METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FUEL TO HIGH-PRESSURE NATURAL GAS INJECTION ENGINE

DRIVE February 5, 2014
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Provided is a fuel supply system for a marine structure using a high-pressure natural gas injection engine, for example, an ME-GI engine, in which boil-off gas generated in an LNG storage tank is compressed to a medium pressure, reliquefied, compressed to a high pressure, gasified, and then supplied to the high-pressure natural gas injection engine. The fuel supply system for a high-pressure natural gas injection engine includes: a boil-off gas (BOG) compression unit configured to receive and compress BOG generated in a storage tank storing a liquefied gas; a reliquefaction apparatus configured to receive and liquefy the BOG compressed by the BOG compression unit; a buffer tank configured to receive the liquefied BOG from the reliquefaction apparatus and separate the reliquefied BOG into a gaseous component and a liquid component; a high-pressure pump configured to receive the liquid component from the buffer tank and compress the liquid component; and a high-pressure gasifier configured to gasify the liquid component compressed by the high-pressure pump and supply the gasified liquid component to the high-pressure natural gas injection engine. The liquid component supplied from the buffer tank to the high-pressure pump has a pressure of 12 to 45 bara (absolute pressure).

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