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Fupeng Liu, Jiandong Ma, Zhongzhi Ye, Lijia Wang, Yu Sun, Jianxing Yu, Yuliang Qin, Dongliang Zhang, Wengang Cai and Hao Li
The reliability of liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks is an important factor that must be considered in their structural design. Concrete is a core component of LNG storage tanks, and the geometric uncertainty of concrete aggregate material has a ...
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Zhiqiang Wang, Caifu Qian and Zhiwei Wu
As the stress of the frame, especially the bottom side rail supports and bottom inclined supports, of a traditional LNG tank container could be significantly greater than its allowable stress, and the container cannot meet the strength requirement of the...
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Jun-Seong Kim and Do-Yeop Kim
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled ships have the effect of reducing most pollutants, which is advantageous for responding to strict regulations. Because boil-off gas (BOG) is generated in the LNG storage tank of an LNG-fueled ship, a BOG re-liquefaction...
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Mikael Palmén, Ajda Lotric, Aleksi Laakso, Victor Bolbot, Mia Elg and Osiris A. Valdez Banda
Interest in more sustainable energy sources has increased rapidly in the maritime industry, and ambitious goals have been set for decreasing ship emissions. All industry stakeholders have reacted to this with different approaches including the optimisati...
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Marijonas Bogdevicius, Vigaile Semaskaite, Tatjana Paulauskiene, Jochen Uebe and Algimantas Danilevicius
Global natural gas resources are growing and are increasingly geographically diverse. A Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) is one of the most commonly used vessel types in the global ship fleet due to the possibility of storage, reloading to...
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Mitchell G. Borg, Claire DeMarco Muscat-Fenech, Tahsin Tezdogan, Tonio Sant, Simon Mizzi and Yigit Kemal Demirel
Conventional liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo vessels are imposed with tank-fill limitations as precautions to prevent structural damage and stability-loss due to high-impact sloshing, enforcing cargo volume-fills to be lower than 10% or higher than 70%...
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Gang Nam Lee, Jong Mu Kim, Kwang Hyo Jung, Hyun Park, Hag Soo Jang, Chung Seong Lee and Ji Won Lee
With increasing concerns about environmental pollution, the shipping industry has been considering various fuels as alternative power sources. This paper presents a study of the holistic environmental impacts of eco-friendly alternative ship fuels of mar...
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Jinjin Huang, Hongjun Fan, Xiangyang Xu and Zheyu Liu
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set decarbonisation goals for the shipping industry. As a result, shipowners and operators are preparing to use low- or zero-carbon alternative fuels. The greenhouse gas (GHG) emission performances are fu...
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Kyu-Sik Park, Hung-Truyen Luong and Joonmo Choung
Tank heel minimization is a significant issue in the design of LNG fuel tanks because it is associated with stable suction pump operation and thermal shock requirements during LNG bunkering. This study examined how the LNG tank heel is minimized, maintai...
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Zhe Wang, Fenghui Han, Yuxiang Liu and Wenhua Li
During the storage process, liquefied natural gas (LNG) may undergo severe evaporation, stratification, and rollover in large storage tanks due to heat leakage, aging, or charging, causing major safety risks. Therefore, this article theoretically analyze...
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