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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel A. Watts, Surfside, CA (US);
David S. Jenkins, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Albert Olsen, Chicago, IL (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A Reduced Boil-off Thermal Conditioning System ('RBTC System') for transferring liquid natural gas ('LNG') from a LNG supply tank to a LNG storage tank with reduced boil-off is disclosed. The RBTC System includes the LNG storage tank, a cryogenic fluid tank within the LNG supply tank, and a compressor. The LNG storage tank includes a first and second LNG pipe. The cryogenic fluid tank is configured to store a cryogenic fluid within the cryogenic fluid tank and the first and second LNG pipe are in fluid communication with to the cryogenic fluid tank. The first LNG pipe is in fluid communication with compressor.