Device and method for vaporizing LNG
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsKeijiro Yoshida, Kazumasa Ogura
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Abstract
An LNG gasifier configured to be installed on an offshore structure for vaporizing LNG includes a water passage into which water flows; an LNG passage provided inside the water passage and configured to pass the LNG and that allows heat exchange between the water and the LNG; and a bubble generating unit configured to generate bubbles of air into the water in the water passage. The water passage has an inlet port from where the water is taken in and a discharge port from where air and the water are discharged.
Claims7
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) gasifier configured to be installed on an offshore structure for vaporizing LNG, comprising:
- a water passage into which water flows, the water passage having an inlet port from where the water is taken in and a discharge port from where the water is discharged, the discharge port being located below a surface of the water;
- an LNG passage provided inside the water passage and configured to pass the LNG and that allows heat exchange between the water and the LNG;
- and
- a bubble generating unit configured to generate bubbles of air into the water in the water passage below the discharge port, the bubbles providing the motive force to move the water past the LNG passage,
- wherein the water passage is substantially perpendicular to the surface of water on which the offshore structure floats.
An offshore structure, comprising:
- an LNG gasifier that includes,
- a water passage into which water flows, wherein the water passage has an inlet port from where the water is taken in and a discharge port from where the water is discharged, the inlet port being located below the discharge port, and the discharge port being located below a surface of water on which the offshore structure floats;
- an LNG passage provided inside the water passage and configured to pass the LNG and that allows heat exchange between the water and the LNG;
- and
- a bubble generating unit configured to generate bubbles of air into the water in the water passage below the discharge port, the bubbles providing the motive force to move the water past the LNG passage,
- wherein the water passage is substantially perpendicular to the surface of water on which the offshore structure floats.
A method of gasification of LNG, comprising:
- providing, on an offshore structure, a water passage having a water passage having a discharge port, from which the water is discharged and which is located below a surface of the water, and an inlet port from which the water is taken in and which is located below the discharge port, the bubbles being generated in the water below the discharge port, the water passage being substantially perpendicular to the surface of water on which the offshore structure floats;
- generating bubbles of air in water inside the water passage the bubbles providing the motive force to move the water through the water passage;
- and
- passing LNG into an LNG passage provided inside the water passage and that allows heat exchange between the water and the LNG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.