Abstract:
A hybrid fuel supply system of an engine for a vessel is disclosed. The hybrid fuel supply system comprises: a compressor which compresses BOG generated in LNG stored in an LNG storage tank; a high pressure pump which receives the LNG stored in the LNG storage tank and compresses the LNG; a vaporizer which vaporizes the LNG compressed in the high pressure pump; and a dual fuel (DF) engine which receives the BOG compressed through the compressor as a fuel.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a re-liquefaction system and a method for re-liquefaction of a boil-off gas. The re-liquefaction system according to the present invention includes a compressor for pressurizing a boil-off gas generated from a storage tank prepared on a ship or a maritime structure; a first heat exchanger wherein the pressurized boil-off gas is heat-exchanged with an introduced boil-off gas; and a first expansion instrument wherein the pressurized boil-off gas heat-exchanged in the heat exchanger is adiabatically expanded. The compressor is supplied with a lubricant for preventing abrasion, and an additionally prepared oil separator separates the lubricant contained in the pressurized boil-off gas, cooled by passing through a portion of the first heat-exchanger, and reintroduces the lubricant to the first heat exchanger.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a boil-off gas treatment system for an offshore structure and a treatment method thereof capable of efficiently using boil-off gas by using most of the boil-off gas as the fuel of a high-pressure natural gas jetting engine of an offshore structure after compressing the boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank, and returning the rest of the boil-off gas to the storage tank after liquefying the boil-off gas with the cold heat of boil-off gas which is newly discharged from the storage tank. The boil-off treatment system for an offshore structure having the storage tank in which the liquefied natural gas is stored and the high-pressure natural gas jetting engine using the boil-off gas as the fuel discharged from the storage tank comprises a boil-off gas compression part for compressing the boil-off gas generated in the storage tank; the high-pressure natural gas jetting engine using the boil-off gas as the fuel compressed by the boil-off gas compression part; a heat exchanger for liquefying some of the boil-off gas which is not supplied to the high-pressure natural gas jetting engine among the boil-off gas; and the storage tank to which the liquefied boil-off gas is returned from the heat exchanger. Provided are the boil-off treatment system for an offshore structure and the boil-off treatment method using the system.
Abstract:
A fuel supply system and method for a ship engine are disclosed. The fuel supply system for a ship engine of the present invention includes: a first passage connected to liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks of a ship to supply, to a high-pressure gas injection engine of the ship, boil off gas (BOG) generated from LNG stored in the LNG storage tanks; a second passage pumping and evaporating the LNG stored in the LNG storage tanks of the ship and supplying the LNG to the high-pressure gas injection engine; and stripping pumps respectively provided in the LNG storage tanks of the ship to pump LNG remaining in the LNG storage tanks. The high-pressure gas injection engine receives the LNG pumped by the stripping pumps through the second passage.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for treating evaporation gas of a vessel allowing evaporation gas to efficiently be used by pressurizing evaporation gas discharged from a storage tank, and using most of them as fuel of a high pressure natural gas spray engine for a vessel and liquefying the rest of them to cold energy of evaporation gas newly discharged from the storage tank to return to the storage tank. According to the present invention, the method for treating evaporation gas of a vessel, which has a storage tank for storing liquefied natural gas and a high pressure natural gas spray engine for using evaporation gas discharged from the storage tank as fuel, comprises: a compressing step of receiving evaporation gas generated in the storage tank to be compressed by a compressor; a supplying step of classifying the evaporation gas compressed in the compressing step to supply a portion of the evaporation gas to the high pressure natural gas spray engine as fuel; and a cooling step of heat exchanging, by a heat exchanger, the rest of the evaporation gas which is not supplied to the high pressure natural gas spray engine as fuel with evaporation gas which is not compressed after being discharged from the storage tank to be cooled.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a natural gas liquefaction apparatus capable of transferring liquefied refrigerants without using a pump in a low temperature phase separator included in a refrigerant cycle. According to the present invention, the natural gas liquefaction apparatus liquefies the natural gas generated in a liquefied gas storing tank by comprising: a compressor which compresses refrigerants; a cooler which cools the compressed refrigerants; an expansion tool which expands the refrigerants which are cooled after being compressed; and a heat exchanger which heat exchanges the refrigerants which are expanded so that the temperature can be lowered, with natural gas and cools the natural gas. The natural gas liquefaction apparatus comprises: the heat exchanger which secondarily cools the refrigerants primarily cooled in the cooler before expanding in the expansion tool; the low temperature phase separator which separates the refrigerants which are partially evaporated while passing the expansion tool after being secondarily cooled in the heat exchanger, into liquefied refrigerants and gasified refrigerants; a gasified coolant supply pipe which is extended to supply the gasified coolants from the low temperature phase separator to the heat exchanger; a liquefied coolant supply pipe which is extended to supply the liquefied coolants from the low temperature phase separator to the heat exchanger and is joined with the gasified coolant supply pipe inside the heat exchanger; and a secondary expansion tool which is installed in the gasified coolant supply pipe and drops the pressure of the gasified coolants.
Abstract:
본 발명은 증발가스의 재액화 장치 및 고압 천연가스 분사 엔진을 탑재한 LNG 운반선과 같은 해상 구조물에 있어서 고압 천연가스 분사 엔진에 효율적으로 연료를 공급하는 동시에 재액화 장치에서 소모하는 에너지를 최소화할 수 있는 연료 공급 시스템 및 방법에 관한 것이다. 본 발명에 따르면, 고압 천연가스 분사 엔진에 연료를 공급하는 연료 공급 시스템으로서, 액화가스를 저장하고 있는 저장탱크와; 상기 저장탱크 내에서 발생한 증발가스를 공급받아 압축하는 증발가스 압축부와; 상기 증발가스 압축부에서 압축된 증발가스를 공급받아 액화시킬 수 있는 재액화 장치와; 상기 증발가스 압축부에서 압축된 증발가스를 상기 저장탱크에서 공급된 액화가스와 혼합하여 응축시키는 재응축기와; 액화가스를 압축하는 고압 펌프와; 상기 고압 펌프에서 압축된 액화가스를 기화시키기 위한 고압 기화기와; 상기 고압 기화기의 상류측에 설치되어 상기 고압 기화기에서 기화될 액화가스로부터 냉열을 회수하는 냉열회수용 열교환기와; 상기 저장탱크에서 배출된 증발가스와 상기 증발가스 압축부에서 압축된 증발가스를 열교환하는 증발가스 예열기; 를 포함하며, 상기 저장탱크로부터 배출된 증발가스는 상기 증발가스 압축부에서 12 내지 45bara로 압축되는 것을 특징으로 하는 연료 공급 시스템과 연료 공급 방법이 제공된다.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A fuel supply method for a high-pressure natural gas injection engine is provided to obtain more effective and safe re-liquefying effect than an existing nitrogen refrigerating cycle using non-flammable mixed refrigerants. CONSTITUTION: A fuel supply method for a high-pressure natural gas injection engine is as follows. The BOG(Boil-Off Gas) discharged form a storage tank is re-liquefied after being compressed at 12~45 bara. The refrigerants in a gas state from a refrigerant vapor-liquid separator(22) and the refrigerants in a liquid state are mixed again, and supplied to the refrigerant vapor-liquid separator placed at the bottom side.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A carbon dioxide solidification removal system is provided to supply heat from a heater and reproduce and remove a solidified carbon dioxide while stopping the supply of a natural gas to an expansion valve and a solidification carbon dioxide filter. CONSTITUTION: A carbon dioxide solidification elimination system(810) is comprised of an expansion valve(812), a solidification carbon dioxide filter(813), first and second opening valves(814,815), a heating portion(816), and a third open valve(817). The expansion valve reduces the pressure of high pressure natural gas to be liquid. The solidification carbon dioxide filter filters solidified carbon dioxide in the natural gas passed through the expansion valve. The heating portion heats the solidified carbon dioxide to be vaporized.
Abstract:
본 발명은 가압액화천연가스 생산 방법 및 이에 사용되는 생산 시스템에 관한 것으로서, 천연가스전으로부터 천연가스를 공급받아 산성가스를 제거하는 과정 없이 탈수하는 탈수단계와, 탈수단계를 마친 천연가스를 NGL(Natural Gas Liquid)을 분별하는 과정 없이 13 ~ 25bar의 압력과 -120 ~ -95℃의 온도로 액화하여 가압액화천연가스를 생산하는 액화단계를 포함하는 가압액화천연가스 생산 방법 및 이에 사용되는 생산 시스템이 제공된다. 본 발명에 따르면, 플랜트 제작에 소요되는 비용과 유지비를 절감시킬 수 있고, 액화천연가스의 생산 단가를 줄일 수 있으며, 기존 방식으로는 경제성을 확보하기 어려웠던 중소형 가스전에서의 경제적인 이익 및 투자회수 기간의 단축을 보장할 수 있다.