Vessel
US10858077B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF17C2270/0105
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vessel includes a heat exchanger for heat-exchanging compressed boil-off gas (hereinafter, referred to as “first fluid”) by using, as a refrigerant, the boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank, to cool the same; a main compression part for compressing a part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a rest compression part provided in parallel to the main compression part so as to compress the other part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; and a decompression device for expanding the first fluid having been cooled by exchanging heat with the boil-off gas, which is discharged from the storage tank, in the heat exchanger. The first fluid is a flow in which the boil-off gas compressed by the main compression part and the boil-off gas compressed by the rest compression part join; or the boil-off gas compressed by the main compression part.
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