2010 Spring Meeting & 6th Global Congress on Process Safety
(69f) Power Recovery in LNG Regasification Plants
Authors
Steve Rush - Presenter, Ebara International Corporation
Hans E. Kimmel - Presenter, Ebara International Corporation
Yoshitsugi Kikkawa - Presenter, Chiyoda Corporation
Masaaki Ohishi - Presenter, Chiyoda Coorporation
Regasification plants vaporize liquefied natural gas using mainly high-pressure LNG pumps and heat exchangers. The vaporization pressure corresponds to the natural gas pipe line pressure.
Due to the large temperature difference between the LNG feed and the pipe line gas, a substantial power recovery is suggested. This paper proposes and describes in detail a Modified Brayton Cycle to recover power from the regasification plant.