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FULLY REFRIGERATED SHIP [1 record]

Record 1 2017-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Special Water Transport
DEF

[A ship designed] to carry liquefied gases at low temperature and atmospheric pressure between terminals, equipped with fully refrigerated storage tanks.

CONT

The first fully refrigerated ship for LPG [liquefied petroleum gas] service operated in 1961... The tanks, in general, are designed for a minimum service temperature of about −50 °C and a maximum working pressure of about 0. 28 kg/cm3 [They] are insulated, self-supporting and prismatic in form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Transports par bateaux spéciaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Congelación y refrigeración
  • Transporte por barcos especiales
CONT

Buques totalmente refrigerados. Habitualmente se trata de buques con tanques independientes tipo A de forma prismática con una presión de diseño de 0,7 bar, construidos con acero resistente a bajas temperaturas permitiendo el transporte de carga a −48 ºC y con tamaños comprendidos entre 20.000 y 100.000 m3

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