Ship having gas regasification system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11136103-B2
Application number	US-201716083461-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2017
Priority date	Mar 18, 2016
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

According to the present invention, a ship including a gas re-vaporizing system including a re-vaporizing apparatus, which re-vaporizes liquefied gas through seawater supplied by a seawater supply apparatus, supplies a fluid inside a seawater storage tank, which maintains pressure of seawater flowing in a circulation connection line, to the circulation connection line, in order to implement the switch of an operation mode of the seawater supply apparatus from an open loop mode to a close loop mode non-stop.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ship including a gas re-vaporizing system including a re-vaporizing apparatus, which re-vaporizes liquefied gas through seawater supplied by a seawater supply apparatus, wherein
the seawater supply apparatus includes:
a seawater supply line which supplies the seawater to the re-vaporizing apparatus;
a seawater discharge line which discharges the seawater from the re-vaporizing apparatus;
a circulation connection line branched from the seawater discharge line and connected to the seawater supply line;
a seawater storage tank connected to the circulation connection line through a tank connection line, and configured to maintain pressure of the seawater flowing in the circulation connection line; and
the tank connection line which connects the seawater storage tank, located to be above a sea surface, and a part of the circulation connection line, located to be below the sea surface, so that the tank connection line supplies a fluid inside the seawater storage tank to the circulation connection line.

2. The ship of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first opening/closing valve which is disposed closer to a point of the circulation connection line connected with the seawater supply line than a point of the circulation connection line connected with the seawater discharge line; and
a second opening/closing valve which is disposed closer to the point of the circulation connection line branched from the seawater discharge line than the point of the circulation connection line connected with the seawater supply line.

3. The ship of claim 2 , further comprising:
a seawater pump which is provided on the seawater supply line and supplies the seawater to the re-vaporizing apparatus,
wherein the seawater pump is located below the sea surface.

4. The ship of claim 3 , further comprising:
a third opening/closing valve which is provided in an upstream of the seawater pump on the seawater supply line;
a fourth opening/closing valve which is provided in a downstream of a branch point of the circulation connection line in the seawater discharge line;
a pressure maintaining fluid supply valve which is provided on the tank connection line; and
a control unit which adjusts opening of the first to fourth opening/closing valves and the pressure maintaining fluid supply valve, and implements a switch so that the seawater flowing in the seawater discharge line flows the circulation connection line without being discharged to an outside of the seawater supply apparatus non-stop.

5. The ship of claim 4 , wherein the control unit opens the pressure maintaining fluid supply valve and controls the fluid to be supplied to the circulation connection line before the operation type is switched so that the seawater flowing in the seawater discharge line flows the circulation connection line without being discharged to the outside.

6. The ship of claim 5 , wherein when the circulation connection line is fully filled with the fluid, the control unit controls the third and fourth opening/closing valves to be closed and the first and second opening/closing valves to be opened.

7. A ship including a gas re-vaporizing system including a re-vaporizing apparatus, which re-vaporizes liquefied gas through seawater supplied by a seawater supply apparatus, wherein
the seawater supply apparatus includes:
a seawater supply line which supplies the seawater to the re-vaporizing apparatus;
a seawater discharge line which discharges the seawater from the re-vaporizing apparatus;
a circulation connection line branched from the seawater discharge line and connected to the seawater supply line;
a seawater storage tank connected to the circulation connection line through a tank connection line, and configured to maintain pressure of the seawater flowing in the circulation connection line;
the tank connection line which connects the seawater storage tank and the circulation connection line so that the tank connection line supplies a fluid inside the seawater storage tank to the circulation connection line; and
a fire suppression firefighting water storage tank which stores firefighting water for suppressing fire,
wherein the seawater storage tank is connected with the fire suppression firefighting water storage tank.

8. The ship of claim 7 , wherein the fire suppression firefighting water storage tank supplies the firefighting water stored therein to the seawater storage tank.

9. The ship of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the seawater discharge line is formed at a position higher than the re-vaporizing apparatus.

10. A ship including a gas re-vaporizing system including a re-vaporizing apparatus, which re-vaporizes liquefied gas through seawater supplied by a seawater supply apparatus, wherein
the seawater supply apparatus includes:
a seawater supply line which supplies the seawater to the re-vaporizing apparatus;
a seawater discharge line which discharges the seawater from the re-vaporizing apparatus;
a circulation connection line branched from the seawater discharge line and connected to the seawater supply line;
a seawater storage tank connected to the circulation connection line through a tank connection line, and configured to maintain pressure of the seawater flowing in the circulation connection line; and
the tank connection line which connects the seawater storage tank and the circulation connection line so that the tank connection line supplies a fluid inside the seawater storage tank to the circulation connection line,
wherein the seawater discharge line includes:
a negative pressure preventing line which is formed at a position higher than the re-vaporizing apparatus;
a seawater discharge upstream line which connects the re-vaporizing apparatus and the negative pressure preventing line; and
a seawater discharge downstream line which is connected with the negative pressure preventing line and a seawater outlet, through which the seawater is discharged to an outside of the seawater supply apparatus.

11. The ship of claim 10 , wherein at least a part of the seawater discharge upstream line is horizontal to the re-vaporizing apparatus.

12. The ship of claim 10 , wherein the negative pressure preventing line is connected with the seawater discharge upstream line in the form of a streamline.

13. The ship of claim 10 , wherein the seawater discharge downstream line vertically connects the negative pressure preventing line and the seawater outlet.

14. The ship of claim 10 , wherein the seawater supply apparatus further includes:
a vacuum removal line which removes a negative pressure within the seawater discharge line; and
a vacuum removal valve which is provided on the vacuum removal line and adjusts a flow amount of air flowing into the seawater discharge line, and
the vacuum removal line is connected to the seawater discharge downstream line in parallel.

15. The ship of claim 14 , wherein the negative pressure preventing line includes:
an inlet which is connected with the seawater discharge upstream line;
an outlet which is connected with the seawater discharge downstream line; and
a connection part which connects the inlet and the outlet, and
the outlet is connected with the vacuum removal line in parallel.

16. The ship of claim 15 , wherein the connection part is connected with the inlet in the form of a streamline.

17. The ship of claim 15 , wherein the connection part is connected with the inlet and the outlet at a right angle.

18. The ship of claim 9 , wherein the seawater supply apparatus further includes:
a negati

Assignees

• Hyun Dai Heavy Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Kwang Jin
• Park Sang Min

Classifications

• B63B25/16

  heat-insulated (insulating panelling B63B3/68; heating or cooling B63J) · CPC title

• B63B25/14 Primary

  pressurised · CPC title

• F17C7/04

  with change of state, e.g. vaporisation · CPC title

• F02M31/18

  to vaporise fuel · CPC title

• F17C2225/033

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