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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2019.23.1.41

Study on the LNG Vaporization Characteristics of Open Rack Vaporizer(ORV) with Two-way Seawater Supplying System  

Kim, Nam-Kug (Department of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineering, the Graduate School of Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Yun, Sang-Kook (Department of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineering, the Graduate School of Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.23, no.1, 2019 , pp. 41-46 More about this Journal
Abstract
LNG is supplying to consumers as gas phase vaporized by major seawater vaporizer, i.e.. open rack vaporizers. But as soon as the temperature of seawater drops below $5^{\circ}C$ in winter, the submerged evaporators should be operated and cause a lot of energy consumption because of their natural gas combustion. In order to reduce the consumption amount, in this study new two-way supplying method of seawater instead of the present one-way supplying system is introduced and analysed the technical possibilities and economical savings. The results showed that in case of the temperature of seawater becomes below $2.5^{\circ}C$, LNG can be evaporated using ORV without operating S MV. If this system is applied in Incheon LNG terminal, the energy saving reaches 11,770 Ton of LNG as 11,760 million won. By the analysis, the two-way supplying system of seawater in ORV can be the most effective method to be able to save huge amount of energy every year.
Keywords
LNG; open rack vaporizer; seawater; two-way supplying system; energy saving;
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