas; Natural gas; Pollutants; Tank cars
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041770
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Air Pollution Technical Information Center
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 4 1976 12:00AM