Feb 18, 2020 · This article was written by George Zhao, Michael Lawson, David Phua and Haoqing Zhang. Introduction As the world''s largest consumer of energy, with the recently
Nov 1, 2010 · The prospects of LNG in China are also discussed in this paper. Interesting topics such as small-scale liquefiers, LNG cold energy utilization, coal bed methane liquefaction,
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The world trade volume of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is increasing year by year. Unlike gaseous natural gas (NG), which is transported through a fixed network of pipelines, LNG offers more flexibility to both the exporters and the importers as it can be transported between any pair of exporting and receiving LNG terminals.
Though storage of LNG is more energy demanding than storage of gaseous NG, it can be offset by the lower energy demand for long distance transportation of LNG as could be seen Fig. 8. The boil-off makes LNG generally unsuitable for long-term (more than a few weeks) energy storage.
Because LNG has a large energy volume density, it is very advantageous for transport and storage. Transport of LNG over long distances is done almost exclusively in ships. The loading and unloading of LNG in port terminals is a periodic process that requires enough capacity of the LNG port storage tanks.
The LNG supply system consists of a vacuum insulated storage tank, with auxiliary equipment including an LNG vaporizer, a pressure build up unit and a bunker station. The purpose of the system is to fill, store and vaporize LNG and to supply natural gas to engines on a ship.
The purpose of the system is to fill, store and vaporize LNG and to supply natural gas to engines on a ship. The system is designed for minimum heat in leakage to guarantee maximum holding time. The gas is fed to the engines using the tank pressure. Hence, no pumps are needed and the maintenance costs are low.
The boil-off makes LNG generally unsuitable for long-term (more than a few weeks) energy storage. Nonetheless, in situations where the consumption of NG is about the same as the amount of boil-off gas, LNG could be used as an energy storage medium.
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