New LNG tank systems could cut costs 30%
Braemar Engineering (Braemar) says it is using this week’s Gastech 2012 event in London to demonstrate a new LNG containment system that could reduce costs by up to 30 percent, Ship & Bunker reports.
The flat plate technology developed by General Dynamics NASSCO (General Dynamics) allows tanks to be built in a matter of weeks.
"This system will make a real difference", said Braemar Managing Director Geoff Green.
"It can be used in a wide range of applications: Floating Production and Storage (FPSO); Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU), LNG transport and LNG marine fuel tanks. It can even be used as offshore storage.
"The new system is also completely scalable. It can be used in small scale LNG vessels all the way up to the largest LNG carriers currently in service."
The system uses an aluminum LNG tank connected to the steel frame by universal supports that allow the tank to expand or contract.
The containment system, which has no filling restrictions and isn’t compromised by sloshing loads, can be completely constructed and tested off hull and installed in a vessel on the construction dock, leading to reduced construction costs and allowing for construction to meet high standards of quality and repeatability.
Braemar first announced plans for the new tank systems in February, saying it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with General Dynamics to market the systems.
