Why are spherical tanks called Houghton tanks?
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This post was last edited by The wise are enlightened on 2024-1-8 at 12:40. As the title suggests: Why are spherical tanks also called Houghton tanks?
The term for a spherical tank in English is Horton spheroid, which refers to a drop-shaped pressure storage tank used for volatile liquids. Here, Horton denotes the inventor of such spherical tanks, while spheroid refers to the shape resulting from a rotating ellipsoid.
It is not a perfect circle; it is a special type of curved surface
The accurate English term for a spherical tank is Horton Sphere; Horton spheroid refers to a Horton-type oblate spherical tank；
In 1923, the American company CHICAGO BRIDGE AND IRON COMPANY invented the Horton Sphere, with GEORGE T. HORTON being the inventor and designer; the patent was filed on April 5, 1949, under patent number CAD455656, which is why this type of sphere is also known as the Horton tank. Subsequently, Horton spherical tanks evolved into some modified versions, such as the Horton spheroid, or Horton flat spherical tank ； Noded Horton spheroid: Horton’s nodulated spherical tank ； Horton multispheroid – Horton’s gourd-shaped hemispherical tank ； Horton noded spheroidal tank: Horton-type arcuate hemispherical tank; plain-type Horton spheriod: plain hemispherical storage tank