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Title:
LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/103618
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This liquefied gas carrier is provided with: a tank for storing liquefied gas; gas fuel engines to which boil-off gas generated by evaporation of the liquefied gas in the tank is supplied as fuel; a gas supply line for supplying the boil-off gas from the tank to the gas fuel engines; a gas compressor which is disposed on the gas supply line and pressure-feeds the boil-off gas to the gas fuel engines; a gas return line for returning excessive gas not supplied to the gas fuel engines back into the tank from the gas supply line; and a gas return valve for opening/closing the gas return line. The gas return line is positioned in a central region in the height direction of the tank and has an excess gas jetting part for jetting the excess gas into the tank.

Inventors:
TAKATA HIROTAKA
IWASAKI HIDEKAZU
SHINMURA NOBUHIRO
ANDOH AKIHIRO
TAMOTO EIJI
TAKEDA HIROYUKI
AOKI KAZUNORI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/006205
Publication Date:
June 30, 2016
Filing Date:
December 11, 2015
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B63B25/16; F17C13/00
Foreign References:
JP2008196685A2008-08-28
JPS5371365A1978-06-24
JPS62194099A1987-08-26
JP2006063817A2006-03-09
JPS57199042U1982-12-17
Other References:
See also references of EP 3239037A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PATENT CORPORATE BODY ARCO PATENT OFFICE (JP)
Patent business corporation Owner old patent firm (JP)
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