• 한국가스학회지
• /
• 제24권4호
• /
• pp.56-61
• /
• 2020

수소의 액화에는 예냉 에너지, 상변화 에너지, 수소 변환열 제거 등 다량의 에너지가 요구되어진다. 본 논문의 목적은 예냉공정에 필요한 에너지로 LNG냉열로 액체질소를 제조하여 사용하는 LNG냉열 간접 이용 방식과, Cold box의 단열에 냉공기를 이용하는 새로운 에너지절약 공정을 제안하여 수소액화 수율을 향상시키고자 하였다. 분석 결과를 보면, LNG냉열 간접이용 방식은 에너지 절약과 함께 액체수소 플랜트의 안전성을 제공하는 장점을 갖는다. 새로운 Cold box 단열 방식은 외벽 철판 3mm/우레탄폼 20cm/공기 5cm/우레탄폼 20cm/설비의 구조일 때 현재 펄라이트 단열에 비교하여 열유입량이 약 35%~50%가 감소하게 된다. 또한 냉공기 보다 온도가 높은 설비는 냉각의 효과를 얻게 된다. 수소액화 플랜트의 공정에 본 결과를 적용한다면 액체 수율이 50% 내외로 크게 향상되는 효과를 제공하게 된다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
• /
• The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
• /
• pp.629-630
• /
• 2015

'Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project (SPL Project)', a case study in this report, is the first construction project of a U.S. liquefaction facility for shale gas export overseas. This study analyzes the SPL Project to give understanding and a guideline to Korean EPC companies by benchmarking about effective risk-sharing strategies on EPC contracts. This study consists of three parts. The first summarizes the liquefaction process adopted on the SPL Project, named the 'ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade Process', and compares it with other competitive liquefaction processes. The second introduces the unique features of the SPL EPC contract by comparing it with two other EPC forms of contracts: a FIDIC Silver Book for onshore plant projects and a contract of an offshore oil production (FPSO) project. The third focuses on the complexity of project financing (PF), especially lenders control and impact on the EPC contract such as covenant provisions to constrain variations and changes on the EPC Contract. From these conclusions, it is anticipated that this case study can provide a guideline for successful performance of Korean EPC contractors overseas.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한설비공학회 2009년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
• /
• pp.556-560
• /
• 2009

In this paper, two different types of natural gas liquefaction process are simulated and designed for secure a competitiveness in the industry of natural gas liquefaction plant. These processes are based on basic cascade process, and one of these is improved with two staged intercooler and the other is modified two staged intercooler. These processes are compared characteristics of performance with basic process. COP of cascade process with two staged intercooler and modified two staged intercooler showed about 13.74% and 21.64% higher than basic process, and yield efficiency of modified process improved comparing with the basic process by 25.93% lower specific power, respectively.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
• /
• 제25권3호
• /
• pp.49-55
• /
• 2023

This paper presents the design of a re-liquefaction system as a BOG (boil-off gas) handling process in liquid hydrogen transport vessels. The total capacity of the re-liquefaction system was assumed to be 3 ton/day, with a BOR (boil-off rate) of 0.2 %/day inside the cargo. The re-liquefaction cycle was devised using the He-Brayton Cycle, incorporating considerations of BOG capacity and operational stability. The primary components of the system, such as compressors, expanders, and heat exchangers, were selected to meet domestically available specifications. Case studies were conducted based on the specifications of the components to determine the optimal design parameters for the re-liquefaction system. This encompassed variables such as helium mass flow rate, the number of compressors, compressor inlet pressure and compression ratio, as well as the quantity and composition of expanders. Additionally, an analysis of exergy destruction and exergy efficiency was carried out for the components within the system. Remarkably, while previous design studies of BOG re-liquefaction systems for liquid hydrogen vessels were confined to theoretical and analytical realms, this research distinguishes itself by accounting for practical implementation through equipment and system design.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
• /
• 제25권6호
• /
• pp.609-619
• /
• 2014

In the present study, the frequency of the undesired accident was estimated for a quantitative risk assessment of a large-scale hydrogen liquefaction plant. As a representative example, the hydrogen liquefaction plant located in Ingolstadt, Germany was chosen. From the analysis of the liquefaction process and operating conditions, it was found that a $LH_2$ storage tank was one of the most dangerous facilities. Based on the accident scenarios, frequencies of possible accidents were quantitatively evaluated by using both fault tree analysis and event tree analysis. The overall expected frequency of the loss containment of hydrogen from the $LH_2$ storage tank was $6.83{\times}10^{-1}$times/yr (once per 1.5 years). It showed that only 0.1% of the hydrogen release from the $LH_2$ storage tank occurred instantaneously. Also, the incident outcome frequencies were calculated by multiplying the expected frequencies with the conditional probabilities resulting from the event tree diagram for hydrogen release. The results showed that most of the incident outcomes were dominated by fire, which was 71.8% of the entire accident outcome. The rest of the accident (about 27.7%) might have no effect to the population.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한설비공학회 2009년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
• /
• pp.1317-1321
• /
• 2009

Natural gas liquefaction plant and LNG carrier needs large capital investment. Therefore a lot of small or middle scale natural gas fields aren't developed due to poor profitability. If natural gas is made to gas hydrate instead of liquefaction, developing small-scale natural gas field can be profitable because building cost of gas hydrate plant and carrier are economical. Because the process of making gas hydrate consumes much energy, the gas hydrate formation process has to be optimized for energy consumption. In this study, gas hydrate formation process was investigated experimentally. Experimental apparatus consists of reactor, pressure regulator, chiller, and magnetic stirrer. 99.95% methane was used to make gas hydrate. Tests were conducted at variable pressure and temperature condition.

• 대한조선학회논문집
• /
• 제47권5호
• /
• pp.733-742
• /
• 2010

In this study, optimization was performed to improve the conventional liquefaction process of offshore plants, such as a LNG-FPSO(Liquefied Natural Gas-Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading unit) by maximizing the energy efficiency of the process. The major equipments of the liquefaction process are compressors, expanders, and heat exchangers. These are connected by stream which has some thermodynamic properties, such as the temperature, pressure, enthalpy or specific volume, and entropy. For this, a process design problem for the liquefaction process of offshore plants was mathematically formulated as an optimization problem. The minimization of the total energy requirement of the liquefaction process was used as an objective function. Governing equations and other equations derived from thermodynamic laws acted as constraints. To solve this problem, the sequential quadratic programming(SQP) method was used. To evaluate the proposed method in this study, it was applied to the natural gas liquefaction process of the LNG-FPSO. The result showed that the proposed method could present the improved liquefaction process minimizing the total energy requirement as compared to conventional process.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
• /
• 제35권1호
• /
• pp.105-113
• /
• 2024

The natural gas dehydration process plays a central role in liquefying LNG. This study proposes two natural gas dehydration process systems applicable to liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction plants, and compares and analyzes energy optimization measures through simulation. The fuel gas from feed stream (FFF) case, which requires additional equipment for gas circulation, disadvantages are design capacity and increased energy. On the other hand, the end flash gas (EFG) case has advantages such as low initial investment costs and no need for compressors, but has downsides such as increased power energy and the use of gas with different components. According to the process simulation results, the required energy is 33.22 MW for the FFF case and 32.86 MW for the EFG case, confirming 1.1% energy savings per unit time in the EFG case. Therefore, in terms of design pressure, capacity, device configuration, and required energy, the EFG case is relatively advantageous. However, further research is needed on the impact of changes in the composition of regenerated gas on the liquefaction process and the fuel gas system.

• 한국가스학회지
• /
• 제20권3호
• /
• pp.46-51
• /
• 2016

천연가스 액화공정은 극저온에서 운전되며, 에너지 집약적이다. 따라서 에너지 소모량을 최소화하기 위한 최적화 연구가 많이 진행되고 있으나, 천연가스 액화공정의 용량에 따른 비용 최적화는 많이 이루어지지 않고 있다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 천연가스 액화공정 중 SMR (Single Mixed Refrigerant) 공정을 대상으로, 용량별 설치비용과 운전비용을 분석하였다. SMR 공정의 용량은 1 MTPA (million ton per annum)부터 0.5 MTPA 단위로 증가하여 2.5 MTPA까지 설정하였다. 플랜트 용량의 증가에 따라 천연가스와 냉매의 유량만을 증가시켰으며, 온도, 압력, 조성 등 다른 운전조건은 모든 용량에서 동일하게 적용하였다. 비용 분석을 위해 Aspen Economic Evaluator(v8.7)를 사용하였으며, 비용 정보를 얻기 힘든 다중 흐름 열교환기의 경우에는 six tenths factor rule을 적용하여 계산하였다. 또한 용량별 SMR 공정의 비용 연구결과를 2천만 톤, 4천만 톤 및 8천만 톤 규모의 소규모 가스전에 대하여 적용한 결과, 가스전 규모에 따라 최적의 플랜트 용량을 찾을 수 있었다. 이러한 비용 분석을 통해 비용기반 최적화의 발판을 마련하였다.

• 신재생에너지
• /
• 제2권2호
• /
• pp.118-125
• /
• 2006

The target of this work was the process development of demonstration plant to produce the high quality alternative fuel oil by the pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste. In the first step of research, the bench-scale units of 70 t/y and the pilot plant of 360 t/y had been developed. Main research contents in this step were the process performance test of pilot plant of 360 ton/year and the development of demonstration plant of 3,000 t/y, which was constructed at Korea R & D Company in Kimjae City. The process performance of pilot plant of 360 t/y showed about 80% yield of liquid product, which was obtained by both light gas oil(LGO) and heavy gas oil(HGO), The boiling point range distribution of LO product that was mainly consisting of olefin components in PONA group appeared at between that of commercial gasoline and kerosene. On the other hand, HO product was mainly paraffin and olefin components and also appeared at upper temperature distribution range than commercial diesel. Gas product showed a high fraction of $C_3\;and\;C_4$ product like LPG composition, but also a high fraction of $CO_2$ and CO by probably a little leak of process.