AEROGEL AS A PERSPECTIVE MATERIAL FOR ISOLATION PRODUCTION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TRANSPORT CAPACITIES

The paper is devoted to research of different types of isolation which is applied in the production process of tanks for methane carriers. The calculations technique is developed and settlement re-searches of a daily evaporability and metal consumption for five types of isolation are conducted: the powder and vacuum; the screen and vacuum; the polyurethane foam; the glass foam and the aer-ogel. The analysis of results has shown that the aerogel is a perspective view of thermal isolation for use in cryogenic capacities for liquefied natural gas transportation.