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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Keijiro Yoshida, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazumasa Ogura, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Keijiro Yoshida, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazumasa Ogura, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An LNG gasifier configured to be installed on an offshore structure for vaporizing LNG includes a water passage into which water flows; an LNG passage provided inside the water passage and configured to pass the LNG and that allows heat exchange between the water and the LNG; and a bubble generating unit configured to generate bubbles of air into the water in the water passage. The water passage has an inlet port from where the water is taken in and a discharge port from where air and the water are discharged.