• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.1054-1061
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• 2015

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been regulating emissions by making mandatory the compliance with institutions aimed at protecting air quality such as the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) and Tier III. Under the circumstances, one of the response measures considered to be the most feasible is the replacement of existing marine fuel with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The industry has been preemptively building infrastructure and developing and spreading engine technology to enable the use of LNG-fueled ships. The IMO, in turn, recently adopted the International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low-Flash-Point Fuels (IGF Code) as an institutional measure. Thus, it is required to comply with regulations on safety-related design and systems focused on response against potential risk for LNG-fueled ships, in which low-flash-point fuel is handled in the engine room. Especially, the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention was amended accordingly. It has adopted the qualification and training requirements for seafarers who are to provide service aboard ships subject to the IGF Code exemplified by LNG-fueled ships. The expansion in the use of LNG-fueled ships and relevant facilities in fact is expected to increase demand for talents. Thus, the time is ripe to develop methods to set up appropriate STCW training courses for seafarers who board ships subject to the IGF Code. In this study, the STCW Convention and existing STCW training courses applied to seafarers offering service aboard ships subject to the IGF Code are reviewed. The results were reflected to propose ways to design new STCW training courses needed for ships subject to the IGF Code and to identify and improve insufficiencies of the STCW Convention in relation to the IGF Code.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2015

Among many energy resources, natural gas has recently received a remarkable amount of attention, particularly from the electrical generation industry. This is in part due to increasing shale gas production, providing an environment-friendly fossil fuel, and high risk of nuclear power. Because South Korea, the world's second largest LNG importing nation after Japan, has no international natural gas pipelines and relies on imports in the form of LNG, the natural gas has been traditionally procured by long term LNG contracts at relatively high price. Thus, there is a need of developing an Asian LNG trading hub, where LNG can be traded at more competitive spot prices. In a natural gas spot market, the amount of natural gas to be bought should be carefully determined considering a limited storage capacity and future pricing dynamics. In this work, the problem to find the optimal amount of natural gas in a spot market is formulated as a Markov decision process (MDP) in risk neutral environment and the optimal base stock policy which depends on a stage and price is established. Taking into account price and demand uncertainties, the basestock target levels are simply approximated from dynamic programming. The simulation results show that the basestock policy can be one of effective ways for procurement of LNG in a spot market.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.117-120
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• 2007

Fuel cells are currently attracting tremendous interest because of their huge potential in stationary applications, in terms of substantiality of our energy use. They also offer environmental advantages, combining significantly higher efficiency with very much lower emission of SOx, NOx, and residual hydrocarbons, and significantly reduced $CO_{2}$ emissions compared to conventional power generation. The molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) was introduced from Fuel Cell Energy(FCE), which the one MCFC was operating by LNG and the other was operating by ADG. The ADG contains normally CH4, CO2 and various impurities such as sulfur compounds and siloxanes. Using the ADG as a fuel, MCFC have the potential to provide significant environmental and economic benefits. However, such impurities would be harmful to fuel cells. In this work, a purification process for the ADG was designed and installed in order to utilize the gas as a fuel for MCFC.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전력기술부문
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• pp.409-411
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• 2008

전문기관들의 장기 유가전망치를 바탕으로 타 발전용 연료의 장기가격 예측 가능성을 엿보기 위해, 유가와 타 발전용 연료간 상관관계를 분석해 본 결과 유가와 LNG가격은 상당한 유의성을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타난 반면, 타 전원과는 유의성이 미약한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 엑셀 회귀분석을 통해 도출된 유가와 LNG 가격간의 상관식을 이용하여 LNG장기가격을 전망하는 것은 가능하다고 판단되나 결과치를 활용하기 위해서는 보다 정밀한 검증이 요구된다.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2006년도 전기학술대회논문집
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• pp.181-182
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• 2006

최근 미주의 급격한 LNG 수요와 더불어 Safety, 환경 및 테러의 문제를 안고 있는 육상 LNG terminal의 대안으로 등장한 LNG Regasification Vessel의 시장 전망과 미주 지역의 엄격한 환경 규제를 만족시키기 위한 Regasification Vessel의 기술 동향에 대해 고찰하였다.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2005년도 전기학술대회논문집
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• pp.940-945
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• 2005

In recent years, the LNGC fleet is expanded unprecedentedly. Ship's owners and shipbuilders are focusing on technology and reliability of new propulsion system from economical, environmental and safety angles. This paper give describes the new trend of propulsion system and boil off gas handling system from LNG carriers.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2005년도 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.557-561
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• 2005

In recent years, the LNGC fleet is expanded unprecedentedly. Ship's owners and shipbuilders are focusing on the idea how they choose the BOG handling system in economical, environmental and safety angles. This paper introduces general information for that and gives technical matters briefly.

• 해양환경안전학회:학술대회논문집
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• 해양환경안전학회 2017년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.181-181
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• 2017

• 해양환경안전학회:학술대회논문집
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• 해양환경안전학회 2017년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.183-183
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• 2017

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2013

본 논문은 액화 천연 가스(LNG)를 주 연료로 사용하는 선박용의 LNG기화기의 특성을 조사하기 위하여 기화기 내부에서의 열전달 특성을 연구하였다. LNG를 기화하기 위한 가열열원으로서는 주 엔진에서 발생하는 워터 쟈켓의 가온수를 직접 이용하지 않고 열교환기를 통하여 간접 가열된 글리콜 워터(Glycol Water)를 사용하는 시스템을 채택하였다. LNG의 기화 과정은 상변화를 동반하기 때문에 이를 검증하기 위하여 액화질소(LN2)의 기화과정을 통하여 신뢰성을 확보하였고, LNG 기화기 내부의 최적 열적특성을 도출하기 위하여 LNG의 유입량과 가열열원인 글리콜 워터 유량변화에 대한 LNG 기화특성을 연구하였다. 해석 결과 LNG 질량유량이 0.111 kg/s과 가열원수인 부동액 질량유량이 1.805 kg/s일 경우 가스 출구 온도는 약 $6^{\circ}C$로서 LNG 선박의 최적 운전 조건임을 알 수 있었다.