EP2921761B1 - Tank internal pressure suppression device - Google Patents

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EP2921761B1
EP2921761B1 EP14754698.0A EP14754698A EP2921761B1 EP 2921761 B1 EP2921761 B1 EP 2921761B1 EP 14754698 A EP14754698 A EP 14754698A EP 2921761 B1 EP2921761 B1 EP 2921761B1
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  • the present invention relates to a tank internal pressure suppression device, and particularly, to a tank internal pressure suppression device that suppresses an increase in an internal pressure of a tank that stores LNG.
  • LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
  • JP 4859980 B discloses an LNG cold heat gas turbine that uses boil-off gas generated in an LNG tank.
  • this LNG cold heat gas turbine an internal pressure is decreased by extracting a portion of the boil-off gas from the LNG tank, and thus, it is possible to maintain soundness of the LNG tank.
  • US 2010/139317 A1 discloses a method and device for cooling an hydrocarbon stream including removing boil-off gas from a storage tank as a boil-off gas stream, compressing the boil-off gas stream in a boil-off gas compressor to provide a compressed boil-off gas stream, optionally heat exchanging the compressed boil-off gas stream against ambient in a boil-off gas cooler and passing a part of the cooled boil-off gas stream to a fuel gas header. From the fuel gas header fuel gas streams are passed to a plurality of different fuel gas consumers in the form of gas turbines of which one may be used to compress a refrigerant supplied through a heat exchanger for cooling a hydrocarbon stream supplied to a gas-liquid separator.
  • the cooled boil-off gas stream may be liquefied by heat exchange against an end-flash gas stream and returned to storage tank.
  • the end-flash gas stream is generated by an end gas/liquid separator that separates expanded cooled hydrocarbon stream into the end-flash gas stream and liquid bottom stream.
  • US 2001/0018833 A1 discloses a ship holding thermally insulated tanks for the storage of LNG.
  • Boil-off LNG is supplied to a boil-off compressor which raises the pressure of the excess natural gas vapour to a pressure suitable for its partial or total condensation by indirect heat exchange with a working fluid.
  • the working fluid typically nitrogen, flows in an essentially closed cycle including a single compression/expansion machine with three compression stages in series, and a single turbo-expander, a heat exchanger for heat exchange with the boil-off LNG, and a further heat exchanger.
  • the three compression stages and the turbo-expander are all mounted on the same drive shaft which is driven by an electric motor.
  • boil-off gas generated in an LNG tank is combusted and discarded in an air-cooling type incinerator, or the boil-off gas is supplied to a boiler of a vessel as a fuel and surplus steam is cooled and condensed by sea water to be discarded, and thus, it is preferable to effectively use the boil-off gas.
  • the boil-off gas in order to use the boil-off gas in a vessel, it is preferable to more simply configure a device that uses the boil-off gas.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a tank internal pressure suppression device that effectively uses boil-off gas generated in a tank and is more easily configured.
  • a tank internal pressure suppression device includes a gas combustion unit, a plurality of gas turbines, a compressor, and a load.
  • the gas combustion unit generates pressurized exhaust gas by combusting boil-off gas generated inside a tank using compressed air.
  • the plurality of gas turbines generate a plurality of driving powers using the pressurized exhaust gas.
  • the compressor compresses air using the driving power generated by an air-compression gas turbine among the plurality of gas turbines, and generates compressed air.
  • the load uses recovered driving power generated by a power recovery gas turbine which is different from the air-compression gas turbine among the plurality of gas turbines.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device is effectively used to supply rotational driving power required in a vessel. That is, when a flow rate of the pressurized exhaust gas which is generated by combusting the boil-off gas through the compressed air using the gas combustion unit is greater than a flow rate of the pressurized exhaust gas required by the air-compression gas turbine generating the compressed air, the present device is established, and the flow rate of surplus pressurized exhaust gas which is equal to or greater than the flow rate required by the air-compression gas turbine is used for the recovered driving power generated by the air-compression gas turbine and the separate power recovery gas turbine and can be effectively used for other loads.
  • other loads can use the recovered driving power for the purpose of use other than air compression. Accordingly, compared to other tank internal pressure suppression devices which are configured to generate the compressed air required for the gas combustion unit by an air-compression gas turbine which uses other drive sources, since other drive sources are not required, it is possible to achieve a simpler configuration.
  • the gas combustion unit may include a plurality of gas combustor elements corresponding to the plurality of gas turbines.
  • an arbitrary gas turbine among the plurality of gas turbines generates the driving power using the pressurized exhaust gas generated by the gas combustor element corresponding to the arbitrary gas turbine among the plurality of gas combustor elements.
  • the boil-off gas is supplied to each of the plurality of gas combustor elements so that a supplied amount of the boil-off gas is changed, and thus, it is possible to change the plurality of driving powers generated by the plurality of gas turbines. Since it is possible to more appropriately change the loads which use the plurality of driving powers, it is possible to achieve a simpler configuration.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device may further include a refrigerator that supplies low-temperature LNG, which is generated by cooling LNG through a refrigeration cycle which uses high-pressure refrigerant gas, to the tank.
  • the load generates the high-pressure refrigerant gas by compressing low-pressure refrigerant gas using the surplus driving power.
  • the driving power for generating the high-pressure refrigerant gas uses the surplus driving power recovered by the power recovery gas turbine, compared to other devices in which the driving power for generating the high-pressure refrigerant gas is generated by an electric motor or the like which uses electricity, it is possible to decrease consumption of power energy.
  • the refrigerator may further include: a heat exchanger A that generates low-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas by cooling the high-pressure refrigerant gas; an expansion turbine that generates low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas by adiabatically expanding the low-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas; and a heat exchanger B that generates the low-temperature LNG by cooling the LNG stored in the tank using the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas.
  • the heat exchanger A and the heat exchanger B generate the low-pressure refrigerant gas by heating the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas.
  • the refrigerator since the high-pressure refrigerant gas immediately before the adiabatic expansion is performed is precooled using the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas used to cool the LNG, compared to other refrigerators which perform cooling without using the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigeration gas, it is possible to effectively use a cold heat source. Accordingly, it is possible to more appropriately generate the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas, and it is possible to prevent generation of the boil-off gas by cooling the LNG more effectively.
  • the refrigerator may further include a condenser that generates liquefied boil-off gas by liquefying the boil-off gas.
  • the heat exchanger B supplies low-temperature liquefied boil-off gas, which is generated by cooling the liquefied boil-off gas, to the tank.
  • the condenser heats the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device may further include a cold heat storage system.
  • the heat exchanger B stores liquefied refrigerant gas, which is generated by cooling low-temperature refrigerant gas, in the cold heat storage system, and cools the LNG using the liquefied refrigerant gas.
  • the refrigerator since the refrigerator generates the liquefied refrigerant gas or the refrigerator cools the LNG using the liquefied refrigerant gas, it is possible to appropriately cool the LNG even when the load of the refrigerator is changed.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device may further include an LNG heating device that generates high-temperature LNG by heating the LNG using high-temperature refrigerant gas.
  • the refrigerator generates the high-temperature refrigerant gas by heating the low-temperature refrigerant gas.
  • the LNG heating device generates the low-temperature refrigerant gas by cooling the high-temperature refrigerant gas.
  • a vessel according to the present invention includes the tank internal pressure suppression device according to claim 7; an engine that generates propulsion driving power using the high-temperature LNG; and a propulsion device that propels a vessel main body using the propulsion driving power.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device drives the refrigerator by the boil-off gas, it is possible to save energy with respect to the driving power in the vessel using a simpler configuration.
  • a tank internal pressure suppression method includes: a step of generating pressurized exhaust gas by combusting boil-off gas using compressed air; a step of generating the compressed air by compressing air using driving power which is generated using the pressurized exhaust gas by an air-compression gas turbine among a plurality of gas turbines; and a step of operating a load using recovered driving power which is generated using the pressurized exhaust gas by a power recovery gas turbine different from the air-compression gas turbine among the plurality of gas turbines.
  • Another tank internal pressure suppression device includes: a refrigerator that generates liquefied boil-off gas by cooling boil-off gas generated inside a tank which stores LNG and supplies the liquefied boil-off gas to the tank; and an LNG heating device that generates high-temperature LNG by heating the LNG using high-temperature refrigerant gas.
  • the refrigerator generates the high-temperature refrigerant gas by heating low-temperature refrigerant gas.
  • the LNG heating device generates the low-temperature refrigerant gas by cooling the high-temperature refrigerant gas.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device can effectively use boil-off gas generated in a tank, and can be easily configured.
  • a tank internal pressure suppression device 10 is used in a vessel.
  • the vessel includes an LNG tank 1, an engine 2, and a propulsion device 3 in addition to the tank internal pressure suppression device 10, and includes a vessel main body (not shown).
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10, the LNG tank 1, the engine 2, and the propulsion device 3 are installed in the vessel main body.
  • the LNG tank 1 stores LNG.
  • the internal pressure of the LNG tank needs to be decreased and soundness of the LNG tank needs to be maintained so that the internal pressure does not exceed a predetermined allowable internal pressure.
  • the LNG tank 1 stores a predetermined amount of LNG in the tank internal pressure suppression device 10, and the LNG is evaporated since the boiling point of the LNG is approximately -160°C. Accordingly, generated boil-off gas is supplied to the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 at a predetermined flow rate. After the boil-off gas is heat-exchanged with each of heat exchangers described below, the boil-off gas is supplied to a gas combustion unit 31 of a combustion system 8 described below.
  • the pressure of the LNG is increased by a booster pump 11 described below, the temperature of the LNG is increased by a heat exchanger 16 described below in a liquid state, and thus, high-temperature LNG is generated.
  • the engine 2 generates driving power by combusting the high-temperature LNG supplied from the tank internal pressure suppression device 10.
  • the propulsion device 3 generates a propulsive force which propels the vessel main body, using the driving power generated by the engine 2.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 includes an LNG heating device 5, a cold heat storage system 6, a refrigerator 7, and the combustion system 8, and includes a control device (not shown).
  • the LNG heating device 5 includes the booster pump 11, a heating device 12, a refrigerant gas supply device 14, a circulator 15, and the heat exchanger 16.
  • the booster pump 11 increases the pressure of the LNG supplied to the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 from the LNG tank 1, and supplies the LNG to the heat exchanger 16.
  • the refrigerator 7 is configured of a refrigeration cycle which uses a nitrogen refrigerant, includes nitrogen gas A operated in a system through which the nitrogen is circulated by the LNG heating device 5 and the refrigerator 7, and nitrogen gas B operated in a system through which the nitrogen is circulated by the refrigerator 7 and the combustion system 8.
  • the t nitrogen gas A and the nitrogen gas B are combined with each other via the cold heat storage system 6.
  • the heating device 12 heats the high-temperature nitrogen gas A which is supplied from the refrigerator 7, using sea water or the like.
  • the refrigerant gas supply device 14 mixes nitrogen gas with the high-temperature nitrogen gas A which is heated by the heating device 12 when an amount of the high-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the refrigerator 7 is less than a predetermined amount.
  • the circulator 15 increases the pressure of the high-temperature nitrogen gas A heated by the heating device 12, and supplies the high-temperature nitrogen gas A to the heat exchanger 16.
  • the heat exchanger 16 transmits the heat of the high-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the circulator 15 to the LNG supplied from the booster pump 11. That is, the heat exchanger 16 generates low-temperature nitrogen gas A by cooling the high-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the circulator 15 using the LNG, and generates high-temperature LNG by heating the LNG supplied from the booster pump 11.
  • the LNG heating device 5 supplies the low-temperature nitrogen gas A generated by the heat exchanger 16 to the refrigerator 7.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 supplies the high-temperature LNG generated by the heat exchanger 16 to the engine 2.
  • the cold heat storage system 6 includes a valve 17, a liquefied nitrogen tank 18, and a valve 19.
  • the valve 17 supplies liquefied nitrogen generated by the refrigerator 7 to the liquefied nitrogen tank 18, and a flow rate of the liquefied nitrogen supplied to the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 is changed by the control of the control device.
  • the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 stores the liquefied nitrogen supplied from the valve 17.
  • the valve 19 supplies the liquefied nitrogen stored in the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 to the refrigerator 7, and the flow rate of the liquefied nitrogen supplied to the refrigerator 7 is changed by the control of the control device.
  • the refrigerator 7 includes a cooling device 21, a first precooling device 22, a second precooling device 23, an expansion turbine 24, a heat exchanger 25, a condenser 26, a blower 27, and a gas-liquid separation device 28.
  • the cooling device 21 cools high-pressure nitrogen gas B, which is supplied from the combustion system 8 to the refrigerator 7, using sea water or the like.
  • the first precooling device 22 transmits the heat of the high-pressure nitrogen gas B cooled by the cooling device 21 to low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B and the low-temperature boil-off gas heated by the second precooling device 23. That is, the first precooling device 22 further cools the high-pressure nitrogen gas B cooled by the cooling device 21, and heats the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B and the boil-off gas heated by the second precooling device 23.
  • the second precooling device 23 transmits the heat of the high-pressure nitrogen gas B cooled by the first precooling device 22 to the low-temperature nitrogen gas B and the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B heated by the condenser 26, and low-temperature boil-off gas generated by the gas-liquid separation device 28. That is, the second precooling device 23 cools the high-pressure nitrogen gas B cooled by the first precooling device 22, heats the low-temperature nitrogen gas B and the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B heated by the condenser 26, and heats the low-temperature boil-off gas generated by the gas-liquid separation device 28.
  • the refrigerator 7 supplies boil-off gas for combustion, which is generated by heating the low-temperature boil-off gas generated by the gas-liquid separation device 28 using the first precooling device 22 and the second precooling device 23, to the combustion system 8.
  • the expansion turbine 24 adiabatically expands low-temperature and high-pressure nitrogen gas B in which the high-pressure nitrogen gas B supplied from the combustion system 8 is cooled by the cooling device 21, the first precooling device 22, and the second precooling device 23, generates the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B, and generates rotational driving power.
  • the heat exchanger 25 transmits the heat of the liquefied boil-off gas generated by the gas-liquid separation device 28, the heat of the LNG supplied from the LNG tank 1, and the condensation heat of the low-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the LNG heating device 5 and the low-temperature and low-temperature nitrogen gas B generated by the expansion turbine 24 and the liquefied nitrogen stored in the cold heat storage system 6. That is, the heat exchanger 25 generates the low-temperature LNG by cooling the LNG supplied from the LNG tank 1, and generates the low-temperature liquefied boil-off gas by cooling the liquefied boil-off gas generated by the gas-liquid separation device 28. Moreover, the heat exchanger 25 generates the liquefied nitrogen by cooling the low-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the LNG heating device 5.
  • the heat exchanger 25 mixes the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B generated by the expansion turbine 24 with the liquefied nitrogen supplied from the cold heat storage system 6, and heats the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B.
  • the refrigerator 7 supplies the low-temperature LNG and the low-temperature liquefied boil-off gas to the LNG tank 1, and supplies the liquefied nitrogen to the cold heat storage system 6.
  • the condenser 26 transmits the condensation heat of the boil-off gas supplied from the LNG tank 1 to the refrigerator 7 to the low-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the LNG heating device 5, and the nitrogen gas B supplied from the heat exchanger 25. That is, the condenser 26 cools the boil-off gas so that the boil-off gas supplied from the LNG tank 1 to the refrigerator 7 is liquefied. In addition, the condenser 26 heats the low-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the LNG heating device 5, and further heats the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas heated by the heat exchanger 25. In this case, the refrigerator 7 supplies the high-temperature nitrogen gas A, which is generated by heating the low-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the LNG heating device 5 using the second precooling device 23 and the condenser 26, to the LNG heating device 5.
  • the first precooling device 22 and the second precooling device 23 generate the low-pressure nitrogen gas A by heating the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B which is used by the heat exchanger 25 and the condenser 26.
  • the blower 27 increases the pressure of the low-pressure nitrogen gas B using the rotational driving power generated by the expansion turbine 24.
  • the refrigerator 7 supplies the low-pressure nitrogen gas B, of which the pressure has been increased, to the combustion system 8.
  • the gas-liquid separation device 28 performs gas-liquid separation on the boil-off gas cooled by the condenser 26, and generates the liquefied boil-off gas which is liquid, and the low-temperature boil-off gas which is gas.
  • the combustion system 8 includes the gas combustion unit 31, a first flow rate adjusting valve 32, the second flow rate adjusting valve 33, an air-compression gas turbine 34, a refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35, an air compressor 36, and a refrigerant gas compressor 37.
  • the gas combustion unit 31 combusts the boil-off gas for combustion which is supplied from the refrigerator 7, using the compressed air generated by the air compressor 36, and generates high-temperature and high pressure pressurized exhaust gas.
  • the first flow rate adjusting valve 32 supplies the pressurized exhaust gas generated by the gas combustion unit 31 to the air-compression gas turbine 34, and changes the flow rate of the pressurized exhaust gas supplied to the air-compression gas turbine 34 by the control of the control device.
  • the second flow rate adjusting valve 33 supplies the pressurized exhaust gas generated by the gas combustion unit 31 to the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35, and changes the flow rate of the pressurized exhaust gas supplied to the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35 by the control of the control device.
  • the air-compression gas turbine 34 generates rotation driving power using kinetic energy of the pressurized exhaust gas supplied from the first flow rate adjusting valve 32.
  • the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35 generates rotational driving power using kinetic energy of the pressurized exhaust gas supplied from the second flow rate adjusting valve 33.
  • the air compressor 36 compresses air using the rotational driving power generated by the air-compression gas turbine 34, and thus, generates compressed air.
  • the refrigerant gas compressor 37 compresses the low-pressure nitrogen gas B generated by the refrigerator 7 using the rotational driving power generated by the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35, and thus, generates the high-pressure nitrogen gas B.
  • the refrigerant gas compressor 37 uses the rotational driving power generated by the air-compression gas turbine 34, it is necessary to dispose the air-compression gas turbine 34, the air compressor 36, and the refrigerant gas compressor 37 in one row on a straight line, or it is necessary to include a device which changes the direction of the rotary axis of the rotational driving power.
  • the refrigerant gas compressor 37 uses the rotational driving power which is generated by the air-compression gas turbine 34 and the separate refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35. That is, the pressurized exhaust gas generated by the gas combustion unit 31 is dividedly supplied to the air-compression gas turbine 34 and the separate refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35, thus it is not necessary to dispose the air-compression gas turbine 34, the air compressor 36, and the refrigerant gas compressor 37 in one row on a straight line, or it is not necessary to include a device which changes the direction of the rotary axis of the rotational driving power, and thus, it is possible to more easily manufacture the tank internal pressure suppression device. Accordingly, it is possible to more easily install the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 in the vessel main body.
  • the control device is a computer, and is electrically connected to the valve 17, the valve 19, the first flow rate adjusting valve 32, and the second flow rate adjusting valve 33 so as to transmit information.
  • the control device controls the valve 17 so that the liquefied nitrogen generated by the refrigerator 7 is supplied to the liquefied nitrogen tank 18, and controls the valve 19 so that the liquefied nitrogen stored in the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 is not supplied to the refrigerator 7.
  • the control device controls the valve 17 so that the liquefied nitrogen generated by the refrigerator 7 is not supplied to the liquefied nitrogen tank 18, and controls the valve 19 so that the liquefied nitrogen stored in the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 is supplied to the refrigerator 7.
  • the control device controls the first flow rate adjusting valve 32 so that the rotational driving power generated by the air-compression gas turbine 34 is not changed, that is, so that the rotational driving power is equal to predetermined driving power.
  • the control device controls the second flow rate adjusting valve 33 so that the rotational driving power generated by the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35 is not changed, that is, so that the rotational driving power is equal to the predetermined driving power.
  • An embodiment of a tank internal pressure suppression method is performed by the tank internal pressure suppression device 10, and includes an operation of a refrigeration loop, an operation of a cold heat storage loop, and an operation of a boil-off gas system.
  • the nitrogen gas B circulates through a refrigerant circuit which is formed of the refrigerant gas compressor 37, the cooling device 21, the first precooling device 22, the second precooling device 23, the expansion turbine 24, the heat exchanger 25, the condenser 26, and the blower 27. That is, the refrigerant gas compressor 37 generates the high-pressure nitrogen gas B by compressing the low-pressure nitrogen gas B generated by the refrigerator 7.
  • the cooling device 21, the first precooling device 22, and the second precooling device 23 generate the low-temperature and high-pressure nitrogen gas B by precooling the high-pressure nitrogen gas B.
  • the expansion turbine 24 generates the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B by adiabatically expanding the low-temperature and high-pressure nitrogen gas B.
  • the heat exchanger 25 transmits the cold heat of the low-temperature and high-pressure nitrogen gas B to the liquefied boil-off gas generated by the gas-liquid separation device 28 and the LNG supplied from the LNG tank 1, and thus, cools the liquefied boil-off gas and the LNG.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 supplies the low-temperature liquefied boil-off gas which is generated by cooling the liquefied boil-off gas and the low-temperature LNG which is generated by cooling the LNG in the LNG tank 1.
  • the condenser 26 cools the boil-off gas by transmitting the cold heat of the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B supplied from the heat exchanger 25, to the boil-off gas supplied from the LNG tank 1 to the refrigerator 7.
  • the first precooling device 22 and the second precooling device 23 generate low-pressure nitrogen gas by heating the second low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas which is used by the heat exchanger 25 and the condenser 26.
  • the refrigerator 7 supplies the low-pressure nitrogen gas B to the refrigerant gas compressor 37.
  • the refrigerator 7 can more appropriately generate the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B by adiabatically expanding the low-temperature and high-pressure nitrogen gas B in which the high-pressure nitrogen gas B is precooled, and can more appropriately cool the LNG and the liquefied boil-off gas.
  • the refrigerator 7 uses the cold heat of the low-temperature and low-pressure nitrogen gas B so as to precool the high-pressure nitrogen gas B, it is possible to further decrease energy consumption.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 supplies the low-temperature LNG and the low-temperature liquefied boil-off gas to the LNG tank 1, it is possible to more appropriately cool the LNG stored in the LNG tank 1, and it is possible to more appropriately suppress the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1.
  • the nitrogen gas circulates through a refrigerant circuit formed of the refrigerator 7, the heating device 12, the circulator 15, and the heat exchanger 16. That is, in this case, the condenser 26 of the refrigerator 7 cools the boil-off gas by transmitting the cold heat of the low-temperature nitrogen gas A which is supplied from the heating device 12 to the boil-off gas which is supplied from the LNG tank 1 to the refrigerator 7.
  • the second precooling device 23 of the refrigerator 7 further cools the high-pressure nitrogen gas B by transmitting the cold heat of the low-temperature nitrogen gas to the high-pressure nitrogen gas B cooled by the first precooling device 22.
  • the refrigerator 7 supplies the high-temperature nitrogen gas A, which is generated by heating the low-temperature nitrogen gas B using the condenser 26 and the first precooling device 22, to the heating device 12.
  • the heating device 12 heats the high-temperature nitrogen gas A.
  • the circulator 15 supplies the high-temperature nitrogen gas A to the heat exchanger 16.
  • the heat exchanger 16 cools the high-temperature nitrogen gas A by transmitting the heat of the high-temperature nitrogen gas A to the LNG supplied from the LNG tank 1, and heats the LNG.
  • the LNG heating device 5 supplies the high-temperature LNG generated by heating the LNG to the engine 2, and supplies the low-temperature nitrogen gas A generated by cooling the high-temperature nitrogen gas A to the refrigerator 7.
  • the engine 2 generates the driving power by combusting the heated high-temperature LNG.
  • the propulsion device 3 generates the propulsive force which propels the vessel main body using the driving power.
  • the vessel main body is propelled by the propulsive force.
  • the heat exchanger 25 of the refrigerator 7 generates the liquefied nitrogen by cooling the low-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the LNG heating device 5.
  • the control device supplies the liquefied nitrogen generated by the refrigerator 7 to the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 by controlling the valve 17, and stops the supply of the liquefied nitrogen stored in the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 to the refrigerator 7 by controlling the valve 19.
  • the control device stops the supply of the liquefied nitrogen generated by the refrigerator 7 to the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 by controlling the valve 17, and supplies the liquefied nitrogen stored in the liquefied nitrogen tank 18 to the refrigerator 7 by controlling the valve 19.
  • the heat exchanger 25 of the refrigerator 7 When the liquefied nitrogen from the cold heat storage system 6 is supplied to the refrigerator 7, the heat exchanger 25 of the refrigerator 7 further transmits the cold heat of the liquefied nitrogen to the liquefied boil-off gas generated by the gas-liquid separation device 28 and the LNG supplied from the LNG tank 1 to cool the LNG and the liquefied boil-off gas.
  • the refrigerator 7 supplies the low-temperature LNG generated by cooling the LNG and the low-temperature liquefied boil-off gas generated by cooling the liquefied boil-off gas to the LNG tank 1.
  • the refrigerator 7 uses the cold heat of the low-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the LNG heating device 5, it is possible to decrease the load required for the cooling, and it is possible to more appropriately cool the LNG and the liquefied boil-off gas.
  • the refrigerator 7 uses the cold heat of the low-temperature nitrogen gas A supplied from the LNG heating device 5, it is possible to decrease consumption of the energy supplied from the outside. Since the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 decreases consumption of the energy required by the refrigerator 7, it is possible to decrease consumption of the energy supplied from the outside.
  • the refrigerator 7 uses the liquefied nitrogen stored by the cold heat storage system 6, even when the load of the refrigerator 7 is changed, it is possible to stably cool the LNG, and it is possible to stably liquefy and cool the boil-off gas. Since the refrigerator 7 stably cools the LNG and the boil-off gas, the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 can more stably control the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1.
  • the boil-off gas system is formed of the condenser 26, the gas-liquid separation device 28, the second precooling device 23, and the first precooling device 22.
  • the condenser 26 generates the low-temperature boil-off gas by cooling the boil-off gas supplied from the LNG tank 1.
  • the gas-liquid separation device 28 generates the liquefied boil-off gas which is liquid and the low-temperature boil-off gas which is gas by performing gas-liquid separation of the low-temperature boil-off gas.
  • the second precooling device 23 and the first precooling device 22 generate the boil-off gas for combustion by heating the low-temperature boil-off gas.
  • the refrigerator 7 supplies the boil-off gas for combustion to the combustion system 8.
  • the gas combustion unit 31 of the combustion system 8 combusts the boil-off gas for combustion supplied from the refrigerator 7, using the compressed air generated by the air compressor 36, and generates the high-temperature and high-pressure pressurized exhaust gas.
  • the control device supplies the pressurized exhaust gas to the air-compression gas turbine 34 at a predetermined flow rate so that the rotational driving power generated by the air-compression gas turbine 34 is constant by controlling the first flow rate adjusting valve 32.
  • the control device supplies the pressurized exhaust gas to the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35 at a predetermined flow rate so that the rotational driving power generated by the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35 is constant by controlling the second flow rate adjusting valve 33.
  • the air-compression gas turbine 34 generates the rotational driving power using the kinetic energy of the pressurized exhaust gas supplied from the first flow rate adjusting valve 32.
  • the air compressor 36 generates the compressed air by compressing air using the rotational driving power generated by the air-compression gas turbine 34.
  • the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35 generates the rotational driving power using the kinetic energy of the pressurized exhaust gas supplied from the second flow rate adjusting valve 33.
  • the refrigerant gas compressor 37 generates the high-pressure nitrogen gas B by compressing the low-pressure nitrogen gas B generated by the refrigerator 7 using the rotational driving power generated by the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 35.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 extracts the boil-off gas generated in the LNG tank 1 from the LNG tank 1, and it is possible to appropriately control the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1.
  • the driving power is recovered by using the pressurized exhaust gas in which the boil-off gas is combusted by the gas combustion unit 31, and the refrigerator 7 is operated by the driving power, the LNG and the boil-off gas are stably cooled, and thus, it is possible to more stably suppress the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 in applications other than the vessel.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 may be used in a single LNG tank 1, and float type liquefied natural gas production, storage, and shipping facility which ships the liquefied natural gas stored at sea in the tank.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 of the above-described embodiment it is possible to appropriately suppress the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank through the tank internal pressure suppression device used in the applications.
  • the refrigerator 7 can cool the LNG and the boil-off gas without using the low-temperature nitrogen gas A cooled by the LNG heating device 5. Accordingly, when it is not necessary to heat the LNG, for example, when the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 is not used in the vessel, the LNG heating device 5 can be replaced with a nitrogen gas supply device which supplies nitrogen gas to the refrigerator 7 without heating the LNG. In this case, the heat exchanger 25 of the refrigerator 7 generates the liquefied nitrogen by liquefying the nitrogen gas supplied from the nitrogen gas supply device. Similarly to in the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 of the above-described embodiment, also by this tank internal pressure suppression device, it is possible to more stably suppress the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 of the above-described embodiment since the LNG and the boil-off gas is cooled using the low-temperature nitrogen gas cooled by the LNG heating device 5, it is possible to decrease the load of the refrigerator 7.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 since the LNG and the boil-off gas can be sufficiently cooled, it is possible to omit the cold heat storage system 6. Similar to the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 of the above-described embodiment, also in this tank internal pressure suppression device in which the cold heat storage system 6 is omitted, it is possible to more appropriately suppress the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1.
  • the refrigerator 7 can be replaced with another refrigerator which precools the high-temperature nitrogen gas immediately before being adiabatically expanded without using the low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas.
  • the refrigerator precools the high-pressure nitrogen by using the atmospheric cold heat.
  • the condenser 26 may be omitted.
  • the refrigerator in which the condenser 26 is omitted can cool the LNG similar to the refrigerator 7, and it is possible to appropriately suppress the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1.
  • the plurality of flow rate adjusting valves 51-1 to 51-n corresponds to the plurality of gas combustion units 52-1 to 52-n.
  • the flow rate adjusting valve 51-i changes the flow rate of the boil-off gas for combustion supplied to the gas combustion unit 52-i by the control of the control device.
  • the arbitrary gas combustion unit 52-i among the plurality of gas combustion units 52-1 to 52-n generates the high-temperature and high-pressure pressurized exhaust gas by combusting the boil-off gas for combustion supplied from the flow rate adjusting valve 51-i using the compressed air supplied from the air compressor 54.
  • the plurality of gas turbines 53-1 to 53-n corresponds to the plurality of gas combustion units 52-1 to 52-n.
  • An arbitrary gas turbine 53-i among the plurality of gas turbines 53-1 to 53-n generates the rotational driving power using the kinetic energy of the pressurized exhaust gas generated by the gas combustion unit 52-i corresponding to the gas turbine 53-i among the plurality of gas combustion units 52-1 to 52-n.
  • the air compressor 54 generates the compressed air by compressing air using the rotational driving power generated by the air-compression gas turbine 53-1 among the plurality of gas turbines 53-1 to 53-n.
  • the air compressor 54 supplies the generated compressed air to the plurality of gas combustion units 52-1 to 52-n.
  • the refrigerator gas compressor 55 generates the high-pressure nitrogen gas by compressing the low-pressure nitrogen gas generated by the refrigerator 7, using the rotational driving power generated by the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 53-2 among the plurality of gas turbines 53-1 to 53-n.
  • the refrigerant gas compressor 55 supplies the generated high-pressure nitrogen gas to the refrigerator 7.
  • control device controls the flow rate adjusting valve 51-i so that the rotational driving power generated by the air-compression gas turbine 53-i is not changed, that is, the rotational driving power is equal to predetermined driving power.
  • this tank internal pressure suppression device 10 of the above-described embodiment in this tank internal pressure suppression device including the combustion system 50, it is possible to effectively use surplus energy generated from the boil-off gas for combustion generated by the refrigerator 7, and it is possible to easily manufacture the tank internal pressure suppression device.
  • this tank internal pressure suppression device by changing the flow rate of the boil-off gas for combustion which is generated by the refrigerator 7 and supplied to each of the plurality of gas combustion units 52-1 to 52-n, it is possible to more easily change the plurality of rotational driving powers generated by the plurality of gas turbines 53-1 to 53-n. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively use the plurality of rotational driving powers with respect to the loads for driving other devices.
  • the refrigerator 7 can be replaced with another device which appropriately supplies the boil-off gas generated by the LNG tank 1 to the combustion system 8 or the combustion system 50 without cooling the LNG and the boil-off gas.
  • the refrigerator 7 also in the tank internal pressure suppression device in which the refrigerator 7 is omitted, it is possible to appropriately control the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1 by extracting the boil-off gas from the LNG tank 1.
  • the refrigerant gas compressor 55 (37) can use driving power which is generated by a driving power source different from the refrigerant gas compression gas turbine 53-2 (35).
  • the driving power source may include a motor which generates the rotational driving power using electric power.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 of the above-described embodiment also in the tank internal pressure suppression device in which this driving power source is used, it is possible to more appropriately suppress the increase of the internal pressure of the LNG tank 1.
  • the tank internal pressure suppression device 10 of the above-described embodiment it is possible to more effectively use surplus driving power generated by the boil-off gas, and it is possible to further decrease consumption of energy.

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