DIESEL-DRIVEN LNG CARRIER WITH RELIQUEFACTION PLANT

The cost of fuel oil has become an increasingly important factor in ship operation and much has been said about the fuel economy of various kinds of vessels since the oil crises in the 1970's. This tendency for achieving the best economy should be uniformly applied even to LNG carriers which normally burn a part of their cargo as the main fuel for their propulsion. Through NKK's research during the last several years, diesel-powered LNG carriers equipped with a boil-off gas reliquefaction plant were found to be more economical than conventional steam-turbine driven carriers, with a reduction of 10 to 15 percent in terms of cargo transportation cost throughout the duration of this project.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Nippon Kokan Tech. Rep. No. 42, p. 38, Dec. 1984 (11 pp. 4 ref., 7 tab., 15 fig.)
• Publication Date: 1984

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00688842
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM