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Features and Cost Reduction Effect of High Pressure LNG Pipeline Network  

Kim, Ho-Yeon (R&D Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
Hong, Young-Soo (R&D Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
Noh, Joo-Young (R&D Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
Eom, Yun-Seong (R&D Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
Kim, Cheol-Man (R&D Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
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Abstract
Recently due to march as the high oil price, It is necessary for Korea to grope a plan, which is to increase the energy efficiency of existing facilities as well as to develop overseas gas and oil resources. With this point, this work carried out to approach the high pressure LNG pipeline network of Inchon receiving terminal with Newton method as corrective flowrate. We found that the high pressure network mainly depends on FCVs(Flow Control Valves). The high pressure pump showed the maximum efficiency at the FCVs of 50% opening and could discharge LNG only above the LNG head of 1,500m from a system curve obtained. The operating cost of pumps was estimated from their operating points. We compared the operating cost under normal operation with the operating cost under maximum efficiency. Especially, we obtained the day savings of a year as wells as the hour savings of a day. From the results, the high pressure network win be able to reduce the operating cost of 138 million wons in a year. This means that a pump can reduce the operating cost of 9,823 thousands won. Consequently, this work could find the operating features of the pumps under the complicated high pressure LNG network and the savings effect of the pump operating cost. Also, the results will be able to macroscopically contribute the heightening of national energy competitiveness as well as to microscopically contribute the future effective operation of LNG receiving terminal.
Keywords
LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas); Pipeline Networks; High Pressure Pump; Operating Cost;
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