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AssigneeNFE Patent Holdings LLC
InventorsOssama Abdalla, Pedro Pereira, Captain Mark Lane
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Methods of, and control systems for, operating modular, liquid natural gas (LNG) manifold apparatuses, crossover systems for such modular manifold apparatuses, and systems including one or more of the modular manifold apparatuses and a plurality of ISO tank containers. The modular manifold apparatus includes an ISO container (e.g., an open-frame ISO container) with a plurality of container connection sections or bays, a liquid system, and a vent system, where each of the liquid and vent systems includes a header and a plurality of connection lines configured to be coupled to the respective liquid and vent connections of LNG containers adjacent the modular manifold apparatus.
A method for monitoring liquid natural gas (LNG) fill levels in at least first and second pluralities of ISO tank containers on a marine vessel having a central computer system, each plurality of ISO tank containers connected to a respective LNG manifold apparatus having a control panel, a plurality of liquid connections, a plurality of vent connections, and a plurality of sensor lines in electrical communication with the control panel, each ISO tank container having liquid and vent connections that are connected to corresponding liquid and vent connections of the respective LNG manifold apparatus, each ISO tank container further having at least a first upper pressure sensor and a first lower pressure sensor connected to corresponding sensor lines of the respective LNG manifold apparatus, where the control panels is in electrical communication with the central computer system via a respective communication line, the method comprising:
A method for simultaneously filling at least first and second pluralities of ISO tank containers on a marine vessel with liquid natural gas (LNG), the vessel having a central computer system, each plurality of ISO tank containers connected to a respective LNG manifold apparatus having a control panel, a plurality of liquid connections, a plurality of vent connections, the liquid and vent connections being connected to corresponding liquid and vent connections of the respective LNG manifold apparatus, where each of the control panels is in electrical communication with the central computer system via a respective communication line, where each LNG manifold apparatus includes a plurality of variable shutoff valves each configured to throttle flow through one of the liquid connections of the LNG manifold apparatus, where the variable shutoff valves are coupled to the corresponding control panel via valve control lines and are remotely actuatable via control signals received through the control panel, the method comprising:
A method for cooling liquid and vent connections a plurality of liquid natural gas (LNG) manifold apparatuses connected to ISO tank containers on a marine vessel, the vessel having a central computer system, each of the LNG manifold apparatuses having a control panel, a liquid header with a plurality of liquid connections, a vent header with a plurality of vent connections, and a crossover circuit in fluid communication with the liquid header and the vent header, the liquid and vent connections being connected to corresponding liquid and vent connections of respective ones of the ISO tank containers, where each of the control panels is in electrical communication with the central computer system via a respective communication line, where the crossover circuit includes one or more crossover valves for permitting or preventing fluid communication between the liquid header and the vent header, where the crossover valve(s) are coupled to the corresponding control panel via valve control lines and are remotely openable via control signals received through the control panel, the method comprising:
A method for cooling liquid and vent connections a plurality of liquid natural gas (LNG) manifold apparatuses connected to ISO tank containers on a marine vessel, the vessel having a central computer system, each of the LNG manifold apparatuses having a control panel, a liquid header with a plurality of liquid connections, a vent header with a plurality of vent connections, a drain header, and a crossover circuit in fluid communication with the liquid header and the drain header, the liquid and vent connections being connected to corresponding liquid and vent connections of respective ones of the ISO tank containers, where each of the control panels is in electrical communication with the central computer system via a respective communication line, where the crossover circuit includes one or more crossover valves for permitting or preventing fluid communication between the liquid header and the drain header, and where the crossover valve(s) are coupled to the corresponding control panel via valve control lines and are remotely openable via control signals received through the control panel, the method comprising:
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