Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquefied gas reliquefier, liquefied-gas storage facility and liquefied-gas transport ship including the same, and liquefied-gas reliquefaction method
- Patent Title (中): 液化气再充电器,液化气储存设备及其液化气运输船,以及液化气再液化法
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Application No.: US12670693Application Date: 2009-02-26
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Publication No.: US08739569B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Masaru Oka , Sai Hiramatsu , Hitoshi Kondo , Yoshimasa Ohashi , Shigeo Nagaya , Tsutomu Tamada
- Applicant: Masaru Oka , Sai Hiramatsu , Hitoshi Kondo , Yoshimasa Ohashi , Shigeo Nagaya , Tsutomu Tamada
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-046910 20080227
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/053594 WO 20090226
- International Announcement: WO2009/107743 WO 20090903
- Main IPC: F25J1/00
- IPC: F25J1/00 ; F17C13/08

Abstract:
A liquefied gas reliquefier reliquefies boil-off gas resulting from evaporation of liquefied gas in a liquefied-gas storage tank to prevent a rise in the internal pressure of the liquefied-gas storage tank. The liquefied gas reliquefier includes a cooling unit for liquefying a secondary refrigerant, a liquefied-secondary-refrigerant feeding unit for feeding the liquefied secondary refrigerant, and a heat exchange unit disposed in the secondary-refrigerant circulating channel to condense the BOG by heat exchange between the BOG and the liquefied secondary refrigerant. The heat exchange unit is disposed near the liquefied-gas storage tank. The cooling unit includes a plurality of pulse-tube refrigerators. The number of pulse-tube refrigerators in operation and/or the cooling capacities of the individual pulse-tube refrigerators are controlled based on a measurement result from at least one of a thermometer, a pressure gauge, and a pump discharge flow meter installed in the liquefied-gas storage tank.
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