Ship including gas re-vaporizing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10823335-B2
Application number	US-201716073771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2017
Priority date	Feb 1, 2016
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A ship including a gas re-vaporizing system according to the present invention includes: a ship body; a vaporizer which is arranged in an upper portion of the ship body, and vaporizes liquefied gas and supplies the vaporized liquefied gas to a demander; and a heat source supply apparatus which is arranged inside the ship body and supplies a heat source to the vaporizer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ship including a gas re-vaporizing system, the ship comprising:
a ship body comprising an upper deck and a ship bottom, wherein an internal space of the ship body is positioned between the upper deck and the ship bottom;
a vaporizer arranged in an upper portion of the upper deck of the ship body, the vaporizer configured to vaporize liquefied gas and supply the vaporized liquefied gas; and
a heat source supply apparatus comprising a heat source pump configured to supply a non-explosive heat source to the vaporizer and a seawater heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange the heat source and seawater; and
a seawater supply apparatus comprising a seawater pump configured to supply the seawater to the seawater heat exchanger,
wherein the heat source supply apparatus and the seawater supply apparatus are arranged in the internal space of the ship body positioned between the upper deck and the ship bottom of the ship body,
wherein one or more heat source supply lines passing through the upper deck of the ship body are connected between the vaporizer and the heat source supply apparatus, and
wherein one or more seawater lines are connected between the seawater pump and the seawater heat exchanger.

2. The ship of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one inner deck which vertically divides the internal space of the ship body.

3. The ship of claim 2 , wherein the heat source supply apparatus further includes:
a heat source circulation line, which is provided with the heat source pump and the seawater heat exchanger, and
one of the heat source pump and the seawater heat exchanger is disposed above the inner deck, and the other of the heat source pump and the seawater heat exchanger is disposed below the inner deck.

4. The ship of claim 3 ,
wherein the heat source circulation line has a smaller diameter than a diameter of the seawater line.

5. The ship of claim 4 , wherein the seawater line has one end, which is connected to a seawater inlet formed on a lateral surface of the ship body, and the other end, which is connected to a seawater outlet formed on a lateral surface of the ship body, and
the heat source supply apparatus is disposed in a section inside the ship body, in which the seawater outlet is provided.

6. The ship of claim 4 , wherein the seawater pump is disposed at a stern side inside the ship body.

7. The ship of claim 3 , further comprising:
a steam heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange the heat source and steam,
wherein the heat source pump is disposed below the inner deck, and the seawater heat exchanger and the steam heat exchanger are disposed above the inner deck.

8. The ship of claim 7 , further comprising:
a boiler configured to generate the steam and disposed in an engine room in the internal space of the ship body; and
a steam line configured to connect the steam heat exchanger and the boiler so that the steam circulates the steam heat exchanger and the boiler,
wherein the steam line is arranged in at least a part of the ship bottom of the ship body.

9. The ship of claim 8 , wherein the steam is heat-exchanged with the heat source next to the seawater.

10. The ship of claim 7 , wherein the heat source supply apparatus is manufactured in a module so as to include the heat source pump, the seawater heat exchanger, and the steam heat exchanger.

11. The ship of claim 1 , wherein the heat source supply apparatus is disposed at a stern side inside the ship body.

12. The ship of claim 1 , wherein the heat source supply apparatus is disposed in the internal space of the ship body.

13. The ship of claim 12 , wherein the heat source supply apparatus is disposed on a lateral surface of an engine room, which is disposed inside a stern of the ship body.

14. The ship of claim 1 , wherein the heat source is glycol water.

15. The ship of claim 3 , wherein the heat source supply apparatus includes a pressure maintaining device disposed in the internal space of the ship body, the pressure maintaining device configured to maintain a pressure of a heat source flowing within the heat source circulation line by using inert gas.

16. The ship of claim 3 , further comprising:
a steam heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange the heat source and steam,
wherein the heat source pump is disposed above the inner deck, and the seawater heat exchanger and the steam heat exchanger are disposed above the inner deck.

Assignees

• Hyun Dai Heavy Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Tae Yeong
• Ha Jong Pil
• Kang Min Ho
• Heo Hee Seung
• Yang Seung Wook

Classifications

• F17C2223/043

  in the gas · CPC title

• F17C2265/037

  with pressurising · CPC title

• F17C2227/0318

  using seawater · CPC title

• F17C2221/033

  Methane, e.g. natural gas, CNG, LNG, GNL, GNC, PLNG · CPC title

• F17C2223/033

  Small pressure, e.g. for liquefied gas · CPC title