(19)

(11)

EP 3 175 165 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication: 07.06.2017 Bulletin 2017/23 (21) Application number: 15747192.1 (22) Date of filing: 30.07.2015

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F17C 1/00(2006.01) F17C 7/04(2006.01) F17C 5/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2015/052194 (87) International publication number: WO 2016/016647 (04.02.2016 Gazette 2016/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA (30) Priority: 30.07.2014 GB 201413486 (71) Applicants: Liquid Gas Equipment Limited Heriot-Watt University Research Park Edinburgh EH14 4AP (GB) Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (UK) Limited Newcastle upon Tyne NE29 7ST (GB)

(72) Inventors: SCOTT, Andrew Edinburgh EH14 4AP (GB) ELTRINGHAM, John Alfred South Shields Tyne and Wear NE33 4TJ (GB) (74) Representative: Earnshaw, Geoffrey Mark  Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL Glasgow G5 8PL (GB)