KR20160128638A - Boil Off Gas Reliquefaction System And Method - Google Patents
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Abstract
Description
More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for re-liquefying an evaporative gas, and more particularly, to a system and method for re-liquefying an evaporative gas, The present invention relates to a system and a method for liquefying a vaporized gas that can be processed by re-liquefaction by cooling the compressed BOG by heat exchange with the cooled refrigerant.
In recent years, consumption of liquefied gas such as LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) and LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) has been rapidly increasing worldwide. The liquefied gas obtained by liquefying the gas at a low temperature has an advantage of being able to increase the storage and transport efficiency because the volume becomes very small as compared with the gas. In addition, liquefied natural gas (Liquefied Natural Gas) (hereinafter referred to as "LNG") can be used as an eco-friendly fuel which can remove or reduce air pollutants during the liquefaction process,
For example, liquefied natural gas is a colorless transparent liquid which can be obtained by cooling natural gas containing methane as a main component to about -162 ° C and liquefying it, and has a volume of about 1/600 as compared with natural gas. Therefore, it can be transported very efficiently when liquefied by LNG for transporting natural gas.
However, since the liquefaction temperature of natural gas is a cryogenic temperature of -162 ° C at normal pressure, LNG is sensitive to temperature change and is easily evaporated. As a result, the LNG storage tank of the LNG carrier is insulated. However, since the external heat is continuously transferred to the LNG storage tank, the LNG is continuously vaporized in the LNG storage tank during the LNG transportation, BOG) occurs. This also applies to other low temperature liquefied gases such as ethane.
BOG is a kind of loss and an important issue in transportation efficiency. Further, when the evaporation gas accumulates in the storage tank, the internal pressure of the tank may rise excessively, and there is a risk that the tank may be damaged. Therefore, various methods for treating BOG occurring in the storage tank have been studied. Recently, a method of re-liquefying BOG to return to a storage tank for processing BOG, a method of returning BOG to a storage tank, And the like are used.
The present applicant has proposed a re-liquefying apparatus which utilizes the cooling heat of the evaporation gas itself by using the evaporation gas as the cooling fluid on Jul. 10, 2013, No. 10-2013-0081029. The Partial Re-liquefaction System (PRS) proposed in the patent of No. 10-2013-0081029 is a device for re-liquefying the evaporated gas discharged outside the storage tank by using the evaporation gas itself as a refrigerant, It is possible to re-liquefy the evaporated gas without separately installing the re-liquefier, and it is evaluated as an epoch-making technology that can effectively reduce the overall natural evacuation rate (BOR) of the liquefied natural gas storage tank.
1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the redispersion apparatus of the present invention, No. 10-2013-0081029. Referring to FIG. 1, the process of re-liquefying the evaporation gas in the re-liquefier will be briefly described below.
The evaporated gas discharged from the
The evaporated gas (C line) cooled through heat exchange in the
In the case where there is a low-pressure fuel consuming place which is supplied with a gas of lower pressure than the gas which has passed through all the multi-stage compressors in a ship, for example, three of the five
The present applicant's prior art is a device capable of effectively treating evaporative gas generated in a storage tank. In order to constitute such a device, an expensive compressor or the like is constituted, so that a facility cost is high. In particular, And the operating cost was also high.
The present invention solves the above problem and proposes a vaporization gas re-liquefaction system that can more effectively compress BOG and re-liquefy and process it.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a BOG re-liquefaction line for re-liquefaction by compressing and cooling BOG (Boil-Off Gas) generated in an LNG storage tank provided in a ship or an offshore structure;
A refrigerant circulation line through which the refrigerant for cooling the BOG circulates;
An expander provided in the BOG re-liquefaction line for thermally expanding the refrigerant to receive the refrigerant; a motor connected to the expander for switching the expansion force of the refrigerant to a rotational force; A compander including a BOG compressor for compressing the BOG; And
And a main heat exchanger for cooling the compressed BOG by heat exchange with the refrigerant which is thermally expanded in the expander.
Preferably, the refrigerant compressor is provided in the refrigerant circulation line and receives and compresses the refrigerant discharged from the main heat exchanger after heat exchange with the BOG. And
And a refrigerant precooler provided in the refrigerant circulation line for cooling the refrigerant compressed by the refrigerant compressor and supplying the refrigerant to the expander,
In the refrigerant precooler, the refrigerant may be cooled by heat exchange with at least one of the uncompressed refrigerant to be introduced into the refrigerant compressor and the BOG generated from the LNG storage tank and supplied to the BOG compressor.
Preferably, the BOG generated from the LNG storage tank is supplied to the refrigerant precooler, and may be supplied to the BOG compressor through heat exchange with the compressed refrigerant.
Preferably, decompression means provided in the BOG liquefaction line and depressurizing the BOG cooled in the main heat exchanger or the LNG generated from the BOG; And
And a flash drum provided in the BOG liquefaction line and supplying the BOG or LNG, which is decompressed by the decompression unit, to a gas-liquid separation.
Preferably, the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circulation line may be at least one of BOG, nitrogen (N 2 ), and mixed refrigerant including methane.
Preferably, the BOG compressed from the downstream of the compander in the BOG liquefaction line is branched, mixed with LNG supplied from the LNG storage tank, recycled, and compressed and forcedly vaporized to supply fuel as a high-pressure gas consuming place And may further include a fuel supply line.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a BOG compressor comprising: 1) a boil-off gas (BOG) generated in an LNG storage tank provided in a ship or a marine structure is divided into an expander, a motor connected to the expander, to a compander comprising a compressor;
2) compressing the BOG by the rotational force in the BOG compressor connected to the rotation axis of the motor while swelling the expansion force of the refrigerant in the motor while the refrigerant is supplied and expanded in the expander of the compander; And
3) supplying the compressed BOG to the main heat exchanger, cooling the refrigerant by heat exchange with the refrigerant discharged after being thermally expanded from the expander, and re-liquefying the evaporated gas.
The BOG generated in the LNG storage tank can be effectively re-liquefied and stored through the system and method of the present invention for evaporating the gas, thereby securing the safety of the tank and the vessel, and improving the transportation efficiency of the LNG. In addition, the BOG is compressed using the energy generated when the refrigerant is thermally expanded, and the BOG is cooled with the refrigerant cooled through the thermal expansion, thereby realizing a compact and highly efficient system.
Fig. 1 schematically shows a partial redistribution device capable of treating an evaporative gas according to the applicant's prior patent.
2 schematically shows a vaporization gas remelting system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
3 schematically shows a vaporization gas remelting system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
4 schematically shows a vaporization gas remelting system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 schematically shows a modification of the evaporative gas remelting system of the third embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 schematically shows a vaporized gas remelting system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 schematically shows a vaporization gas remelting system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
8 schematically shows a vaporization gas remelting system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.
First, the evaporation gas re-liquefaction systems to be described later of the present invention can be applied to all types of vessels and marine structures, namely LNG carriers, Liquefied Ethane Gas (LEG) carriers, LNG RVs And for marine structures such as LNG FPSO, LNG FSRU, and so on.
In the following embodiments, LNG, which is a representative low-temperature liquid cargo, is described as an example for convenience of explanation, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Liquefaction gas stored in such a storage tank may be any liquid cargo that can be transported by liquefying at a low temperature . For example, in addition to LNG, LEG, LPG, liquefied nitrogen, liquefied gas such as ethylene, acetylene, propylene, and the like may be applicable. These embodiments can be applied to the treatment of the evaporative gas generated from such liquefied gas.
FIG. 2 schematically shows a vaporization gas re-liquefaction system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the system of the first embodiment includes a BOG re-liquefaction line RLa for compressing and cooling BOG (Boil-Off Gas) generated in an LNG storage tank provided in a ship or an offshore structure to re- And a refrigerant circulation line (CLa) through which the refrigerant for cooling the BOG circulates.
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The BOG liquefaction line (RLa) is further provided with a boost compressor (110a) that receives the BOG compressed by the BOG compressor (102a) and further compresses it.
In the
The BOG re-liquefaction line RLa is further provided with a
The decompression means 130a may be, for example, an expansion valve (J-T valve) or an expander, and may be decompressed to atmospheric pressure while passing through the decompression means. During the decompression process, the BOG or LNG is further cooled and enters the flash drum. In the
That is, the BOG compressed at a pressure equal to or higher than the critical pressure via the
On the other hand, the refrigerant circulation line (CLa) includes a refrigerant compressor (200a) for receiving and compressing the refrigerant discharged from the main heat exchanger after heat exchange with the BOG, a refrigerant precooler (210a) for cooling the refrigerant and supplying it to the expander, . In the refrigerant precooler 210a, the refrigerant compressed by the refrigerant compressor can be cooled by the heat exchange with the refrigerant before being compressed to be introduced into the refrigerant compressor, and then supplied to the
The BOG generated from the LNG storage tank may also be configured to pass through the refrigerant precooler 210a before being introduced into the
The refrigerant is further cooled by the refrigerant precooler 210a to a low temperature of -10 ° C or lower, preferably -30 ° C or lower, through heat exchange with the refrigerant before compression, BOG from the LNG storage tank to be introduced into the BOG compressor of the compander, And then supplied to the
As the refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circulation line CLa, BOG, nitrogen (N 2 ) may be used, or a mixed refrigerant containing methane and nitrogen may be used. The composition of the refrigerant can be freely configured.
FIG. 3 schematically shows a vaporization gas re-liquefaction system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 3, the system of the second embodiment compresses and cools BOG (Boil-Off Gas) generated in the LNG storage tank provided in a ship or a marine structure, as in the first embodiment, And a refrigerant circulation line (CLb) through which a refrigerant for cooling the BOG circulates.
The BOG liquefaction line also includes a
In this embodiment, the fuel supply line FLb branched from the BOG re-liquefaction line is provided so that the compressed BOG from the downstream of the compander can be supplied as fuel to the in-line high-pressure gas consuming place. The BOG branched after the compression through the fuel supply line FLb is mixed with the LNG supplied from the LNG storage tank, recycled, compressed and forcedly vaporized, and supplied as fuel for the high pressure gas consuming place.
As in the embodiment described above, the refrigerant circulation line CLb also includes a
In the
The BOG re-liquefaction line RLb is provided with a decompression means 130b for decompressing the LNG generated from the BOG or BOG cooled by the main heat exchanger, a flash drum 130 for receiving the BOG or LNG decompressed by the decompression means, 140b.
Compressor BOG compressors, on the other hand, can also be supplied as fuel to low pressure fuel consuming areas on ships or offshore structures.
The fuel supply line FLb includes a recondensor 300b which receives BOG branched from the front end or the rear end of the booster compressor and mixes LNG supplied from the LNG storage tank to cool the LNG, A
The high-pressure gas consumer (not shown) may be, for example, a propulsion engine or a power generation engine for a ship or the like, and more specific examples may include ME-GI engine, DF generator, gas turbine, DFDE and the like. The high pressure gas is supplied according to the fuel supply condition of the gas consuming place. For example, if the gas consuming place is the ME-GI engine, high pressure gas of about 150 to 400 bar, more preferably 300 bar can be supplied. For example, if the ME-GI engine is used as a propulsion engine for a ship, the high-pressure pump compresses the LNG supplied from the condenser to a supercritical pressure of about 300 bar, and then, through a vaporizer, And can be supplied as fuel. However, since the gas and liquid can not be distinguished from each other in the supercritical state, the expression 'forced LNG is vaporized' means that the compressed LNG is supplied with thermal energy to raise the temperature (or, in a denser supercritical state, Critical state) may be meaningful.
A fuel heating line HLb branched from the fuel supply line FLb at the rear end of the
Meanwhile, in the re-condenser 300b, the flash gas generated when the BOG and the LNG are mixed is supplied to the upstream side of the
The refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circulation line CLb may be, for example, a mixed refrigerant containing BOG, nitrogen (N 2 ), and methane, and may be used to prevent an apparatus malfunction that may occur when a liquid refrigerant is supplied to the expander , So that the temperature of the refrigerant can be maintained above the critical temperature. Accordingly, the flow rate of the BOG, the compressed LNG, etc., which is introduced into the
The description overlapping with the first embodiment described above will be omitted.
Next, FIG. 4 schematically shows a vaporization gas remelting system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 4, the system of the third embodiment also includes a BOG (Boil-Off Gas) system for compressing and cooling BOG (Boil-Off Gas) generated in an LNG storage tank provided in a ship or a marine structure, A re-liquefaction line RLc, and a refrigerant circulation line CLc through which the refrigerant for cooling the BOG circulates.
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The BOG compressed through the
The refrigerant circulation line CLc is provided with a
The refrigerant in the
The BOG generated from the LNG storage tank is supplied to the
The refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circulation line CLc may be BOG, nitrogen (N 2 ), mixed refrigerant containing methane, or the like as in the above-described embodiments.
Fig. 5 schematically shows a system of a modification of the evaporative gas remelting system of the third embodiment described above.
5, the compressed BOG is branched from the downstream side of the
FIG. 6 schematically shows a vaporization gas re-liquefaction system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 6, the system of the fourth embodiment also includes a BOG re-liquefaction line RLd for compressing and cooling the BOG (Boil-Off Gas) generated in the LNG storage tank and re- And a refrigerant circulation line (CLd) through which the refrigerant for cooling the BOG circulates.
Like the system of the third embodiment described above, in the present embodiment, the
As in the modified example of the third embodiment described above, the fourth embodiment also divides the compressed BOG from the downstream of the
The refrigerant circulation line CLd is provided with a
The fuel supply line FLd includes a
At this time, the system of this embodiment further includes a
The LNG compressed in the high pressure pump is heated while exchanging heat with the refrigerant through the
On the other hand, in the system of this embodiment, a
The BOG or LNG, which is decompressed via the liquid expander and the decompression means, is supplied to a flash drum (140d) to be gas-liquid separated, and the LNG re-liquefied from the BOG is restored to the LNG storage tank.
The description overlapping with the above embodiments is omitted.
FIG. 7 schematically shows a vaporization gas remelting system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 7, the system of the fifth embodiment also includes a BOG re-liquefaction line (RLe) for compressing and cooling BOG (Boil-Off Gas) generated in the LNG storage tank to re- And a refrigerant circulation line (CLe) through which the refrigerant circulates.
The BOG re-liquefaction line (RLe) is provided with an expander (101e) for receiving and expanding the refrigerant and for thermally expanding the refrigerant, and a BOG compressor (102e) for compressing the BOG using the expanding force of the refrigerant in the expander and the BOG compressed by the BOG compressor is cooled by heat exchange with the refrigerant which is swollen by the expander from the
The system of the present embodiment is advantageous in that the BOG compressed in the
For this purpose, the refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circulation line CLe in this embodiment uses a nitrogen (N 2 ) refrigerant or a mixed refrigerant containing nitrogen (N 2 ) of 50% or more.
If the refrigerant in the refrigerant circulation line CLe is maintained to contain nitrogen of 50% or more, the temperature of the refrigerant can be sufficiently lowered, so that the compressed BOG or the BOG close to the normal pressure is cooled through only the BOG compressor of the compander 100e The liquid can be re-liquefied. By using such a refrigerant, there is no need to configure the boost compressor as in the above-described embodiment, so that it is possible to reduce the number of apparatuses and reduce the installation cost, thereby realizing an economical and compact system.
The refrigerant circulation line CLe is provided with the
LNG generated from the BOG or BOG cooled through the heat exchange with the refrigerant in the
In order to more effectively re-liquefy the BOG, it is also possible to provide a liquid expander (not shown) upstream of the decompression means in the BOG re-liquefaction line as in the fourth embodiment described above.
It is also possible to provide a compander including a motor which is connected to the expander and which converts the expansion force of the refrigerant to the rotational force as in the third embodiment described above.
The description overlapping with the above embodiments is omitted.
FIG. 8 schematically shows a vaporization gas remelting system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 8, the system of the sixth embodiment is also similar to the above-described embodiments in that the BOG material for re-liquefying the BOG (Boil-Off Gas) generated in the LNG storage tank of a ship or a marine structure, A refrigerant circulation line CLf in which a refrigerant for cooling the BOG is circulated and a BOG compressed from the downstream of the compander in the BOG re-liquefaction line are branched and mixed with the LNG supplied from the LNG storage tank And a fuel supply line (FLf) for re-condensing, compressing, and forcedly vaporizing and supplying the fuel to the high-pressure gas consuming place.
The BOG re-liquefaction line (RLf) is provided with an expander (101f) for receiving and expanding the refrigerant and performing a thermal expansion, and a BOG compressor (102f) for compressing the BOG using the expanding force of the refrigerant in the expander and the BOG compressed by the BOG compressor of the compander is cooled by heat exchange with the refrigerant which is swelled in the
As in the fifth embodiment described above, the BOG compressed by the BOG compressor of the compander is supplied to the
The refrigerant circulation line (CLf) includes a refrigerant compressor (200f) that receives and compresses the refrigerant discharged from the main heat exchanger after heat exchange with the BOG, a refrigerant precooler that cools the refrigerant compressed by the refrigerant compressor and supplies it to the expander, (210f).
In the refrigerant precooler, uncompressed refrigerant to be introduced into the refrigerant compressor, BOG generated from the LNG storage tank and supplied to the BOG compressor, re-condensed and compressed LNG in the fuel supply line, It is possible to cool the refrigerant through heat exchange with a flash gas or the like. If the amount of BOG to be re-liquefied is large, the refrigerant can be cooled from the LOG by heat exchange if the amount of compressed LNG to be supplied from the BOG is large. If the amount of LNG to be supplied to the BOG or the fuel is small It is possible to cool the refrigerant by circulating the refrigerant under any condition, and to re-liquefy the BOG.
LNG generated from the BOG or BOG cooled in the
In the fuel supply line FLf, the BOG branched from the downstream of the compander is supplied to the re-condenser, and the LNG supplied from the LNG storage tank is mixed and cooled. In the high-
Also in this embodiment, as in the fourth embodiment, a BOG expander (not shown) for cooling the BOG branched from the downstream of the compander to a single condenser so as to effectively recycle the BOG in the re- Not shown) may be provided in the fuel supply line.
The description overlapping with the above-described embodiment is omitted.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is.
RLa, RLb, RLc, RLd, RLe, RLf: The BOG liquefaction line
CLa, CLb, CLc, CLd, CLe, CLf: refrigerant circulation line
100a, 100b, 100c, 100d, 100e, 100f:
120a, 120b, 120c, 120d, 120e, 120f: main heat exchanger
130a, 130b, 130c, 130d, 130e, and 130f:
140a, 140b, 140c, 140d, 140e, 140f:
200a, 200b, 200c, 200d, 200e, 200f: refrigerant compressor
210a, 210b, 210c, 210d, 210e, 210f: a refrigerant precooler
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A refrigerant circulation line through which the refrigerant for cooling the BOG circulates;
An expander provided in the BOG re-liquefaction line for thermally expanding the refrigerant to receive the refrigerant; a motor connected to the expander for switching the expansion force of the refrigerant to a rotational force; A compander including a BOG compressor for compressing the BOG; And
And a main heat exchanger for cooling the compressed BOG by heat exchange with the refrigerant thermally expanded in the expander.
A refrigerant compressor provided in the refrigerant circulation line for receiving and compressing the refrigerant discharged from the main heat exchanger after heat exchange with the BOG; And
And a refrigerant precooler provided in the refrigerant circulation line for cooling the refrigerant compressed by the refrigerant compressor and supplying the refrigerant to the expander,
Wherein the refrigerant in the refrigerant precooler is cooled through heat exchange with at least one of the uncompressed refrigerant to be introduced into the refrigerant compressor and the BOG generated from the LNG storage tank and supplied to the BOG compressor, Evaporative gas re-liquefaction system.
Wherein the BOG generated from the LNG storage tank is supplied to the refrigerant precooler and can be supplied to the BOG compressor through heat exchange with the compressed refrigerant.
Decompression means provided in the BOG liquefaction line and depressurizing the BOG cooled in the main heat exchanger or the LNG generated from the BOG; And
Further comprising a flash drum provided in the BOG re-liquefaction line, the flash drum being supplied with the BOG or LNG decompressed by the decompression means and performing gas-liquid separation.
Wherein the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circulation line is at least one of BOG, nitrogen (N 2 ), and mixed refrigerant including methane.
A BOG re-liquefaction line is connected to the LNG storage tank, and the BOG is branched from the LNG storage tank, and the BOG is mixed with the LNG supplied from the LNG storage tank and recycled, compressed and forcedly vaporized, Further comprising an evaporation gas re-liquefaction system.
2) compressing the BOG by the rotational force in the BOG compressor connected to the rotation axis of the motor while swelling the expansion force of the refrigerant in the motor while the refrigerant is supplied and expanded in the expander of the compander; And
3) supplying the compressed BOG to the main heat exchanger, cooling the refrigerant by heat exchange with the refrigerant discharged after being thermally expanded from the expander, and re-liquefying the evaporated gas.
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