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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Applicant:
Josef Pozivil, Allschwil, CH;
Inventor:
Josef Pozivil, Allschwil, CH;
Assignee:
Cryostar SAS, Hesingue, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 9/02 (2006.01); F25B 5/00 (2006.01); F25J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A primary stream of boiled-off natural gas taken from the ullage space of a liquefied natural gas storage vessel is compressed by a compressor. A flow of liquefied natural gas taken from the storage vessel is partially and forcedly vaporised in a vaporiserso as to form a secondary stream of natural gas containing unvaporised liquefied natural gas. Unvaporised liquefied natural gas is disengaged from the secondary stream in a phase separator. The secondary stream is mixed with the compressed primary stream to form a supply of natural gas fuel. The fuel supply may be formed and used on board an ocean-going LNG tanker.