# US 11,029,085 B2 · BOG processing apparatus

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- Number: US 11,029,085 B2
- Document ID: US11029085B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/559,363
- Filed: 2016-03-14
- Published: 2018-06-21
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-03-20
- Assignees: Chiyoda Corporation
- Applicants: Chiyoda Corporation
- Inventors: Takeshi Ikeda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029085B2

## CPC

- F25J 1/0025: {Boil-off gases "BOG" from storages}
- F17C 9/02: with change of state, e.g. vaporisation
- F25J 1/0092: {Mixtures of hydrocarbons comprising possibly also minor amounts of nitrogen}
- F17C 13/00: Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels
- F17C 2201/0109: with exteriorly curved end-piece
- F17C 2205/0323: Valves
- F17C 2221/033: Methane, e.g. natural gas, CNG, LNG, GNL, GNC, PLNG
- F17C 2227/0135: Pumps
- F17C 2227/0157: Compressors
- F17C 2227/0339: using the same fluid
- F17C 2265/032: by recovery
- F17C 2265/033: with cooling
- F25J: LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS {OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS} MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT {OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE (cryogenic pumps F04B37/08; gas storage vessels, gas holders F17; filing vessels with, or discharging from vessels, compressed, liquefied or solidified gases F17C; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B)}
- F17C: VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25)

## Abstract

The present invention is to provide a BOG processing apparatus. The BOG processing apparatus includes a cooling device, a second cooling device, and a recovery device. The cooling device has a cooling drum, a BOC inlet part introducing the BOG, a first spray spraying LNG in an upward direction, a first filled layer contacting with the LNG and the BOG, a second spray spraying the LNG in a downward direction, a third spray spraying the LNG in a downward direction, a second filled layer adsorbing mist in the BOG, and a mist eliminator eliminating the mist in the BOG.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A BOG processing apparatus for processing boil-off gas (BOG) generated from liquefied gas in a liquefied gas storage tank comprising:
a cooling device for cooling the BOG by thermal exchange with the liquefied gas; and
a recovery device for recovering a remaining liquid of the liquefied gas remaining for use in cooling by the cooling device, or a mixed liquid in which liquid of the BOG cooled and liquefied by the cooling device and the liquefied gas are mixed,
wherein the cooling device includes
a cooling drum formed in a cylindrical shape extending up and down, and circulating BOG from below to above;
a BOG inlet part introducing the BOG from a lower portion of the cooling drum into an inside of the cooling drum;
a first spray provided above the BOG inlet part and upwardly spraying the liquefied gas;
a first filled layer provided above the first spray and bringing the liquefied gas into contact with the BOG;
a second spray provided above the first filled layer and downwardly spraying the liquefied gas;
a BOG outlet part provided in an upper portion of the cooling drum and sending the BOG cooled;
a liquid outlet part provided in the lower portion of the cooling drum and sending the remaining liquid or the mixed liquid to the recovery device;
a BOG supply line connected to the BOG inlet part and supplying the BOG from the liquefied gas storage tank; and
a BOG circulation line connected to the BOG supply line and circulating the BOG to the BOG supply line, wherein the BOG is introduced from the BOG outlet part.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a third spray provided above the second spray and downwardly spraying the liquefied gas; a second filled layer provided above the third spray and adsorbing mist in BOG; and a mist eliminator provided above the second filled layer and eliminating mist in BOG passing through the second filled layer,
wherein the third spray sprays the liquefied gas with a mist form in which liquid drop is smaller compared to the second spray.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recovery device includes an ejection introducing the liquefied gas, drawing the remaining liquid or the mixed liquid by injection pressure of the liquefied gas, and mixing the liquefied gas and the remaining liquid or the mixed liquid and delivering.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the recovery device includes an ejection introducing the liquefied gas, drawing the remaining liquid or the mixed liquid by injection pressure of the liquefied gas, and mixing the liquefied gas and the remaining liquid or the mixed liquid and delivering.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first spray and the second spray spray the liquefied gas to the first filled layer, and the liquefied gas is spread on the top and the bottom of the first filled layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first filled layer is constructed by one filled with a metal forming ring or one formed by overlapping a net-like molded body made of metal, and the height dimension of the first filled layer is 600 mm.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first filled layer and the second filled layer is constructed by one filled with a metal forming ring or one formed by overlapping a net-like molded body made of metal, and the size of the metal forming ring or mesh of the net-like molded body of the second filled layer is smaller than those of the first filled layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 7, the height dimension of the first filled layer is 600 mm.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein no sprays spraying the liquefied gas is provided above the second filled layer.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage part provided between the BOG outlet part and the liquid outlet part and store the remaining liquid or the mixed liquid.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The BOG processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a liquefied gas supply line connected to the first spray and the second spray and supplying the liquefied gas from the liquefied gas storage tank; and
a liquid return line connected to the recovery device and returning the remaining liquid or the mixed liquid to the liquefied gas storage tank.