Apparatus, system and method for heat and cold recovery onboard a floating storage regasification unit

Abstract

An apparatus, system and method for heat and cold recovery onboard a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU). A heat recovery apparatus onboard a FSRU includes a LNG vaporizer, a heat transfer fluid configured to transfer heat of vaporization to LNG in the LNG vaporizer during active regasification mode and thereby obtain cold of LNG, a heat recovery fluid including a portion of the heat transfer fluid, wherein the heat recovery fluid is configured to employ the cold of LNG to completely cool FSRU machinery and an FSRU air conditioning unit during active regasification mode, and thereby the heat recovery fluid obtains machinery heat, and wherein the heat of vaporization includes the machinery heat and at least one additional heat source.

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