Patent ID: 11920784
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A processing facility comprising:
a source of flare gas;
a flare gas recovery system; and
a flare gas storage system made up of flare gas storage units that each comprise,
an outer shell that comprises a flexible woven fabric material that is supported by a resilient member that is inside the outer shell,
a pressure system selectively being in an extended configuration in which the outer shell is in a compressed configuration, the pressure system being selectively changeable into a retracted configuration in which the outer shell is in a free configuration,

wherein the resilient member comprises a spring that is compressed when the outer shell is in the compressed configuration, and expanded when the outer shell is in the free configuration, and wherein a volume inside the outer shell when in the free configuration is greater than a volume of the outer shell when in the compressed configuration.