Performance analysis method for intermediated fluid type LNG vaporizers considering fluid properties
Kosuke Higashi1, Chieko Kondo2, Yukihiro Higashi3, Shigeru Koyama4.
1Kobe Steel L.T.D, Kobe, Japan; 2Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan; 3Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; 4Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
LNG vaporizer is widely used all over the world to vaporize LNG by using seawater, etc. as a heating source. Intermediated Fluid type LNG Vaporizer (IFV) is using intermediated fluid between LNG and heating source. IFV is mainly used for LNG cold energy use such as a cryogenic power generation or an inlet air cooler and is applied the region having dirty sea water. Propane has been used as an intermediated fluid conventionally, but new refrigerants except for propane are required because usage environment was diversified recently. In this study, refrigerants substitute for propane applicable to IFV were selected as R32 and R410A. On the basis of some experimental formula, prediction of boiling and condensation heat exchange quantity in tube bundles was also carried out and it enabled to predict actual IFV vaporization quantity with plus or minus 2 percent accuracy. The prediction demonstrated that those selected refrigerants can increase the vaporization rate with IFV from the base line of propane.