EP4230513A1 - Procédé et système de regazéification de gaz liquéfié d'un navire - Google Patents

Procédé et système de regazéification de gaz liquéfié d'un navire Download PDF

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EP4230513A1
EP4230513A1 EP20957834.3A EP20957834A EP4230513A1 EP 4230513 A1 EP4230513 A1 EP 4230513A1 EP 20957834 A EP20957834 A EP 20957834A EP 4230513 A1 EP4230513 A1 EP 4230513A1
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Su Kyung An
Du Hyeon Cho
Dae Han Won
Young Jin Byun
Da Hye Seo
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  • the present invention relates to a liquefied-gas regasification system and method for vessels, which enable stable operation of a cycle, in which a heating medium for heat exchange with a liquefied gas circulates, by maintaining operation conditions for regasification of the liquefied gas at a main point of the cycle.
  • LNG liquefied natural gas
  • LNG is transported to a distant destination by an LNG carrier after being transformed into liquefied natural gas (LNG) through liquefaction at extremely low temperatures at a production site.
  • LNG is obtained by cooling natural gas to a cryogenic temperature of about -163°C and has a volume of about 1/600 that of natural gas in a gaseous state.
  • LNG is suited to long distance transport by sea.
  • LNG regasification vessels or floating offshore structures such as LNG regasification vessels (LNG RVs) or floating storage and regasification units (LNG FSRUs)
  • LNG liquefied natural gas
  • Such an LNG regasification vessel is provided with an LNG storage tank adapted to store LNG and a regasification facility adapted to supply natural gas to a gas demand site on land through regasification of the LNG stored in the LNG storage tank, in which the natural gas generated by the regasification facility is supplied to onshore gas consumers through pipes.
  • the regasification facility of the LNG regasification vessel includes a high-pressure pump compressing LNG stored in the LNG storage tank to a pressure required for an onshore gas consumer and a vaporizer gasifying the high pressure LNG compressed by the high pressure pump into natural gas.
  • seawater is mainly used as a heat source for gasification of LNG in the vaporizer.
  • Low-temperature seawater having cold heat recovered from LNG through direct or indirect heat exchange with LNG is discharged back to the sea. That is, in the process of regasifying LNG, the cold heat of LNG recovered by the seawater is discarded to sea as is.
  • LNG has a cold-heat energy of 200 kcal/kg.
  • the cold heat of LNG recovered by the seawater is discarded from an LNG regasification vessel instead of being effectively used.
  • Embodiments of the present invention provide a liquefied-gas regasification system and method for vessels, which can improve energy efficiency by generating power through recovery of cold heat discarded in regasification of liquefied gas and enable stable operation through pressure regulation.
  • a liquefied-gas regasification method of a vessel including: gasifying liquefied gas through heat exchange with a first heating medium in a vaporizer; and recovering cold heat from the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer to recirculate the cold heat to the vaporizer, wherein recovering the cold heat from the first heating medium includes: gasifying the first heating medium in a first heat exchanger, the first heating medium being condensed into a liquid phase through heat exchange in the vaporizer; supplying the gasified first heating medium to an expander-generator to generate power through expansion of the gasified first heating medium, and supplying the expanded first heating medium to the vaporizer while controlling a pressure upstream or downstream of the expander-generator to control a pressure downstream of the vaporizer.
  • a liquefied-gas regasification system of a vessel including: a vaporizer gasifying liquefied gas through heat exchange with a first heating medium; a first heat exchanger gasifying the first heating medium condensed into a liquid phase by heat exchange in the vaporizer; an expander-generator expanding the first heating medium gasified in the first heat exchanger to generate power; and a pressure controller controlling a pressure upstream or downstream of the expander-generator, wherein a pressure downstream of the vaporizer is controlled by controlling the pressure upstream or downstream of the expander-generator.
  • a liquefied-gas regasification method of a vessel including: gasifying liquefied gas through heat exchange with a first heating medium in a vaporizer; and recovering cold heat from the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer to recirculate the cold heat to the vaporizer, wherein recovering the cold heat from the first heating medium includes: gasifying the first heating medium in a first heat exchanger, the first heating medium being condensed into a liquid phase by heat exchange in the vaporizer; supplying the gasified first heating medium to an expander-generator to generate power through expansion of the gasified first heating medium; and supplying the expanded first heating medium to the vaporizer, wherein a receiver receives the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer and the first heating medium discharged from the receiver is gasified in order to control a pressure downstream of the expander-generator, and wherein, when a pressure measurement value of the receiver is less than a preset value, a liquefied-gas regasification method of a vessel, including:
  • the first heating medium may undergo phase change through heat exchange in the vaporizer and the first heat exchanger.
  • a flow rate of the liquefied gas supplied to the vaporizer may be regulated to maintain a preset temperature of the first heating medium having a low temperature and discharged from the vaporizer after heat exchange and a preset temperature of the regasified gas discharged from the vaporizer after heat exchange.
  • the flow rate of the liquefied gas supplied to the vaporizer may be regulated based on a smaller value among an output value for maintaining a preset temperature of the first heating medium having a low temperature and discharged from the vaporizer after heat exchange and an output value for maintaining a preset temperature of the regasified gas discharged from the vaporizer after heat exchange.
  • the preset temperature of the first heating medium may be a saturation temperature of the first heating medium and the pressure downstream of the expander-generator may be controlled by changing the preset temperature of the first heating medium depending upon a saturation pressure of the first heating medium.
  • the regasified gas gasified in the vaporizer may be heated to a temperature required for a gas consumer through heat exchange with a second heating medium in a trim heater.
  • the first heating medium having a gas phase may be regulated to flow downstream of the expander-generator after bypassing the expander-generator.
  • a liquefied-gas regasification system of a vessel including: a vaporizer gasifying liquefied gas through heat exchange with a first heating medium; a receiver receiving the first heating medium having a low temperature and discharged from the vaporizer after heat exchange; a first heat exchanger gasifying the first heating medium supplied from the receiver and having a liquid phase; an expander-generator expanding the first heating medium gasified in the first heat exchanger to generate power; a first heating medium line along which the first heating medium expanded by the expander-generator is delivered from the expander-generator to the vaporizer and the first heating medium recovering cold heat of the liquefied gas is delivered from the vaporizer to the receiver; a second valve disposed downstream of the expander-generator to allow the first heating medium to flow to the receiver after bypassing the vaporizer; a third valve allowing the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer to be supplied into the receiver through a spray nozzle
  • the liquefied-gas regasification system may further include: a first valve regulating a flow rate of the liquefied gas supplied to the vaporizer; and a first controller controlling the first valve to maintain a preset temperature of the first heating medium having a low temperature and discharged from the vaporizer after heat exchange and to maintain a preset temperature of the regasified gas discharged from the vaporizer after heat exchange.
  • the preset temperature of the first heating medium may be a saturation temperature of the first heating medium and the liquefied-gas regasification system may further include a third controller adjusting the preset temperature of the first heating medium depending upon the pressure measurement value of the receiver.
  • the liquefied-gas regasification system may further include a trim heater additionally heating the regasified gas gasified in the vaporizer to a temperature required for a gas consumer.
  • the liquefied-gas regasification system may further include a second cycle in which a second heating media recovering cold heat of the regasified gas through heat exchange with the regasified gas in the trim heater is circulated.
  • the liquefied-gas regasification system may further include: a third flow rate valve allowing the first heating medium gasified in the first heat exchanger to flow downstream of the expander-generator after bypassing the expander-generator; and a governor controlling the third flow rate valve depending upon a pressure downstream of the expander-generator and a power generation load of the expander-generator.
  • the vaporizer may be a 1-pass type shell & tube heat exchanger.
  • the trim heater may be a 2-pass type shell & tube heat exchanger.
  • a liquefied-gas regasification method of a vessel including: gasifying liquefied gas through heat exchange with a first heating medium in a vaporizer; and recovering cold heat from the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer to recirculate the cold heat to the vaporizer, wherein recovering the cold heat from the first heating medium includes: gasifying the first heating medium in a first heat exchanger, the first heating medium being condensed into a liquid phase by heat exchange in the vaporizer; supplying the gasified first heating medium to an expander-generator to generate power through expansion of the gasified first heating medium; and supplying the expanded first heating medium to the vaporizer, and wherein a knock-out drum receives the first heating medium gasified in the first heat exchanger before the gasified first heating medium is supplied to the expander-generator, and, when a pressure measurement value of the knock-out drum is greater than a preset value, a pressure upstream of the expander-gen
  • Increasing the output of the expander-generator may increase an open degree of a second flow rate valve allowing the first heating medium to flow from the knock-out drum to the expander-generator and may be performed corresponding to the opening degree of the second flow rate valve.
  • a rotational speed of the expander-generator may be controlled by a sixth controller and the opening degree of the second flow rate valve may be regulated by the sixth controller in response to a control signal sent from a fifth controller depending upon the pressure measurement value.
  • the fifth controller may open a third flow rate valve to allow the first heating medium to flow downstream of the expander-generator from the knock-out drum after bypassing the expander-generator.
  • Increasing the output of the expander-generator may include opening the third flow rate valve to allow the first heating medium to flow downstream of the expander-generator from the knock-out drum after bypassing the expander-generator, increasing the output of the expander-generator within an allowable output range of the expander-generator while decreasing the opening degree of the third flow rate valve, and increasing the opening degree of the second flow rate valve to allow the first heating medium to flow from the knock-out drum to the expander-generator.
  • the rotational speed of the expander-generator may be controlled by a sixth controller and a seventh controller managing a variation of the third flow rate valve may send a signal to the sixth controller to increase the rotational speed of the expander-generator until the opening degree of the third flow rate valve reaches 0%.
  • a circulation flow rate of the first heating medium may be determined based on a heating duty of the vaporizer.
  • a liquefied-gas regasification system of a vessel including: a vaporizer gasifying liquefied gas through heat exchange with a first heating medium; a first heat exchanger gasifying the first heating medium condensed into a liquid phase by heat exchange in the vaporizer; an expander-generator expanding the first heating medium gasified in the first heat exchanger to generate power; a knock-out drum receiving the first heating medium gasified in the vaporizer; a second flow rate valve allowing the first heating medium discharged in a gas phase from the knock-out drum to be supplied to the expander-generator through regulation of an opening degree thereof; a third flow rate valve allowing the first heating medium discharged in a gas phase from the knock-out drum to bypass the expander-generator through regulation of an opening degree thereof; and a sixth controller controlling an output of the expander-generator depending upon a pressure of the knock-out drum and regulating the opening degree of the second flow rate valve depending
  • the liquefied-gas regasification system may further include: a fifth controller sending a signal for increasing the output of the expander-generator to the sixth controller depending upon the pressure measurement value of the knock-out drum and opening the third flow rate valve when the output of the expander-generator reaches a maximum output.
  • the liquefied-gas regasification system may further include: a pressure controller opening the third flow rate valve when the pressure measurement value of the knock-out drum is greater than a preset value; and a seventh controller sending a signal for increasing a rotational speed of the expander-generator to the sixth controller until the opening degree of the third flow rate valve reaches a minimum value.
  • Embodiments of the present invention provide a liquefied-gas regasification system and method for vessels, which can improve energy efficiency while reducing fuel consumption for power generation and suppressing discharge of greenhouse gases through generation of power by recovering cold heat discarded in regasification of liquefied gas.
  • a pressure downstream of a vaporizer may be controlled through regulation of the pressure of a receiver, thereby improving responsiveness in regulation of the temperature of a first heating medium and the flow rate of the liquefied gas to be gasified for controlling the pressure downstream of the vaporizer.
  • an inlet-side (high pressure-side) pressure of an expander-generator may be controlled, thereby improving responsiveness in regulation of the temperature of the first heating medium and the flow rate of the liquefied gas to be gasified for controlling the pressure downstream of the vaporizer.
  • power can be generated using the first heating medium, thereby allowing stable supply of the regasified gas to a gas consumer after being heated to the minimum delivery temperature or more using a trim heater even when heat capacity of the first heating medium is insufficient in the vaporizer.
  • the regasification system and method can prevent insufficient gasification of the liquefied gas due to thermal unbalance between a supply amount of the liquefied gas and a supply amount of the first heating medium in a loop cycle of the first heating medium upon initial operation of the regasification system, thereby enabling stable operation of the regasification system.
  • liquefied gas may refer to a gas that can be transported in liquid form by being liquefied at low temperature, for example, liquefied petrochemical gas, such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied ethane gas (LEG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquefied ethylene gas, and liquefied propylene gas.
  • liquefied gas may also refer to a gas in a liquid state, such as liquefied carbon dioxide, liquefied hydrogen, and liquefied ammonia.
  • LNG which is a typical liquefied gas, by way of example.
  • LNG regasification vessel according to embodiments of the present invention will be described as applied to vessels, it will be understood that the LNG regasification vessel according to the embodiments of the present invention may also be applied to onshore facilities.
  • an LNG regasification vessel may include any ship that is provided with an LNG regasification facility to regasify LNG and supply the regasified LNG to gas consumers, including self-propelled ships, such as LNG regasification vessels (RVs), and floating offshore structures, such as floating storage regasification units (FSRUs).
  • LNG regasification vessels may refer to LNG FSRUs by way of example.
  • the LNG regasification vessel may regasify LNG at sea to supply the regasified LNG to onshore gas consumers via a pipe network (regas network).
  • a pipe network regas network
  • a liquefied gas regasification system and method for vessels according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 .
  • An LNG regasification system for vessels may include a high-pressure pump (not shown) that compresses LNG discharged from an LNG storage tank (not shown) to a pressure or more required for gas consumers (not shown), a vaporizer 120 that gasifies the high pressure LNG compressed by the high pressure pump, and a trim heater 130 that regulates the temperature of the regasified gas gasified by the vaporizer 120, that is, natural gas, to a temperature required for a gas consumer or completely gasifies LNG not gasified by the vaporizer 120 and heats the LNG to the temperature required for the gas consumer.
  • a high-pressure pump not shown
  • a vaporizer 120 that gasifies the high pressure LNG compressed by the high pressure pump
  • trim heater 130 that regulates the temperature of the regasified gas gasified by the vaporizer 120, that is, natural gas, to a temperature required for a gas consumer or completely gasifies LNG not gasified by the vaporizer 120 and heats the LNG to the temperature required for the gas consumer.
  • the LNG storage tank may be provided with a supply pump (not shown) by which LNG stored in the LNG storage tank is discharged and supplied to the high-pressure pump.
  • the power pump may be a semi-submersible pump that is disposed in the LNG storage tank and can be operated in a state of being submerged in LNG stored in the LNG storage tank.
  • the high-pressure pump compresses LNG to a pressure of the regasified gas required for the gas consumer to supply the compressed LNG to the vaporizer 120.
  • the pressure required for the gas consumer differs according to each jetty, the pressure required for the gas consumer is generally in the range of about 50 bar to about 100 bar. That is, the high-pressure pump according to this embodiment may compress LNG to a pressure of about 50 bar to about 100 bar or a higher pressure than this pressure in consideration of pressure loss.
  • the high pressure LNG compressed to the pressure of the regasified gas required for the gas consumer by the high-pressure pump may be gasified into a gas phase or may be partially gasified into a mixed phase of gas and liquid through heat exchange with the first heating medium circulating in a first cycle.
  • the temperature of the compressed LNG vaporized by the vaporizer 120 may vary depending upon the conditions of the heat source, such as the temperature or the flow rate of the first heating medium and/or seawater.
  • the vaporizer 120 may be a shell & tube heat exchanger, particularly a 1-pass type shell & tube heat exchanger in which a tube passes through a shell once.
  • the regasified gas gasified by the vaporizer 120 is heated to a temperature required for the gas consumer and supplied to the gas consumer.
  • all LNG may be gasified and heated to a temperature required for the gas consumer by the trim heater 130.
  • the trim heater 130 may be a shell & tube heat exchanger, particularly a 2-pass type shell & tube heat exchanger in which a tube passes through a shell twice.
  • the trim heater 130 may heat the regasified gas to be supplied from the vaporizer 120 to the onshore gas consumer to a temperature of about 0°C to 10°C.
  • LNG stored in the LNG storage tank is compressed by the high-pressure pump, gasified by the vaporizer 120, and heated by the trim heater 130 to be supplied to the gas consumer while flowing along a liquefied gas line LL.
  • the liquefied gas line LL may be provided with a first valve LV disposed upstream of the vaporizer 120 to regulate a flow rate of LNG supplied to the vaporizer 120.
  • the first valve LV is controlled based on an output signal corresponding to a temperature measured by a second temperature controller TIC02, which measures the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer 120 after heat exchange with LNG, and an output signal corresponding to a temperature measured by a first temperature controller TIC01, which measures the temperature of natural gas gasified by and discharged from the vaporizer 120.
  • the first temperature controller TIC01 may refer to a device that includes both a temperature measurement unit TT01 adapted to measure temperature and a temperature controller adapted to calculate output values for controlling various devices for temperature regulation in response to the measured temperature value output from the temperature measurement unit TT01 and to send control signals to the various devices.
  • the second temperature controller TIC02 may refer to a device that includes both a temperature measurement unit TT02 adapted to measure a temperature and a temperature controller adapted to calculate output values for controlling various devices for temperature regulation in response to the measured temperature value output from the temperature measurement unit TT02 and to send control signals to the various devices.
  • a first controller LS 1 controlling the first valve LV may be a low selector. That is, the first controller LS 1 may control the first valve LV based on a smaller value among an output signal corresponding to the temperature measured by the second temperature controller TIC02 and an output signal corresponding to the temperature measured by the first temperature controller TIC01.
  • the liquefied-gas regasification system may include a first cycle that circulates a first heating medium as a heat source for gasifying LNG through heat exchange with LNG in the vaporizer 120.
  • the first heating medium may be a refrigerant undergoing phase change while circulating in the first cycle.
  • the vaporizer 120 mainly uses glycol water as a heating medium to vaporize LNG.
  • glycol water is adopted as the heating medium, phase change does not occur in the course of heat exchange with LNG in the vaporizer 120 and heat exchange with seawater in the heat exchanger. That is, heat transfer is achieved only using sensible heat.
  • the first cycle includes a first pump 210 adapted to circulate the first heating medium, a first heat exchanger 220 adapted to gasify the first heating medium compressed by the first pump 210, an expander-generator 230 adapted to expand the first heating medium gasified by the first heat exchanger 220 and to generate power through conversion of expansion of the first heating medium into power, and a receiver 240 adapted to store the first heating medium condensed through heat exchange with LNG in the vaporizer 120.
  • the first heating medium circulates in the first cycle corresponding to a loop cycle in which the first heating medium is compressed by the first pump 210, gasified by the first heat exchanger 220, expanded by the expander-generator 230, condensed by the vaporizer 120, and supplied to the first pump 210 through the receiver 240 while flowing along a first heating medium line RL.
  • the first heating medium is suctioned by a seawater pump 410 and is gasified through heat exchange with seawater supplied to the first heat exchanger 220 along a first seawater line SL1.
  • seawater is cooled while gasifying the first heating medium and the cooled seawater may be discharged from the first heat exchanger 220 along the first seawater line SL1.
  • seawater is used as a heat source for gasification of the first heating medium in the first heat exchanger 220 by way of example.
  • steam generated in an on-board steam generator may be used alone or complementarily together with seawater.
  • the first heat exchanger 220 may include a 3-stage stream heat exchanger in which heat exchange of the first heating medium with seawater and steam occurs.
  • a first stage heat exchanger adapted to perform heat exchange between the first heating medium and seawater and a second stage heat exchanger adapted to perform heat exchange between the first heating medium and steam may be disposed in series such that the first heating medium can be stepwise heated, or the first stage heat exchanger adapted to perform heat exchange between the first heating medium and seawater and the second stage heat exchanger adapted to perform heat exchange between the first heating medium and steam may be disposed in parallel to regulate the temperature of the first heating medium heated by the first heat exchanger 220.
  • the liquefied gas regasification system may further include a seawater heater adapted to heat seawater through heat exchange with steam to supply the seawater heated by the seawater heater to the first heat exchanger 220.
  • first heat exchanger 220 may be a shell & tube heat exchanger or a plate-type heat exchanger.
  • the first heating medium gasified or heated by seawater in the first heat exchanger 220 is supplied to the expander-generator 230 in which the first heating medium is expanded and expansion work of first heating medium is converted into power.
  • Power generated by the expander-generator 230 may be used by an on-board power consumer.
  • a first flow rate valve FV1 may be disposed downstream of the first pump 210 of the first heating medium line RL to regulate the flow rate of the first heating medium supplied from the first pump 210 to the first heat exchanger 220.
  • the first flow rate valve FV1 may be controlled by a fourth controller LS2 based on output signals corresponding to the rotational speed or load of the first pump 210, the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the first heat exchanger 210 after heat exchange, and the flow rate of natural gas discharged from the vaporizer 120 after heat exchange.
  • the fourth controller LS2 may be a low selector. That is, the fourth controller LS2 may control the first flow rate valve FV1 based on the smallest value among an output value corresponding to the rotational speed or load of the first pump 210, an output value corresponding to the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the first heat exchanger 210 after heat exchange, and an output value corresponding to the flow rate of natural gas discharged from the vaporizer 120 after heat exchange.
  • the first heating medium line RL includes a first branch-off line RL1, which is branched off upstream of the expander-generator 230 and is connected to the vaporizer 120 such that the first heating medium gasified by the first heat exchanger 220 can be directly supplied from the first heat exchanger 220 to the vaporizer 120 after bypassing the expander-generator 230, that is, without passing through the expander-generator 230.
  • the first heating medium is supplied from the first heat exchanger 220 to the vaporizer 120 through the first branch-off line RL1, thereby preventing an influence on supply of natural gas to onshore gas consumers.
  • the first branch-off line RL1 serves to allow the first heating medium to bypass the expander-generator 230 upon maintenance of the expander-generator 230 and to regulate an upward pressure corresponding to retardation of response rate of an inlet side valve of the expander-generator 230 upon increase in a circulation flow rate of the first heating medium due to rapid increase in regasification capacity of the vaporizer 120.
  • the first cycle may further include a knock-out drum 250 disposed between the first heat exchanger 220 and the expander-generator 230.
  • the knock-out drum 250 temporarily stores the first heating medium gasified in the first heat exchanger 220 before the first heating medium is supplied to the expander-generator 230 and separates a liquid phase from the first heating medium to be supplied to the expander-generator 230.
  • a first heating medium line RL disposed between the knock-out drum 250 and the expander-generator 230 is provided with a second flow rate valve FV2 adapted to regulate the flow rate of the first heating medium having a gas phase and supplied from the knock-out drum 250 to the expander-generator 230.
  • the second flow rate valve FV2 may be controlled based on load for power generation or the rotational speed of the expander-generator 230, the pressure of the first heating medium expanded by the expander-generator 230 and discharged therefrom, and the pressure of the knock-out drum 250.
  • the first heating medium having a gas phase may be controlled to flow from the knock-out drum 250 along the first heating medium line RL or the first branch-off line RL1 by controlling the second flow rate valve FV2 and a third flow rate valve FV3 provided to the first branch-off line RL1 based on the load for power generation or the rotational speed of the expander-generator 230, the pressure of the first heating medium expanded by the expander-generator 230 and discharged therefrom, and the pressure of the knock-out drum 250.
  • the second flow rate valve FV2 and the third flow rate valve FV3 may be controlled by a governor based on an output signal corresponding to at least one selected from among a pressure downstream of the expander-generator 230, a power generation load of the expander-generator 230, a rotational speed of the expander-generator 230, and the pressure of the knock-out drum 250.
  • the first heating medium vaporized or heated through heat exchange with seawater in the first heat exchanger 220 may be reduced in pressure and temperature while expanding.
  • the first heating medium expanded in the expander-generator 230 is supplied to the vaporizer 120 along the first heating medium line RL to be cooled or condensed through heat exchange with LNG in the vaporizer 120.
  • the first heating medium cooled or condensed in the vaporizer 120 is delivered to the receiver 240 along the first heating medium line RL.
  • the receiver 240 is a pressure vessel to which the first heating medium condensed by the vaporizer 120 is supplied, and also acts as a buffering tank by controlling the flow rate and pressure of the first heating medium circulated in the first cycle.
  • the pressure of the receiver 240 may be maintained at a constant pressure through control of a second valve RV.
  • the regasification system may further include a pressure regulation unit that regulates the pressure of the receiver 240.
  • the pressure regulation unit of the receiver 240 includes a second valve RV and a third valve QV.
  • the regasification system may further include a fourth branch-off line RL4 branched off downstream of the first pump 210 from the first heating medium line RL and connected to the receiver 240 and a fifth branch-off line RL5 branched off from the knock-out drum 250 and connected to the fourth branch-off line RL4.
  • the fourth branch-off line RL4 is provided with a first level valve LV1 to return a certain amount of the first heating medium to the receiver when the amount of the first heating medium discharged from the first pump 210 exceeds the amount of the first heating medium required for the first heat exchanger 220, as in the case where the flow rate of the first heating medium required for the first heat exchanger 220 is less than the minimum flow rate.
  • the first level valve LV1 may be controlled based on an output signal corresponding to a rotational number of the first pump 210.
  • the fifth branch-off line RL5 is provided with a second level valve LV2 controlled to allow the first heating medium having a liquid phase and separated by the knock-out drum 250 to return to the receiver 240.
  • the second level valve LV2 may be controlled based on an output signal corresponding to a water level of the knock-out drum 250.
  • the first heating medium may be selected from materials or mixtures thereof undergoing phase change while circulating in the first cycle. That is, the first heating medium may be gasified through heat exchange with seawater in the first heat exchanger 220, expanded in the expander-generator 230, and condensed in the vaporizer 120.
  • the first heating medium may be a natural refrigerant, a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) based refrigerant, a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) based refrigerant, or a mixture thereof not providing fire and explosion risks.
  • the first heating medium may be R-23, R-32, R-134a, R-407c, R-410A, or a mixture thereof.
  • the first heating medium isentropically expands and undergoes decrease in temperature in this process.
  • the temperature of the first heating medium is decreased to about -10.5°C.
  • the first heating medium discharged from the expander-generator 230 and having a temperature of - 10.5°C is supplied as a heat source for gasification of LNG in the vaporizer 120, natural gas discharged from the vaporizer 120 cannot satisfy the lowest temperature condition, for example, a temperature of 8°C.
  • the regasification system further includes the trim heater 130 that heats the temperature of natural gas supplied from the vaporizer 120 to a gas consumer to a temperature higher than or equal to the lowest temperature condition required for the gas consumer.
  • the first heating medium gasified by the first heat exchanger 220 is reduced in temperature while generating power in the expander-generator 230.
  • the temperature of the first heating medium supplied to the vaporizer 120 is lower than a temperature required for heating the regasified gas to a temperature required for the gas consumer, it is possible to solve this problem using the trim heater 130 disposed downstream of the vaporizer 120.
  • the regasification system may further include a second cycle in which the second heating medium is circulated as a heat source for heating natural gas in the trim heater 130.
  • the natural gas is subjected to heat exchange with the second heating medium circulating in the second cycle, whereby the natural gas is heated to a temperature higher than or equal to the lowest temperature condition, that is, a temperature required for the gas consumer, and the second heating medium is cooled or condensed by recovering cold heat of the natural gas.
  • the second cycle includes a second pump adapted to circulate a second heating medium, a second heat exchanger (not shown) adapted to heat or gasify the second heating medium, and an expansion tank (not shown) adapted to stabilize the second heating medium discharged from the trim heater 130 after heat exchange.
  • the second heating medium circulates in the second cycle corresponding to a loop cycle in which the second heating medium is compressed by the second pump, gasified or heated by the second heat exchanger, cooled or condensed in the trim heater 130, and supplied to the second pump through the expansion tank while flowing along a second heating medium line (not shown).
  • a heat source for heating the second heating medium may be seawater suctioned by the seawater pump and supplied to the second heat exchanger along a second seawater line.
  • seawater is cooled while gasifying or heating the second heating medium and the cooled seawater may be discharged from the second heat exchanger along the second seawater line.
  • seawater is used as a heat source for gasifying or heating the second heating medium in the second heat exchanger by way of example.
  • steam generated in an on-board steam generator may be used alone or complementarily together with seawater, as in the first heat exchanger 220.
  • the second heat exchanger according to this embodiment may be a plate-type heat exchanger.
  • the expansion tank according to this embodiment may act as a buffering tank corresponding to volume expansion resulting from variation in temperature of the second heating medium through heat exchange in the second heat exchanger.
  • foreign matter such as air and the like, which enters the second heating medium, may be separated from the second heating medium, and, when the natural gas is leaked from the trim heater 130 and flows into the second heating medium, the gas having flown into the second heating medium may also be removed from the second heating medium.
  • the second heating medium may be glycol water.
  • the first heating medium gasified or heated through heat exchange with seawater in the first heat exchanger 220 is reduced in pressure and temperature while expanding. Except for the case where the temperature of the seawater used as a heat source in the first heat exchanger 220 is sufficiently higher than the lowest temperature condition for the gas consumer, it is difficult to heat the natural gas above the lowest temperature condition since the first heating medium undergoes very significant decrease in temperature due to variation in pressure of the first heating medium in the expander-generator 230 and has low heat capacity.
  • the second heating medium that is, glycol water
  • the second heating medium may be used as an intermediate heat medium for heating natural gas above the lowest temperature condition.
  • LNG is compressed above the lowest pressure condition in the high-pressure pump and is vaporized and heated above the lowest temperature condition in the vaporizer 120.
  • the first heating medium supplied to the vaporizer 120 is required to have a higher temperature than 8°C in order to satisfy this condition.
  • the minimum temperature difference between a heating fluid and a fluid to be heated in a general heat exchanger ranges from 2°C to 3°C, the temperature of the first heating medium supplied to the vaporizer 120 is about 11 °C or higher.
  • the temperature of seawater supplied to the first heat exchanger 220 is about 14°C or more, considering the minimum temperature difference between the heating fluid and the fluid to be heated in the general heat exchanger.
  • the temperature of the first heating medium may be lowered to - 10.5°C while generating power in the expander-generator 230, as described above.
  • the trim heater 130 is used to heat the natural gas vaporized in the vaporizer 120 to the lowest temperature condition for the gas consumer, that is, a final delivery temperature of the natural gas.
  • the first heating medium supplied from the first heat exchanger 220 to the expander-generator 230 is branched and used as a heating medium for heating the natural gas in the trim heater 130, there can be a problem that the natural gas cannot be heated to the final delivery temperature due to insufficient heat exchange in the trim heater 130, except when the temperature of seawater is sufficiently high such that the temperature difference between the first heating medium and the seawater performing heat exchange in the first heat exchanger 220 becomes higher than the minimum level.
  • the design of the trim heater 130 is not easy. Thus, such difficulty in design can be solved and the regasified gas can be stably heated using the second heating medium.
  • the first heating medium that is, the refrigerant
  • the second heating medium that is, glycol water, heated through heat exchange with the seawater in the second heat exchanger is supplied as the heat source of the trim heater 130 to prevent generation of the pinch point inside the trim heater 130 (see FIG. 4 ), thereby securing sufficient heat exchange performance while stably heating the natural gas to the final delivery temperature.
  • the first heating medium is not condensed in the vaporizer 120 and thus cannot be circulated.
  • it is necessary to increase load of the vaporizer 120 while maintaining supply balance between LNG and the first heating medium. This causes difficulty in operation of the liquefied-gas regasification system.
  • glycol water is used as the second heating medium for heating the natural gas in the trim heater 130, whereby the regasification system can prevent LNG from entering the vaporizer 120 due to supply unbalance between LNG and the first heating medium upon initial operation of the regasification system, thereby enabling stably operation of the regasification system.
  • power is generated by operating the expander-generator 230 using cold heat of the first heating medium having a high pressure and a gas phase, and LNG is gasified using the first heating medium having a low pressure and a gas phase after operation of the expander-generator 230.
  • LNG is gasified using the first heating medium having a low pressure and a gas phase after operation of the expander-generator 230.
  • it is important to control a pressure at an inlet side of the expander-generator 230, which is a high pressure side, and a pressure at an outlet side of the expander-generator 230, which is a low pressure side.
  • the receiver 240 serves to regulate the outlet pressure of the expander-generator 230 and acts as a buffering tank to allow the first heating medium having a liquid phase to be stably supplied to the first pump 210.
  • the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer 120 after heat exchange with LNG in the vaporizer 120 is reduced.
  • the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer 120 may be regulated by regulating the flow rate of LNG subjected to heat exchange with the first heating medium, that is, the flow rate of LNG supplied to the vaporizer 120.
  • the saturation pressure of the first heating medium is determined depending upon the temperature of the first heating medium condensed and discharged from the vaporizer 120 after heat exchange, it is desirable that the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer 120 be normally regulated in order to maintain a normal pressure of the first heating medium discharged from the expander-generator 230.
  • the pressure of the receiver 240 be maintained at a saturation pressure depending upon the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer 120.
  • the pressure of the receiver 240 is stably controlled and maintained depending upon the temperature of the first heating medium.
  • the pressure of the receiver 240 may not follow the temperature of the first heating medium due to a low response speed, even if the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer 120 is normally controlled.
  • the pressure downstream of the expander-generator 230 is controlled to improve control responsiveness of the regasification system even in a situation where the response speed is delayed, as described above.
  • the pressure downstream of the vaporizer 120 that is the pressure of the receiver 240, is controlled to achieve rapid control of the pressure downstream of the expander-generator 230.
  • a regasification system includes: a second branch-off line RL2 branched off downstream of the expander-generator 230 from the first heating medium line RL and connected to the receiver 240; a second valve RV provided to the second branch-off line RL2; a third branch-off line RL3 branched off upstream of the receiver 240 from the first heating medium line RL and connected upstream of the receiver 240; and a third valve QV provided to the third branch-off line RL3.
  • the regasification system further includes a first pressure controller PIC01 measuring the pressure of the receiver 240 and a second controller BQ controlling the second valve RV and the third valve QV depending upon an output signal corresponding to the pressure measured by the first pressure controller PIC01.
  • the first pressure controller PIC01 may refer to a device that includes both a pressure measurement unit PT01 adapted to measure a pressure and a pressure controller adapted to calculate output values for controlling various devices for pressure regulation in response to the measured pressure value output from the pressure measurement unit PT01 and to send control signals to the various devices.
  • a control logic of the second controller BQ employs split range control and includes a bypass mode in which the second valve RV is opened to allow the first heating medium having a high temperature to be supplied from the expander-generator 230 to the receiver 240 after bypassing the vaporizer 120 along the second branch-off line RL2, when the pressure of the receiver 240 measured by the first pressure controller PIC01 is less than a preset value
  • control logic of the second controller BQ includes a quenching mode in which the third valve QV is opened to allow the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer 120 and having a low temperature to be supplied to the receiver 240 along the third branch-off line RL3 through a spray nozzle at an upper end of the receiver 240, when the pressure of the receiver 240 measured by the first pressure controller PIC01 is greater than a preset value.
  • the second valve RV may be rapidly opened to allow the first heating medium having a high temperature to flow into the receiver 240 such that the pressure of the receiver 240 can be increased while preventing decrease in pressure at the outlet of the expander-generator 230.
  • the bypass mode may be continued until the pressure of the receiver 240 measured by the first pressure controller reaches a preset value.
  • the first heating medium is supplied to the receiver 240 through a fluid inlet disposed at an intermediate height of the receiver 240 along the first heating medium line RL, and in the quenching mode, the third valve QV is opened to allow the first heating medium having a low temperature to be supplied to the receiver 240 through the spray nozzle disposed at the upper end of the receiver 240 so as to reduce the pressure inside the receiver 240 by reducing the temperature of the first heating medium present at an upper portion of the receiver 240 and having a high temperature and a gas phase. It is possible to achieve rapid control to prevent the pressure at the outlet of the expander-generator 230 from increasing by reducing the pressure inside the receiver 240.
  • the quenching mode may be continued until the pressure of the receiver 240 measured by the first pressure controller reaches a preset value.
  • a relationship between saturation and temperature may be changed from an initial value due to various factors including an actual composition of the first heating medium and the like.
  • the composition of the first heating medium may be changed due to loss of some components having low boiling points during operation, thereby causing change in the relationship between saturation and temperature.
  • the regasification system includes a set point adjustment unit adapted to adjust a saturation curve relationship between pressure and temperature.
  • the regasification system includes a third controller PID, which changes a preset value of the second temperature controller TIC02 using the pressure measurement value of the first pressure controller PIC01, as the set point adjustment unit.
  • the regasification system can be normally controlled through adjustment of the preset pressure of the receiver 240 and opening timing of the second valve BV and the third valve QV corresponding to change in the composition of the first heating medium by adjusting the preset value of the temperature of the first heating medium discharged from the vaporizer 120, that is, a saturation temperature of the first heating medium, according to the saturation pressure of the receiver 240.
  • the first heating medium is condensed through heat exchange with LNG in the vaporizer 120 and circulates in the first cycle while maintaining a relatively low pressure.
  • the opening degrees of the second flow rate valve FV2 and the third flow rate valve FV3 disposed upstream of the expander-generator 230 are adjusted corresponding to the flow rate of the first heating medium circulating in the first cycle.
  • the first heating medium be guided to flow into the expander-generator 230 along the first branch line RL1 rather than bypassing the expander-generator 230.
  • regasification systems and methods according to third and fourth embodiments of the present invention described below are characterized by controlling the pressure upstream of the expander-generator 230, that is, the high pressure-side pressure, in order to improve system efficiency.
  • the regasification system controls the pressure upstream of the expander-generator 230 according to an output signal corresponding to the pressure of the knock-out drum 250.
  • the regasification system further includes: a second pressure controller PIC02 controlling the pressure of the knock-out drum 250, a fifth controller FB sending a signal corresponding to the pressure measurement value of the second pressure controller PIC02 to the sixth controller SIC and regulating an opening degree of the third flow rate valve FV3 based on an output value corresponding to the pressure measurement value of the second pressure controller PIC02, and a sixth controller SIC controlling the output and the rotational speed of the expander-generator 230 based on the output value corresponding to the pressure measurement value of the second pressure controller PIC02 and regulating an opening degree of the second flow rate valve FV2.
  • the second pressure controller PIC02 may refer to a device that include both a pressure measurement unit PT02 adapted to measure the pressure of the knock-out drum 250 and a pressure controller adapted to calculate output values for controlling various devices for pressure regulation in response to the measured pressure value output from the pressure measurement unit PT02 and to send control signals to the various devices.
  • the fifth controller FB When the measured pressure value of the second pressure controller PIC02 is greater than a preset value, the fifth controller FB performs split range control and sends a signal to the sixth controller SIC to first open the second flow rate valve FV2 and the sixth controller SIC increases the output of the expander-generator 230 and opens or increases the opening degree of the second flow rate valve FV2 in response to the signal from the fifth controller FB so as to maintain the rotational speed of the expander-generator 230.
  • the fifth controller FB opens the third flow rate valve FV3 to allow the first heating medium to flow into the first branch-off line RL1 through split range control, thereby controlling the pressure of the knock-out drum 250, that is, the pressure upstream of the expander-generator 230.
  • the sixth controller SIC may be a governor (see FIG. 1 ). That is, according to this embodiment, for stable power supply, the opening degree of the second flow rate valve FV2 may be controlled by the governor, which controls the output of the expander-generator 230 by monitoring whether the turbine rotation speed of the expander-generator 230 is suitably maintained within a preset range and controlling the rotational speed of the expander-generator 230.
  • an output conversion speed of the expander-generator 230 may vary depending upon a manufacturer of the expander-generator 230, in which an allowable variation of the output conversion speed is 10% per minute on average. That is, for increasing the output of the expander-generator 230, it is desirable that the output of the expander-generator 230 be increased by 10% per minute or less.
  • the inlet pressure of the expander-generator 230 significantly increases above an allowable pressure range, causing overload of the regasification system. As a result, the expander-generator 230 cannot be stably operated.
  • the regasification method according to the fourth embodiment allows rapid control of the pressure upstream of the expander-generator 230 by first opening the third flow rate valve FV3 depending upon the output value corresponding to the pressure measurement value of the second pressure controller PIC02.
  • the third flow rate valve FV3 is first opened to allow the first heating medium to be discharged from the knock-out drum 250 to the first branch line RL1 by an excess pressure such that the inlet pressure of the expander-generator 230 can be rapidly reduced to an allowable pressure range (preset value).
  • the pressure controller of the second pressure controller PIC02 directly sends a signal for controlling the opening degree to the third flow rate valve FV3 depending upon the output value corresponding to the pressure measurement value thereof.
  • the regasification system further includes a seventh controller ZIC that controls the third flow rate valve FV3, as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the seventh controller ZIC regulates the opening degree of the second flow rate valve FV2 such that load is allocated to the expander-generator 230 so as to set the opening degree of the third flow rate valve (FV3) to a closed state (SP: 0%).
  • the third flow rate valve FV3 is first open to set the inlet pressure of the expander-generator 230 to a preset value.
  • the seventh controller ZIC sends a signal to the sixth controller SIC to reduce the opening degree of the third flow rate valve (FV3) as much as possible while maximizing the output of the expander-generator 230.
  • V3 third flow rate valve
  • the sixth controller SIC increases the opening degree of the second flow rate valve FV2 as much as possible, thereby changing the output of the expander-generator 230 within an allowable range and maximizing power generation while maintaining the pressure upstream of the expander-generator 230.

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