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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Hyuk Kwon, Ansan-si, KR;
Eun Bae Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyun Jin Kim, Gwangju, KR;
Jung Ho Choi, Seoul, KR;
Yong Seok Choi, Seoul, KR;
Sung Geun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Byung Sung Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Ki Seok Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyuk Kwon, Ansan-si, KR;
Eun Bae Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyun Jin Kim, Gwangju, KR;
Jung Ho Choi, Seoul, KR;
Yong Seok Choi, Seoul, KR;
Sung Geun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Byung Sung Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Ki Seok Kim, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for generating electricity required by an LNG carrier which stores LNG, which is obtained by liquefying natural gas to ultra low temperature in a gas field, in an LNG storage tank and carries the stored LNG. The apparatus includes: a reformer reforming boil-off gas occurring in the LNG storage tank and producing synthetic gas; and a fuel cell generating electricity through an electrochemical reaction of the synthetic gas produced by the reformer.