• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.17-24
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• 2014

LNG storage tank is a facility to store liquefied natural gas (LNG) and its safety and stability to be greatly needed. When there is a LNG leakage in case of primary container problem, a special facility such as a bund wall should be constructed to store the leaked LNG. But this method makes the land usage inefficient and construction price high. So nowadays the full containment type LNG storage tank is selected instead of constructing a bund wall. In the full containment type tank, the concrete sidewall has the ability to store LNG temporarily. There are largely two methods to give the concrete sidewall the ability. In a method, rebar should be used when constructing the side wall of the LNG storage tank. In the other method, the protecting material such as sprayed polyurethane foam should be applied on the inner surface of the concrete sidewall. Sprayed PUF keeps the temperature of the sidewall above the specified temperature during the specified periods. Recently the thermal stability reinforcing method using sprayed polyurethane foam has been applied to all LNG storage tank built in Korea.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.1801-1806
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• 2014

This paper proposed the design technology for the level meter of the overflow preventer system of LNG storage tank. The parts of LNG ship should be developed under considering the cryogenic environment. Therefore, we proposed the structure of level meter to prevent overflow of LNG tank using the numerical analysis method. The proposed level meter for the overflow preventer is manufactured and the performance is verified through international authorized inspection agency.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.58-63
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• 2002

한국가스공사(주)에서는 수도권의 천연가스 수요에 대응하기 위하여, 사진에서 보는바와 같이, 인천송도 앞 바다 8km 지점에 위치한 30만평의 인공 섬에 1993년부터 2000년까지 10기의 지상식 LNG 저장탱크를 건설하였으며 1998년부터 8기의 지하식 탱크가 건설 중에 있다. LNG 저장탱크는 다른 토목구조물과는 달리 초저온성과 고도의 안정성을 필요로 한다. 즉, -162$^{\circ}C$의 초저온 상태를 유지해야하는 보냉 구조와 가연성 가스에 대한 충분한 수밀성 및 안정성을 기본적으로 가져야 한다. 특히 지하식 탱크는 지상식 탱크 공사비와 비슷하며 주변의 경관 및 환경에 조화시키며 안정성이 높은 것이 특징이다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.5 no.4 s.16
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• pp.49-55
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• 2001

This paper presents the design safety analysis of the inner tank structure, which is manufactured by 9 percent nickel steel sheets in the full containment type LNG storage tank. The FEM computed results indicate that top girder and several stiffener rings of the inner tank play an important role for controlling the deformation and stress intensity of the inner tank structure. The hydrostatic pressure due to cryogenic fluids gave more influential to the deformation of the inner tank wall compared with that of a cryogenic temperature of $-162^{\circ}C$. But, the deformation and stress of the inner tank. which is produced by the buckling loads, are very small because the external load is not applied to the top of the inner tank. This indicates the role of top girder and stiffener rings of the inner tank model is not important in full containment LNG storage tank.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.131-136
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• 2008

The double-walled steel vessel with powder insulation in the space between the walls is used to minimize heat transfer by radiation and conduction in cryogenic storage tank. The vacuum required the insulation is much less extreme than with high-vacuum or multilayer insulations. The solid supports are used to bear the weight of the inner container. Thermal and structural analysis of the tank have been carried out to study the effect of vacuum and weldment geometry of the internal supports. Heat flux in wall is increased with increasing of thermal conductivity of perlite. Heat flux and stress of support is not affected by weldment geometry.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.8 no.3 s.24
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• pp.8-15
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• 2004

This paper presents von Mises stress, deformation, and rotating distortion moment characteristics of inner tank bottom plate as a function of a cryogenic temperature difference along the radial distance from the center area to the corner one. The calculated results show that the filling level of LNG at the beginning of the cool-down process is very important for the design safety analysis of the inner tank. Obviously the thermal loading by a temperature difference between the LNG vapor gas of $-80^{\circ}C$ and a LNG temperature of $-162^{\circ}C$ affects to the thermal related characteristics of the bottom plates and annular one. From the computed results, the temperature difference by a vapor gas and liquid of LNG may lead to the thermal instability of the bottom plate. This phenomenon may cause the system failure of an inner tank.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.8-17
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• 1995

LNG를 저장할 수 있는 탱크는 주로 지상식이거나 반지하식이며 그 용량은 매우 다양하다. 우리나라에서는 지상식 탱크가 평택 인수기지에 10만m$^{3}$급 Membrane Type 6기가 건설되었고 1기는 거의 완성단계이며, 현재 추가로 건설 중인 3기를 포함하면 총 10기의 탱크를 확보하게 된다. 또한 제2인수기지인 인천에도 동급 으로서 9%Ni강을 사용하는 Double Wall Type LNG 탱크 3기를 건설 중이다. 전세계적 으로 볼 때 LNG 저장 탱크의 78%는 지상식으로 Double Wall Type 또는 Membrane 저장 탱크 형식을 취하고 있으나, 최근에는 안전성 측면, 토지 가격의 상승, 토지의 합리적 이용 측면 등을 감안하여 LNG 탱크를 지하화, 대형화하는 추세이다. 본고에서는 Fig. 1과 같은 구조의 Double Wall Type LNG 저장탱크 중 초저온의 LNG에 직접 접하는 저 온용 재료(9%니켈강)로 만들어지는 내조 용접에 대해서 중점적으로 논하기로 하며, 특히 9% 니켈강 Shell Plate Horizontal Joint에 채용되는 Automatic Submerged ARC 용접에 대해 실제 현장 용접 시공상태를 나타내고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.5 no.4 s.16
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• pp.85-91
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• 2001

This paper presents safety analysis of LNG leakage in a prestressed concrete outer tank, which is strongly related on the leak checking effects of the PC structure with and without a residual compression zone based on the BS 7777 codes. The full containment type outer tank which is constructed by a prestressed concrete may be destroyed by leaked cryogenic fluids. The FE calculated results show that the total leak checking time of the PC structure with $10\%$ residual compression zone is about 9 days for $-162^{\circ}C$ liquids. But, three primary pumps in an inner tank may operate to send cryogenic fluids for 6 days, which are stored in an inner tank of $140,000m^3$ capacity This means that the prestressed concrete outer tank may be safe for $-162^{\circ}C$ cryogenic fluids leaked from the demolished inner tank.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.21-25
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• 2010

An objective of this study is to develop a polyurethane foam(PUF) maintaining its mechanical strength at room temperature as well as at extremely low temperature. The effect of temperature on the physical properties of PUF with the increase in polyol functionality was investigated. At room and cryogenic temperature, compressive strengths of the PUFs increased up to 70% and 30% with an increase in polyol functionality, respectively. At room temperature tensile strength of PUFs tends to increase as functionality of polyol increases, however, the strength at $-190^{\circ}C$ shows different tendency. Compressive strength of PUF is higher in cryogenic temperature than in room temperature. However, as the number of polyol functionality become more than 4, tensile strength of PUF is lower in cryogenic temperature than in room temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.67-71
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• 2015

Natural frequencies of a cryogenic fuel tank of LNG vehicle were computed to check the safety related to the resonances, and tests were performed to confirm the vibrational durability of a cryogenic fuel tank. There were 3 tests. The first test started at excitation frequency of 31.9Hz, and the test was performed reducing the excitation frequencies. Failure took place at 22.1Hz. The second test was performed with the frequencies to be increased. At 12.7 Hz, failure took place and nitrogen gas was exhausted. In the third test, the excitation frequencies were continuously changed, and the vibration port was failed in the range between 8 Hz and 19.3 Hz. Detailed research on the failed parts of the tank in this study is recommended to enhance the safety of the cryogenic fuel tanks of LNG vehicles.