The insulating material suitable for the embodiment of an insulating fence in a fluid-tight and insulating

摘要

An insulating element suitable for the production of an insulating barrier in a leaktight vessel and insulating, the insulating element comprising a lid panel plane, a packing of heat insulation (10) arranged parallel to the panel of the cover and of the carrying elements which extend through the thickness of said string of thermal insulation from the panel of the cover in order to take up the compression forces, the carrying elements comprising a plurality of columns (4) of small cross section relative to the dimensions of the panel of the cover is engaged in recesses (11) of the string of thermal insulation and fixed to the panel of the cover, in which, at normal temperature, a dimension, in cross section of the pillar is at all times smaller than that of a corresponding dimension of the recess in which the pillar is engaged. Application to the manufacture of a wall of the vessel with a membrane for the storage or transport of lng.