PROBLEMS OF THE STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND MARINE BUNKERING OF LIQUEFIED GAS

A new method has been developed for converting marine diesel engines to operation on directly injected liquefied gas. Special additives are used to intensify the combustion process, so that the engine design remains constant. With respect to the problem of proper storage of liquefied gas on ships, an analysis of the relevant factors indicates liquefied propane and butane should not be stored in cylindrical tanks owing to the large number of fittings that would be required. On larger ships, storage of liquefied gases in spherical tanks is permissible, but the optimum method of storage is under atmospheric pressure at low temperatures (-45 C). In transporting the liquefied gases from production sites to shore fuel bases, technical and economic calculations show that pipeline transport is more economical than motor or rail transport. A flow sheet provides for the pumping of liquefied gas into storage tanks and, under pressure, into a pipeline running from the production plant to the jetty or wharf where the fuel mixture is prepared and supplied to the ships via a short refrigeration system.

• Authors:
  • Manedova, M D
• Publication Date: 1968

Language

• Russian

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 40-43
• Serial:
  • Tekh Progr
  • Issue Number: 40

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel engines; Freight transportation; Fuel storage; Hybrid vehicles; Liquefied natural gas; Pipelines; Plans (Drawings)
• Old TRIS Terms: Dual fuel diesels; Lng storage; Lng transportation; Pipeline description and plans
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056033
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1974 12:00AM