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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Toshikazu Irie, Osaka, JP;
Norio Hatanaka, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Mihashi, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Tominaga, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Ohtake, Nagasaki, JP;
Masaru Oka, Nagasaki, JP;
Moritaka Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Motohiro Omori, Machida, JP;
Toshikazu Irie, Osaka, JP;
Norio Hatanaka, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Mihashi, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Tominaga, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Ohtake, Nagasaki, JP;
Masaru Oka, Nagasaki, JP;
Moritaka Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Motohiro Omori, Machida, JP;
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Chiyoda Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the pressure in a cargo tanksupplies BOG generated from liquefied natural gas stored in the cargo tankto a burning systemthrough a compressor. In this apparatus, a reliquefaction plantis disposed on the downstream side of first and second compressorsandand on the upstream side of the cargo tankso that BOG discharged from the second compressoris liquefied by the reliquefaction plantand the liquefied fluid is returned again into the cargo tank