Device comprising a receptacle for storing a liquid

Abstract

The invention focuses on a container for the storage of a liquid that does not exhibit any insulation directly on its outer surface, but is set up inside a walkable chamber, which is covered with plate-shaped thermal insulation over its entire inside surface.

1 . Equipment ( 1 ) including a container ( 19 ) for the storage of a liquid ( 2 ), characterized by the fact that the container ( 19 ) does not exhibit any insulation directly on its outer surface, but is placed inside a preferably accessible chamber ( 5 ), which is covered at its inner surface with plate-shaped thermal insulation ( 12 , 13 ). 
     
     
         2 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the size of the chamber ( 5 ) is large enough to be walked in when the container ( 19 ) is installed in the chamber, wherein outside of the container ( 19 ) there is enough room for at least one person. 
     
     
         3 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the inside wall surfaces of the chamber ( 5 ) are provided with plane walls ( 7 ), a plane ceiling ( 9 ) and/or a plane floor ( 8 ). 
     
     
         4 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 3 , wherein all inner sides of the plane walls ( 7 ) of the chamber ( 5 ) accommodating the container ( 19 ) and the inner sides of the plane its ceiling ( 9 ) and/or the plane floor ( 8 ) are insulated, and are preferably covered with heat insulating plates ( 12 , 13 ). 
     
     
         5 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 4 , wherein the insulation material ( 12 , 13 ) comprises foamed polystyrene, preferably expanded polystyrene (EPS) such as Styrofoam, or of extruded polystyrene (XPS) such as Styrodur, in which the former is preferably used at the inner sides of the plane walls ( 7 ) and at the plane ceiling ( 9 ) while the latter is preferably applied on the plane floor ( 8 ). 
     
     
         6 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the insulation material ( 12 , 13 ) comprises vacuum insulation panels, at which the actual insulating solid is completely surrounded by an airtight envelope and evacuated so that thermal conductivity is reduced to a minimum. 
     
     
         7 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the chamber ( 5 ) is provided with an access entrance, preferably in the form of a door, a lid, and/or a manhole ( 11 ). 
     
     
         8 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the chamber ( 5 ) is placed belowground, preferably in the form of a basement room or of a hermetically closed basement compartment, or in the form of a cistern-like cavity under the ground surface ( 3 ). 
     
     
         9 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the chamber ( 5 ) is located aboveground, preferably in the form of an auxiliary building or inside a storeroom, preferably on the ground surface ( 3 ), or inside an attic room. 
     
     
         10 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein a ladder ( 18 ) is provided inside the chamber ( 5 ) so that a person can step down inside the chamber ( 5 ). 
     
     
         11 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the chamber ( 5 ) is equipped with artificial and/or natural lighting, preferably by electric lighting ( 35 ) and/or in the form of a light well. 
     
     
         12 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the liquid ( 2 ) stored or to be stored comprises water, wherein the liquid comprises water at a weight proportion of 50% or more, preferably at a weight proportion of 70% or more, preferably at a weight proportion of 90% or more, preferably at a weight proportion of 95% or more, preferably at a weight proportion of 98% or more, or preferably at a weight proportion of 99% or more. 
     
     
         13 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , further comprising a heating unit for raising the temperature of the liquid ( 2 ) stored inside the container ( 19 ). 
     
     
         14 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , further comprising a cooling device for lowering the temperature of the liquid ( 2 ) stored inside the container ( 19 ). 
     
     
         15 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 2 , further comprising at least one of a heating unit and a cooling device, wherein the heating unit and/or the cooling device are placed inside the walkable chamber ( 5 ) in such a way that the heating unit and/or the cool device are enclosed by the plate-shaped thermal insulation ( 12 , 13 ) attached to the inner sides of the chamber walls ( 5 - 10 ). 
     
     
         16 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 15 , wherein at least one of the heating unit and/or the cooling device is part of a temperature control circuit for regulating the temperature of the liquid ( 2 ) inside the container ( 19 ) to a specified temperature value, or for keeping the temperature within a specified range of permissible temperature values. 
     
     
         17 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 15 , wherein at least one of the heating unit and/or the cooling device is part of a temperature control circuit in order to regulate the temperature of the air or some other kind of atmosphere inside the chamber ( 5 ) to a specified temperature value, or to keep the temperature within a specified range of permissible temperature values. 
     
     
         18 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 15 , wherein at least one of the heating unit and/or the cooling device is part of a heat pump or another heat circulation system, preferably a solar collector heat circulation system for transporting thermal energy either into the chamber ( 5 ) and/or into the container ( 19 ), or for discharging the same from there. 
     
     
         19 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 2 , wherein a temperature sensor is installed in the walkable room of the chamber outside of the container. 
     
     
         20 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 2 , wherein in the walkable room of the chamber ( 5 ) outside of the container ( 19 ), a leakage sensor is installed, preferably a sensor ( 17 ) detecting the liquid stored inside the container. 
     
     
         21 . Equipment ( 1 ) according to  claim 2 , wherein a pressure sensor is installed in the walkable room of the chamber ( 5 ) outside of the container ( 19 ).