• 한국가스학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2010

LNG선박에서 발생한 기화가스의 처리를 위해 지금까지는 기화가스를 보조연료로 사용하거나 연소시켰지만 선박의 대형화와 디젤엔진의 사용으로 인해 기화가스를 처리할 수 있는 방법이 제한적인 상황이 되었다. 이를 극복하기 위한 방안으로 고안된 재액화공정은 장치비용과 선박의 제한적인 에너지 공급문제 때문에 지금의 형태를 갖게 되었고 3세대 공정까지 기술발전을 이룩했지만 고효율을 위해 계속해서 연구 개발 중이다. 재액화공정의 방식은 크게 Reverse Brayton Cycle System(RBCS)과 Claude Cycle System(CCS)으로 구분된다. 이 연구에서는 두 가지 System을 분석함으로써 이상적인 피드 상태를 도출하고, 장치 설정을 변경하여 재액화 효율을 높이는데 적합한 설정을 결정하기 위해 HYSYS를 사용하였다. 도출된 경과는 고효율 재액화공정의 설계를 위한 자료로 활용이 가능하다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.444-451
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• 2009

The price increase of natural resources and the worldwide growth of LNG demand led to save the waste of Boil-Off Gas evaporating from cargo tanks of LNG carriers during navigation. As one of the efforts, a BOG reliquefaction system with BOG-to-BOG heat exchanging method was newly devised. This study was also discussed on the process details such as some features and advantages including comparisons with conventional BOG reliquefaction system, non BOG-BOG heat exchange type. The thermodynamic analysis for the system were also performed. Through the cycle simulation, the process efficiency of the BOG reliquefaction system BOG-BOG heat exchange was estimated to be increased up to 21%.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.256-263
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• 2002

The Boil-Off-Gases(BOG) in the LNG production terminal are continuously generated during the unloading, storage and supply processes by the heat penetration. In order to use these gases as useful fuel, the reliquefaction process should be installed to put the reliquefied BOG in the main LNG supply line before the secondary pump in terminal. The current reliquefaction method of BOG in LNG terminal is the direct contact one between LNG and BOG in the absorption column. But the system has severe disadvantage, which is the 10 times of LNG circulation needed for unit mass of BOG reliquefaction. It causes, therefore, high power consumption of LNG circulation pump and excessive city-gas supply, even if short demand of NG is needed in the summer time. In this paper, the new reliquefaction system of BOG by using LNG cold energy with indirect contact in precooler was suggested and analysed. The result showed new indirect contact method of BOG reliquefaction system between LNG cold energy and BOG is much more effective than the current direct contact one because of only about 1.3 times of LNG circulation needed and higher energy saving by pump power reduction.

• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2009

A dynamic model to simulate LNG reliquefaction process has been developed. The model was applied to two candidate cycles for LNG reliquefaction process, which are Reverse Brayton and Claude cycles. The simulation was intended to simulate the pilot plant under construction for operation of the two cycles and evaluate their feasibility. According to the simulation results, both satisfy control requirements for safe operation of brazed aluminum plate-fin type heat exchangers. In view of energy consumption, the Reverse Brayton cycle is more efficient than the Claude cycle. The latter has an expansion valve in addition to the common facilities sharing with the Reverse Brayton cycle. The expansion valve is a main cause to the efficiency loss. It generates a significant amount of entropy associated with its throttling and increases circulation flow rates of the refrigerant and power consumption caused by its leaking resulting in lowered pressure ratio. It is concluded that the Reverse Brayton cycle is more efficient and simpler in control and construction than the Claude cycle.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.775-780
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• 2008

A dynamic model to simulate LNG reliquefaction process has been developed. The model was applied to two candidate cycles for LNG reliquefaction process, which are Reverse Brayton and Claude cycles. The simulation was intended to simulate the pilot plant under construction for operation of the two cycles and evaluate their feasibility. According to the simulation results, both satisfy control requirements for safe operation of brazed aluminum plate-fin type heat exchangers. In view of energy consumption, the Reverse Brayton cycle is more efficient than the Claude cycle. The latter has an expansion valve in addition to the common facilities sharing with the Reverse Brayton cycle. The expansion valve is a main cause to the efficiency loss. It generates a significant amount of entropy associated with its throttling and increases circulation flow rates of the refrigerant and power consumption caused by its leaking resulting in lowered pressure ratio. It is concluded that the Reverse Brayton cycle is more efficient and simpler in control and construction than the Claude cycle.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2008년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.148-153
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• 2008

As the oil price is dramatically jumping up, the consumption of LNG is rapidly expanding and the size of LNG carriers becomes bigger. For LNG ships, the application of DF (Dual-Fuel) engines gradually increases because of high efficiency, which alternatively use diesel or BOG (Boil-Off Gas) from cargo tank as a fuel. The surplus BOG from LNG cargo tank should be exhausted by GCU or liquefied through the BOG reliquefaction system and returned back. This study focused into its operational characteristics through the process simulation using HYSYS and discussed details on the influence of the variations of some operational parameters such as a distribution ratio by the change of fuel mass flow into the DF engine.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.42-46
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• 2010

LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas)기지의 LNG 저장탱크에서 BOG (Boil Off Gas)가 약 0.5 vol%/day로 자연적으로 생성된다. 이를 회수하기 위해서 기존에는 LNG와 BOG를 1:12의 질량비로 직접 접촉시켜 액화시켰다. 이 공정은 단순하지만 하절기에는 LNG 사용량 저하로 인해 공정운영의 어려움이 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해 대안된 LNG 냉열을 사용하는 간접접촉방식을 HYSYS를 이용하여 분석해보고 직접접촉방식과 BOG 재액화 효율비교를 통해 분석하여 유리한 공정을 도출하였다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.609-616
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• 2018

The cargo handling system, which is composed of a fuel gas supply unit and cargo tank pressure control unit, is the second largest power consumer in a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier. Because of recent enhancements in ship efficiency, the surplus boil-off gas that remains after supplying fuel gas for ship propulsion must be reliquefied or burned to regulate the cargo tank pressure. A full or partial liquefaction process can be applied to return the surplus gas to the cargo tank. The purpose of this study is to review the current partial liquefaction process for LNG carriers and develop new processes for reducing power consumption using exergy analysis. The developed partial liquefaction process was also compared with the full liquefaction process applicable to a LNG carrier with a varying boil-off gas composition and varying liquefaction amounts. An exergy analysis showed that the Joule-Thomson valve is the key component needed for improvements to the system, and that the proposed system showed an 8% enhancement relative to the current prevailing system. A comparison of the study results with a partial/full liquefaction process showed that power consumption is strongly affected by the returned liquefied amount.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

화석연료로부터 에너지를 얻을 때, 연소반응에 의해 이산화탄소가 생성되어 진다. 이렇게 이산화탄소의 배출이 늘어나게 되면 지구온난화 문제가 더욱 심각해지게 된다. 따라서 이를 방지하기 위한 이산화탄소 포집 및 저장기술(carbon capture and storage, CCS) 개발이 요구되고 있다. 하지만 액화 이산화탄소를 수송 시 여러 문제로 인해 지속적으로 BOG (boil-off gas)가 발생하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 $40m^3$저장 탱크 2대에 액화 이산화탄소를 주입하여 압력변화 및 외부열과 선적, 하역 시 발생하는 BOG의 양과 조성을 30일 간 측정하였다. 측정한 결과 16,040 kg의 BOG가 발생하였으며, 조성은 $CO_2$ 99.95%, $N_2$ 0.05%인 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 상용성 모사기인 PRO/II with PROVISION 9.2를 이용하여 발생한 BOG를 증기 재압축 냉동사이클을 통해 재액화 하는 전산모사를 수행하였다. 그 결과 냉동사이클의 총 순환유량은 42.07 kg/h, 응축기 설비의 소모량은 48.85 kg/h가 나오는 것을 알 수 있었다.