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KR101788752B1
KR101788752B1 KR1020150042508A KR20150042508A KR101788752B1 KR 101788752 B1 KR101788752 B1 KR 101788752B1 KR 1020150042508 A KR1020150042508 A KR 1020150042508A KR 20150042508 A KR20150042508 A KR 20150042508A KR 101788752 B1 KR101788752 B1 KR 101788752B1
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Disclosed is a liquefaction device using evaporation gas as a cooling fluid for re-liquefying evaporative gas generated in a liquefied natural gas storage tank installed in a ship.
The ship evaporating gas re-liquefying apparatus includes a compressor for compressing evaporative gas discharged from the storage tank; A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the evaporated gas compressed by the compressor and the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank; A decompression device for decompressing the evaporated gas that has been compressed by the plurality of compressors and passed through the heat exchanger; A gas-liquid separator which separates the partially re-liquefied liquefied natural gas passing through the plurality of compressors, the heat exchanger and the decompression device, and the evaporated gas remaining in a gaseous state; And a mixer for mixing the evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator and the evaporated gas passing through the heat exchanger after being discharged from the storage tank, wherein the re-liquefied liquefied natural gas among the evaporated gas sent to the gas- And is returned to the storage tank, and the mixer is installed at the rear end of the heat exchanger.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for re-

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for re-liquefying evaporative gas generated in a liquefied natural gas storage tank applied to a ship.

Natural gas is usually liquefied and transported over a long distance in the form of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Liquefied natural gas is obtained by cooling natural gas at a cryogenic temperature of approximately -163 ° C at normal pressure. It is suitable for long distance transportation through the sea because its volume is significantly reduced as compared with the gas state.

Even if the liquefied natural gas storage tank is insulated, there is a limit to completely block external heat. Liquefied natural gas continuously vaporizes in the storage tank due to the heat transferred to the liquefied natural gas. Liquefied natural gas vaporized in the storage tank is called Boil-Off Gas (BOG). When the pressure of the storage tank becomes higher than the set safety pressure due to the generation of the evaporation gas, the evaporation gas is discharged to the outside of the storage tank through the safety valve.

In the case of ships carrying LNGC (LNG Carrier) and LNG Floating Production Storage Offloading (LNG Floating Production Storage Offloading), the amount of liquefied natural gas that can be transported to users is directly linked to the economic efficiency. Accordingly, suppressing the generation of evaporative gas as much as possible and re-liquefying the generated evaporative gas as much as possible is an important goal common to vessels storing liquefied natural gas.

1 and 2 are schematic block diagrams of a conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for a ship.

Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for a ship includes a plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 for compressing the evaporation gas discharged from the storage tank 10 in a multistage manner; A heat exchanger (21) for exchanging heat between the evaporated gas compressed by the plurality of compressors (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) and the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank (10) to lower the temperature of the compressed evaporated gas; A decompression device 50 for decompressing the evaporated gas that has been compressed by the plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and then passed through the heat exchanger 21; And a gas-liquid separator (40) which separates the partially re-liquefied liquefied natural gas and the gaseous remaining evaporation gas through a plurality of compressors (31, 32, 33, 34, 35), a heat exchanger (21) (60).

Fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of a part (X of Fig. 1) of a conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for ships.

1 and 4, the conventional evaporation gas for ship has a structure in which a line (line A1 in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4) for sending the gaseous evaporative gas separated from the gas-liquid separator 60 to the heat exchanger 21, One end is connected to the upper end of the gas-liquid separator 60 and the other end is connected to a line (line A2 in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4) for sending the evaporative gas from the storage tank 10 to the heat exchanger 21. Liquid separator 60 is connected to the lower end of the heat exchanger 21 in order to send the gaseous vaporized gas separated from the gas-liquid separator 60 to the heat exchanger 21, And an elbow pipe has to be additionally provided at a portion where the pipe is bent (portion A3 in Fig. 4).

Referring to FIG. 2, the conventional evaporation gas remelting apparatus of another construction is similar to the conventional evaporation gas remelting apparatus for a ship shown in FIG. 1 except that it is separated by a gas-liquid separator 60 The vaporized gas in the gaseous state is not mixed with the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank 10 and sent to the heat exchanger 21 like the conventional vessel evaporation gas remoaking apparatus shown in Fig. 60, and then sent to the heat exchanger 22 immediately. The evaporated gas sent to the heat exchanger 22 immediately after being separated by the gas-liquid separator 60 is sent to the mixer 71 after being used to lower the temperature of the compressed evaporated gas. In the mixer 71, the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank 10 is mixed with the evaporated gas which has been separated by the gas-liquid separator 60 and passed through the heat exchanger 22, The gas is sent to the heat exchanger 22 and used to lower the temperature of the evaporated gas sent to the heat exchanger 22 after being compressed by the plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, 35.

That is, in the conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for vessels shown in FIG. 1, the evaporated gas passed through the heat exchanger 21 and the decompression device 50 after being compressed is separated in the gas-liquid separator 60; Mixing with the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank (10); And then sent back to the heat exchanger 21. In the conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for vessels shown in FIG. 2, the evaporated gas passing through the heat exchanger 22 and the decompression device 50 after being compressed, Separating from the gas-liquid separator (60); To a heat exchanger (22); Mixing with the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank (10) in the mixer (71); And again to the heat exchanger (22). 2, unlike the conventional evaporating gas re-liquefying apparatus for vessels shown in FIG. 1, the gas-phase evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator 60 is supplied to the heat exchanger 22 ) Is sent twice.

2, the vaporized gas mixed in the mixer 71 is sent to the heat exchanger 22 and the gaseous evaporated gas separated from the gas-liquid separator 60 is also supplied to the heat exchanger 22, the capacity of the heat exchanger 22 becomes large.

1 and 2, a mixer is installed on a rear end line of a heat exchanger for sending an evaporative gas from a heat exchanger to a compressor so as to overcome the disadvantage of the evaporative gas re-liquefying apparatus for a ship, Liquid separator for separating the vaporized gas from the gas-liquid separator, and a gas-liquid separator for separating the gas-liquid separator from the gas-liquid separator.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a liquefaction apparatus using a vaporized gas as a cooling fluid to re-liquefy a vapor generated in a liquefied natural gas storage tank installed in a ship, A compressor for compressing the evaporated gas to be discharged; A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the evaporated gas compressed by the compressor and the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank; A decompression device for decompressing the evaporated gas that has been compressed by the plurality of compressors and passed through the heat exchanger; A gas-liquid separator which separates the partially re-liquefied liquefied natural gas passing through the plurality of compressors, the heat exchanger and the decompression device, and the evaporated gas remaining in a gaseous state; And a mixer for mixing the evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator and the evaporated gas passing through the heat exchanger after being discharged from the storage tank, wherein the re-liquefied liquefied natural gas among the evaporated gas sent to the gas- And the mixer is installed at the rear end of the heat exchanger.

The mixer may be located above the gas-liquid separator, and the pipe connecting the mixer and the gas-liquid separator may be connected to the lower end of the mixer at one side and the upper end of the gas-liquid separator.

The piping connecting between the mixer and the gas-liquid separator may be positioned below the piping connecting the mixer and the heat exchanger, and the partially re-liquefied evaporated gas may be returned to the gas-liquid separator within the mixer .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an evaporative gas mixing system installed in a re-liquefying apparatus that uses an evaporation gas as a cooling fluid to re-liquefy the evaporation gas generated in a liquefied natural gas storage tank installed in a ship, A mixer for mixing the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank through the heat exchanger and the evaporated gas separated from the gas-liquid separator; A first pipe connecting the mixer and the heat exchanger; A second pipe connecting the mixer and the compressor; And a third piping connecting the mixer and the gas-liquid separator.

The cross sections of the first to third pipes may be located on the same plane as the surface of the mixer.

The first pipe and the second pipe may be positioned in a straight line.

The diameter of the third pipe may be 1/4 to 1 times the diameter of the first pipe.

A portion of the first conduit may be introduced into the mixer.

The length of the portion of the first pipe that is introduced into the mixer may be 1/4 to 3/4 of the inner diameter of the mixer when the mixer is spherical. When the mixer is spherical, And may be 1/4 to 3/4 times the shorter side inner diameter of the mixer. When the mixer is a rectangular parallelepiped, it may be 1/4 to 3/4 times the shortest side of the mixer.

And an opening formed in a part of the first pipe which is penetrated into the mixer.

The end of the first pipe may be clogged.

The mixer may be any one of a spherical shape, an elliptical spherical shape, a cylindrical shape, and a rectangular parallelepiped shape.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a re-liquefaction method for re-liquefying an evaporative gas generated from a liquefied natural gas storage tank installed on a ship, The evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank is mixed with the evaporated gas passed through the heat exchanger and the evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator, and in the mixer, The mixed vaporized gas is compressed by a compressor, a part of the compressed vaporized gas is returned to the heat exchanger, and circulated. After the compressed vaporized gas is passed through the heat exchanger, the vaporized gas is decompressed by the decompressor and sent to the gas- , Among the evaporated gas sent to the gas-liquid separator, the re-liquefied liquefied natural gas is recovered to the storage tank , Boil-off gas remaining in the gas state is, for ships boil-off gas re-liquefaction processes are sent to the mixer rotation is provided.

According to the present invention, since the gas-liquid separator is located in the same direction as the mixer with respect to the heat exchanger, the piping for sending the evaporation gas from the gas-liquid separator to the mixer is short and the pipe is not bent, There is no need to connect pipes. Therefore, the installation of the piping is simple and economical.

According to the apparatus and method for liquefaction of marine vaporized gas for ship according to the present invention, the vaporized gas mixed in the mixer and the vaporized gas separated from the gas-liquid separator are simultaneously sent to the heat exchanger, The capacity of the heat exchanger can be reduced as compared with the conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for a ship shown in Fig. 1 as well as the use of a small heat exchanger.

1, the evaporative gas discharged from the storage tank and the evaporative gas separated by the gas-liquid separator are combined and sent to the heat exchanger, while the evaporative gas re-liquefying apparatus and method of the present invention Since the evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator is sent to the mixer at the rear end of the heat exchanger, only the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank is sent to the heat exchanger.

The apparatus and method for liquefying the vaporized gas for ship according to the present invention are particularly effective when the amount of fuel consumed in the engine is large and the amount of evaporated gas generated in the storage tank is small. When the amount of fuel consumed by the engine increases, the amount of the evaporated gas sent to the heat exchanger after being compressed by the plurality of compressors is small. Therefore, it is sufficient to use a heat exchanger having a small capacity. At least because there is not a shortage of evaporation gas to re-liquefy the compressed evaporated gas.

Since the apparatus and method for liquefying the vaporized gas for ship according to the present invention can use a heat exchanger having a small capacity, there is a margin in the space around the heat exchanger, so that the piping connected to the heat exchanger can be arranged in a fluid manner. Further, the diameter of the pipe connected to the heat exchanger can be sufficiently secured, the speed of the evaporating gas passing through the heat exchanger can be reduced, and the speed of the evaporating gas passing through the heat exchanger can be reduced. The efficiency of the heat exchange can be increased. In addition, if the diameter of the pipe increases, the failure rate due to the inflow of foreign matter also decreases.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus and method of the present invention can simplify the installation of piping and reduce the capacity of the heat exchanger. Especially, when the size of the equipment is increased, the marine transportation is inevitably selected, and the transportation cost is increased. The apparatus and method for liquefying the vaporized gas for ship according to the present invention can reduce the size of equipment and enable land transportation.

1 is a schematic view of a conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for a ship.
2 is a schematic diagram of a conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for a ship.
3 is a schematic block diagram of an evaporative gas re-liquefaction apparatus for a ship according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of a part (X of Fig. 1) of a conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for ships.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of a part (Y in Fig. 3) of an apparatus for liquefying evaporative gas for a lathe according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a side sectional view 6a and a top view 6b schematically showing a first embodiment of the mixer of the present invention.
7 is a side sectional view 7a and a top view 7b schematically showing a second embodiment of the mixer of the present invention.
8 is a side sectional view 8a and a top view 8b schematically showing a third embodiment of the mixer of the present invention.
9 is a side sectional view 9a and a top view 9b schematically showing a fourth embodiment of the mixer of the present invention.
10 is a side sectional view 10a and a top view 10b schematically showing a fifth embodiment of the mixer of the present invention.
11 is a graph comparing the amount of liquefied liquefied natural gas recovered when a conventional liquefaction device for liquefying a ship vaporized gas and a liquefaction device for liquefying gas for a ship of the present invention are applied to a ship.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The apparatus and method for liquefying the vaporized gas for ship according to the present invention can be applied to various applications on ships equipped with liquefied natural gas cargo holds and onshore. In addition, the following examples can be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

3 is a schematic block diagram of an evaporative gas re-liquefaction apparatus for a ship according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the apparatus for liquefying vaporized marine vessels according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of compressors 31, 32 (not shown) for compressing the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank 10 in multiple stages, , 33, 34, 35); A heat exchanger (23) for exchanging heat between the evaporated gas compressed by the compressors (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) and the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank (10) to lower the temperature of the compressed evaporated gas; A decompression device (50) for decompressing the evaporated gas which has been compressed by the plurality of compressors (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) and then passed through the heat exchanger (23); A gas-liquid separator (not shown) for separating the partially re-liquefied liquefied natural gas passing through the plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, the heat exchanger 23 and the decompression device 50, (60); And a mixer 72 in which the evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator 60 and the evaporated gas passing through the heat exchanger 23 after being discharged from the storage tank 10 are mixed.

The storage tank 10 of the present embodiment stores the liquefied natural gas and discharges the evaporated gas generated by vaporization of the liquefied natural gas by heat transmitted from the outside to the outside when the pressure exceeds a predetermined pressure. A plurality of storage tanks 10 may be provided.

A plurality of compressors (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) of the present embodiment compresses the evaporated gas discharged from the liquefied natural gas storage tank 10 in a multistage manner. A portion of the compressed evaporated gas is used as fuel for the engine 40 and a portion is re-liquefied and returned to the storage tank 10.

In the present embodiment, five compression stages including the five compressors 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 have been described. However, the number of the compressors is not limited. At the downstream end of the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, a plurality of coolers for lowering the temperature of the evaporated gas as well as the pressure after passing through the compressors 31, 32, 33, .

A part of the evaporated gas which has undergone the compression process by the plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 is sent to the engine 40 and the other part is sent to the heat exchanger 23. The engine 40 may be an ME-GI engine using natural gas at a high pressure of about 300 bar or a DF engine using natural gas at a relatively low pressure of about 6.5 bar as a fuel, and a plurality of compressors 31, Evaporative gas, which has undergone partial compaction by some of the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, may be sent to the DF engine.

The heat exchanger 23 of the present embodiment is constructed so that the discharged evaporative gas discharged from the liquefied natural gas storage tank 10 at the atmospheric pressure and at the temperature of -160 DEG C is discharged by the plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, Heat exchange with compressed evaporative gas. The heat exchanger 23 lowers the temperature of the high temperature and high pressure evaporation gas compressed by the plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 by using the evaporation gas discharged from the storage tank 10 as a refrigerant Low temperature and high pressure. Since the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank 10 is deprived of the evaporated gas compressed by the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 in the heat exchanger 23, the heat exchanger 23 After passing, the temperature will rise.

 The decompression apparatus 50 of the present embodiment is configured to discharge the pressure of the evaporation gas that has passed through the plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and the heat exchanger 23 after being discharged from the storage tank 10, . The pressure reducing device 50 may be an expansion valve or an expander. The evaporated gas compressed by the plurality of compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 after being discharged from the storage tank 10 passes through the heat exchanger 23 and the decompressor 50, A part is resolidified.

The gas-liquid separator 60 of this embodiment separates the partially re-liquefied evaporated gas from the evaporated gas left in the gaseous state without being liquefied by passing through the heat exchanger 23 and the decompressor 50, And returned to the tank 10, and the vaporized gas in the gaseous state is sent to the mixer 72.

The gas-liquid separator 60 of the present embodiment is disposed in the same direction as the mixer 72 with respect to the heat exchanger 23. For example, when viewed from the heat exchanger 23, the mixer 72 and the gas-liquid separator 60 are both disposed on the left side or both on the right side. It is preferable that the gas-liquid separator 60 of this embodiment is positioned as close as possible to the mixer 72 so that the pipe connecting the gas-liquid separator 60 and the mixer 72 is the shortest distance.

The mixer 72 of the present embodiment is provided at the rear end of the heat exchanger 23 and is provided with an evaporating gas that has been discharged from the storage tank 10 and then passed through the heat exchanger 23, Thereby providing a space in which gaseous vaporized gas is mixed. One side of the mixer 72 is connected to the heat exchanger 23 through a pipe and the other side of the mixer 72 is connected to the compressor 31 through a pipe and the lower end of the mixer 72 is connected to the gas- 60 via the piping.

When a high temperature evaporated gas flowing from the heat exchanger 23 into the mixer 72 and a low temperature evaporated gas flowing from the gas-liquid separator 60 into the mixer 72 are mixed with each other, have. Therefore, the piping connecting between the mixer 72 and the gas-liquid separator 60 is connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 such that the liquefied evaporated gas collected under the mixer 72 due to its own weight can be sent back to the gas-liquid separator 60 along the pipe, 72) and the heat exchanger (23).

Referring to FIG. 3, the flow of liquefied natural gas and evaporative gas in the evaporative gas re-liquefying apparatus for a ship according to the present embodiment will now be described.

The liquefied natural gas discharged from the storage tank 10 is heat-exchanged with the evaporated gas compressed in the heat exchanger 23 and then mixed with the evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator 60 in the mixer 72. The evaporated gas mixed in the mixer 72 is compressed in multiple stages by the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 and then partly used as fuel in the engine 40 and the other part is used in the heat exchanger 23 And is heat-exchanged with the liquefied natural gas discharged from the storage tank (10). After being compressed, the evaporated gas that has been heat-exchanged is decompressed by the decompression device 50 to partially re-liquefy, and the liquefied natural gas re-liquefied by the gas-liquid separator 60 is separated from the gaseous evaporative gas. The liquefied natural gas separated by the gas-liquid separator 60 is returned to the storage tank 10, and the evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator 60 is sent to the mixer 72.

Liquid separator 60 and the mixer 72 are disposed at a position where the piping can be easily installed and the advantage of the gas-liquid separator 60 Since the separated evaporated gas is sent to the downstream end of the heat exchanger 23, the capacity of the heat exchanger 23 is reduced. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

5 is an enlarged schematic view of a part (Y in Fig. 3) of an evaporative gas re-liquefaction apparatus for a ship according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5, the piping connected to the upper end of the gas-liquid separator 60 is connected to the lower end of the mixer 72 positioned above the gas-liquid separator 60, Short, and very easy to install. Particularly, as compared with the conventional evaporation gas re-liquefying apparatus for a ship shown in Fig. 4, the portion where the piping is bent (portion A3 in Fig. 4) is greatly reduced or eliminated, and there is little need to connect the elbow pipe. Therefore, according to the evaporation gas re-liquefaction apparatus for ships of this embodiment, it is possible to reduce the installation cost of the elbow pipe and to mitigate the phenomenon that the flow of the fluid is blocked at the bent portion of the pipe.

6 is a side sectional view 6a and a top view 6b schematically showing a first embodiment of the mixer of the present invention. The first pipe (B1 line) shown in Fig. 6 is a pipe connecting the mixer 72 and the heat exchanger 23 and the second pipe (B2 line) is a pipe connecting the mixer 72 and the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, and the third pipe (line B3) is a pipe for connecting the mixer 72 and the gas-liquid separator 60 to each other. The same is applied to Figs. 7 to 10 below.

3 and 6, the mixer 72 of the present embodiment is connected to a pipe (B1 line in FIG. 6) connected to the heat exchanger 23 on one side and a pipe (Line B2 in FIG. 6), and the lower end thereof is connected to a pipe (line B3 in FIG. 6) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60.

The cross section of the pipe connected to the mixer 72 of the present embodiment is located on the same plane as the surface of the mixer 72 so that the end of the pipe does not enter the mixer 72.

6) connected to the heat exchanger 23 and the pipe connected to the compressor 31 (line B2 in Fig. 6) are connected to each other by the evaporation gas from the heat exchanger 23 to the mixer 72 So that the refrigerant can be smoothly sent to the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35.

6) is mixed with the evaporation gas (line B3 in FIG. 6) coming from the gas-liquid separator 60 to the mixer 72, and then the refrigerant is introduced into the compressor 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 (line B2 in FIG. 6).

 On the other hand, the amount of the evaporation gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the pipe (B1 line in FIG. 6) connected to the heat exchanger 23 is smaller than the evaporation gas discharged from the storage tank 10 and flowing into the heat exchanger 23 . Some of the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank 10 is sent to the engine 40 and the other part is re-liquefied and the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank 10 is not sent to the engine 40, The remaining evaporated gas is separated by the gas-liquid separator 60 and flows into the mixer 72. Therefore, the evaporated gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 6) The amount is smaller than the amount of the evaporated gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the piping (line B1 in FIG. 6) connected to the heat exchanger 23. The amount of the evaporation gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the piping (line B3 in FIG. 6) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 is supplied to the mixer 72 via a pipe (line B1 in FIG. 6) connected to the heat exchanger 23 72 to about 1/4 to 1/2 of the amount of the evaporated gas.

In addition, when the diameter of the pipe increases, the flow of the evaporation gas flowing inside the pipe is slowed, so that the hot gas and the low-temperature evaporation gas can be mixed in the mixer 72 for a sufficient time. 6) connected to the heat exchanger 23 to which the high-temperature evaporation gas is introduced (line B 1 in FIG. 6) and to the gas-liquid separator 60 into which the low-temperature evaporation gas is introduced The diameter is preferably longer than the amount of the inflow gas.

Specifically, the diameter of the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 6) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 is set to be about 1/4 to the diameter of the pipe (line B1 in FIG. 6) connected to the heat exchanger 23 .

7 is a side sectional view 7a and a top view 7b schematically illustrating a second embodiment of the mixer 72 of the present invention.

3 and 7, the mixer 72 of the present embodiment is connected to a pipe (line B12 in FIG. 7) connected to the heat exchanger 23 on one side in the same manner as the mixer 72 of the first embodiment And the other end is connected to a pipe (line B 2 in FIG. 7) connected to the compressor 31 and the lower end is connected to a pipe (line B 3 in FIG. 7) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60.

Of the piping connected to the mixer 72 of the present embodiment, the cross section of the piping (line B2 in Fig. 7) connected to the compressor 31 and the piping (line B3 in Fig. 7) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 The cross section is located on the same plane as the surface of the mixer 72, like the mixer 72 of the first embodiment.

It should be noted that the cross section of the pipe (line B12 in FIG. 7) connected to the heat exchanger 23 among the pipes connected to the mixer 72 of the present embodiment is not located on the same plane as the surface of the mixer 72, The mixer 72 is moved to the left side of FIG. That is, the mixer 72 of this embodiment has a structure in which a pipe (line B12 in FIG. 7) connected to the heat exchanger 23 is introduced into the mixer 72. Therefore, the end of the pipe (line B12 in FIG. 7) connected to the heat exchanger 23 is located relatively close to the end of the pipe (line B2 in FIG. 7) connected to the compressor 31.

According to the mixer 72 of the present embodiment, since the pipe (line B12 in FIG. 7) connected to the heat exchanger 23 is introduced into the mixer 72, the mixed gas is supplied from the heat exchanger 23 to the mixer 72 Liquid separator 60 can be sufficiently mixed with the evaporation gas at a high temperature (line B12 in FIG. 7) and the low-temperature evaporation gas (line B3 in FIG. 7) supplied from the gas-liquid separator 60 to the mixer 72, It is possible to mitigate the phenomenon that the low-temperature evaporated gas supplied to the compressor 72 is pushed to the compressor 31. [

7) and the gas-liquid separator 60 (line B12 in Fig. 7) supplied from the heat exchanger 23 via the pipe penetrated into the mixer 72, (Line B3 in Fig. 7) can be heat-exchanged, which is advantageous in making the temperature of the evaporation gas inside the mixer 72 uniform.

The depth of the piping (line B12 in FIG. 7) connected to the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment into the mixer 72 is determined by the inner diameter of the spherical mixer 72 (in the case where the mixer is elliptical, The inner diameter, and the shortest side when the mixer is a rectangular parallelepiped).

7) and the pipe connected to the compressor 31 (line B2 in Fig. 7) connected to the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment and the line (line B12 in Fig. 7) .

The evaporation gas that has entered the mixer 72 from the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment (line B12 in Fig. 7) is the same as the evaporation gas from the gas-liquid separator 60 to the mixer 72 And then sent to the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 (line B2 in Fig. 7).

The amount of the evaporation gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 7) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 of this embodiment is the same as that of the pipe About 1/4 to 1/2 of the amount of the evaporated gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the line B12 in FIG. 7).

7) connected to the heat exchanger 23 into which the high-temperature evaporative gas flows (line B12 in Fig. 7) and the pipe (line B3 in Fig. 7) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 into which the low- The diameter of the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 7) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 is preferably larger than the diameter of the heat exchanger 23 (The line B12 in FIG. 7) connected to the pipe (not shown).

8 is a side sectional view 8a and a top view 8b schematically illustrating a third embodiment of the mixer 72 of the present invention.

3 and 8, the mixer 72 of this embodiment is connected to a pipe (line B13 in FIG. 8) connected to the heat exchanger 23 on one side in the same manner as the mixer 72 of the first embodiment And the other end is connected to a pipe (line B2 in FIG. 8) connected to the compressor 31 and a lower end is connected to a pipe (line B3 in FIG. 8) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60.

The cross section of the pipe connected to the compressor 31 (the line B2 in FIG. 8) and the pipe connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 (the line B3 in FIG. 8) , And is located on the same plane as the surface of the mixer 72, like the mixer 72 of the first embodiment.

The end of the pipe (line B13 in FIG. 8) connected to the heat exchanger 23 of the present embodiment is introduced into the mixer 72 as in the second embodiment.

According to the mixer 72 of this embodiment, since the pipe (line B13 in FIG. 8) connected to the heat exchanger 23 is introduced into the mixer 72 as in the second embodiment, the heat exchanger 23 The high temperature evaporation gas (line B13 in FIG. 8) supplied to the mixer 72 and the low temperature evaporation gas (line B3 in FIG. 8) supplied from the gas-liquid separator 60 to the mixer 72 can be sufficiently mixed, It is possible to mitigate the phenomenon that the low-temperature evaporated gas supplied from the gas-liquid separator 60 to the mixer 72 is pushed to the compressor 31. [

8 (B13 in Fig. 8) supplied from the heat exchanger 23 via the pipe penetrated into the mixer 72, as in the second embodiment, in the mixer 72 of the present embodiment, (The line B3 in FIG. 8) supplied from the gas-liquid separator 60 can be heat-exchanged, which is advantageous in making the temperature of the evaporation gas inside the mixer 72 uniform.

However, the pipe (line B13 in Fig. 8) connected to the heat exchanger 23 of the present embodiment includes an opening formed in a portion penetrated into the mixer 72. [ A plurality of openings of the present embodiment can be formed and the high temperature evaporation gas (line B13 in FIG. 8) supplied from the heat exchanger 23 to the mixer 72 and the vapor from the gas-liquid separator 60 to the mixer 72 (The line B3 in FIG. 8) to be mixed with each other, so that the evaporation gas can be efficiently mixed in the mixer 72.

The end portion of the pipe penetrated into the mixer 72 of this embodiment may be an open form or a closed form.

The depth of the piping (line B13 in FIG. 8) connected to the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment into the mixer 72 is the same as the depth of the inside of the spherical mixer 72 It is preferably about 1/4 to 3/4 of the short side inner diameter in the case of an elliptical sphere and the shortest side in the case where the mixer is a rectangular parallelepiped.

The pipe connected to the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment and the pipe connected to the compressor 31 (line B13 in FIG. 8) (line B2 in FIG. 8) are arranged on a straight line .

The evaporated gas that has entered the mixer 72 from the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment (line B13 in FIG. 8) is the same as the evaporation gas And then sent to the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 (line B2 in Fig. 8).

The amount of the evaporation gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 8) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the pipe About 1/4 to 1/2 of the amount of the evaporated gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the line B13 in FIG. 8).

8) connected to the heat exchanger 23 to which the high-temperature evaporative gas flows and a pipe (line B3 in Fig. 8) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 into which the low- Specifically, the diameter of the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 8) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 is larger than the diameter of the heat exchanger 23 (The line B13 in Fig. 8) connected to the pipe (not shown).

9 is a side sectional view 9a and a top view 9b schematically showing a fourth embodiment of the mixer of the present invention.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 9, the mixer 72 of this embodiment is connected to a pipe (line B1 in Fig. 9) connected to the heat exchanger 23 on one side, (Line B2 in FIG. 9) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60, and the lower end is connected to a pipe (line B3 in FIG.

The cross section of the pipe connected to the mixer 72 of this embodiment is located on the same plane as the surface of the mixer 72 and the end of the pipe does not enter the mixer 72 as in the first embodiment.

However, unlike the mixer 72 of the first embodiment, which is formed in a spherical shape, the mixer 72 of the present embodiment is formed in the shape of an ellipse having a longer diameter on a vertical section than a diameter on a horizontal section.

It is preferable that the piping (line B1 in FIG. 9) connected to the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment and the piping connected to the compressor 31 (line B2 in FIG. 9) are located on a straight line.

9), the evaporated gas entering the mixer 72 from the heat exchanger 23 of the present embodiment is supplied to the gas-liquid separator 60 as in the first embodiment And then sent to the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 (line B2 in FIG. 9).

The amount of the evaporation gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 9) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 of this embodiment is the same as that of the pipe About 1/4 to 1/2 of the amount of the evaporation gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the line B1 in Fig.

9), which is connected to the heat exchanger 23 into which the high-temperature vapor of the present embodiment is introduced, and a pipe (B3 in Fig. 9) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 into which the low- The diameter of the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 9) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 is preferably larger than the diameter of the heat exchange It is preferable that the diameter of the pipe (B1 line in Fig. 9) connected to the pipe 23 is about 1/4 to about the same as the diameter of the pipe.

10 is a side sectional view 10a and a top view 10b schematically showing a fifth embodiment of the mixer of the present invention.

3 and 10, the mixer 72 of this embodiment is connected to a pipe (B1 line in FIG. 10) connected to the heat exchanger 23 on one side, (Line B2 in FIG. 10) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60, and the lower end is connected to a pipe (line B3 in FIG.

The cross section of the pipe connected to the mixer 72 of this embodiment is located on the same plane as the surface of the mixer 72 and the end of the pipe does not enter the mixer 72 as in the first embodiment.

However, unlike the mixer 72 of the first embodiment, which is formed in a spherical shape, the mixer 72 of this embodiment is formed in an ellipsoidal shape having a longer diameter on a horizontal cross section than a diameter on a vertical cross section.

It is preferable that the piping (line B1 in Fig. 10) connected to the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment and the piping connected to the compressor 31 (line B2 in Fig. 10) are located on a straight line.

The evaporation gas that has entered the mixer 72 from the heat exchanger 23 of this embodiment (line B1 in FIG. 10) is the same as the evaporation gas And then sent to the compressors 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 (line B2 in FIG. 10).

The amount of the evaporation gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 10) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 of this embodiment is the same as that of the pipe About 1/4 to 1/2 of the amount of the evaporated gas flowing into the mixer 72 through the line B1 in Fig. 10).

10) connected to the heat exchanger 23 into which the high-temperature vapor of the present embodiment is introduced and a pipe (B3 in Fig. 10) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 into which the low- The diameter of the pipe (line B3 in FIG. 10) connected to the gas-liquid separator 60 is preferably larger than the diameter of the heat exchange It is preferable that the diameter of the pipe (B1 line in Fig. 10) connected to the pipe 23 is about 1/4 to about the same as the diameter of the pipe.

The mixer 72 of the present invention is not limited to a spherical or ellipsoidal shape as shown in Figs. 6 to 10, but may have various shapes such as a rectangular parallelepiped.

FIG. 11 is a graph showing the relationship between the liquefied liquefied liquefied gas recovered when applied to a ship equipped with an ME-GI engine, It is a graph comparing the amount of natural gas.

11, when the speed of the ship is slower than 16 knots, the amount of natural gas to be re-liquefied in the conventional evaporative gas remelting apparatus for marine vessel is larger, but when the speed of the ship is higher than 16 knots, It can be seen that the amount of natural gas to be re-liquefied in the evaporative gas remelting device is larger.

That is, as described above, if the speed of the ship is high and the engine uses a large amount of natural gas, it can be confirmed that it is efficient to use the apparatus for liquefying the ship vaporized gas according to the present invention.

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.

10: storage tank 21, 22, 23: heat exchanger
31, 32, 33, 34, 35: compressor 40: engine
50: decompression device 60: gas-liquid separator
71, 72: mixer B1, B2, B3: piping

Claims (13)

1. A re-liquefying device for use as an evaporating gas as a cooling fluid for re-liquefying evaporated gas generated in a liquefied natural gas storage tank installed in a ship,
A compressor for compressing the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank;
A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the evaporated gas compressed by the compressor and the evaporated gas discharged from the storage tank;
A decompression device for decompressing the evaporated gas that has been compressed by the plurality of compressors and passed through the heat exchanger;
A gas-liquid separator which separates the partially re-liquefied liquefied natural gas passing through the plurality of compressors, the heat exchanger and the decompression device, and the evaporated gas remaining in a gaseous state; And
And a mixer for mixing the evaporated gas separated by the gas-liquid separator and the evaporated gas passing through the heat exchanger after being discharged from the storage tank,
Liquid reclaimed liquefied natural gas among the evaporated gas sent to the gas-liquid separator is recovered to the storage tank,
The mixer is installed at a rear end of the heat exchanger,
Wherein the pipe connecting the mixer and the gas-liquid separator is located below the pipe connecting the mixer and the heat exchanger,
And the partially re-liquefied evaporated gas in the mixer is returned to the gas-liquid separator.
The method according to claim 1,
The mixer is located above the gas-liquid separator,
The piping connecting the mixer and the gas-liquid separator has one side connected to the lower end of the mixer and the other side connected to the upper end of the gas-liquid separator.
The method according to claim 1,
A first pipe connecting the mixer and the heat exchanger;
A second pipe connecting the mixer and the compressor; And
And a third pipe connecting the mixer and the gas-liquid separator.
The method of claim 3,
And a part of the first pipe is penetrated into the mixer.
The method of claim 4,
Wherein the mixer is any one of a sphere, an elliptic sphere, a cylinder, and a rectangular parallelepiped.
The method of claim 5,
Wherein a length of a portion of the first pipe, which is inserted into the mixer,
And when the mixer is spherical, it is 1/4 to 3/4 times the inner diameter of the mixer,
And when the mixer is an elliptical sphere, it is 1/4 to 3/4 times the inner diameter of the short side of the mixer,
And when the mixer is a rectangular parallelepiped, it is 1/4 to 3/4 times the shortest side of the mixer.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6,
Wherein cross-sections of the first to third pipes are located on the same plane as the surface of the mixer.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6,
Wherein the first pipeline and the second pipeline are located on a straight line.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6,
Wherein the diameter of the third pipe is 1/4 to 1 times the diameter of the first pipe.
The method according to any one of claims 4 to 6,
And an opening formed in a portion of the first pipe which is penetrated into the mixer.
The method of claim 10,
And the end of the first pipe is clogged.
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