An apparatus, system and method for capture, utilization and sendout of latent heat in boil off gas (BOG) onboard a cryogenic storage vessel is described. A liquefied gas vessel comprises a cryogenic cargo tank onboard a liquefied gas vessel, the cargo tank comprising a liquefied gas and a BOG, a latent heat exchanger fluidly coupled to a stream of the liquefied gas and a stream of the BOG, wherein the latent heat exchanger transfers a heat between the BOG stream and the liquefied gas stream to produce a condensed BOG, means for combining the condensed BOG and the liquefied gas stream to obtain a combined stream, the means for combining the condensed BOG and the liquefied gas stream fluidly coupled to the latent heat exchanger, and a liquefied gas regasifier onboard the vessel and fluidly coupled to the combined stream, wherein the liquefied gas regasifier regasifies the combined stream.

In a process for vaporizing a liquid stream rich in carbon dioxide wherein a liquid first stream rich in carbon dioxide is withdrawn from a chamber containing liquid rich in carbon dioxide and gas rich in carbon dioxide, the gas being at a pressure P.sub.1, the liquid first stream is sent to a heat exchanger where it is vaporized, all the liquid from the first stream is vaporized in the heat exchanger at a pressure or several pressures greater than P.sub.1, the vaporized first stream is extracted from the heat exchanger, expanded in a first expansion valve and sent to the heat exchanger where it is heated.

A ship comprises: a liquefied gas storage tank; a multi-stage compressor for compressing a boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank and comprising a plurality of compression cylinders; a second heat exchanger for heat exchanging a fluid, which has been compressed by the multi-stage compressor, and thus cooling same; a first decompressing device for expanding a flow (flow a1) partially branched from the flow (flow a) that has been cooled by the second heat exchanger; a third heat exchanger for heat exchanging, by flow a1 which has been expanded by the first decompressing device as a refrigerant, the remaining flow (flow a2) of flow a after excluding flow a1 that has been branched and thus cooling same; and a second decompressing device for expanding flow a2 which has been cooled by the third heat exchanger.

The invention relates to a method for adjusting a hydrogen outlet temperature at a filling station, comprising inter alia a liquid reservoir (1), a cryopump (2), a heat exchanger (6), a gas reservoir (11) and a mixing point (7), wherein a cold hydrogen stream and a warm hydrogen stream are intermixed such that the temperature at the mixing point (7) lies between 30 and 45 C.

An apparatus, system and method for capture, utilization and sendout of latent heat in boil off gas (BOG) onboard a cryogenic storage vessel is described. A liquefied gas vessel comprises a cryogenic cargo tank onboard a liquefied gas vessel, the cargo tank comprising a liquefied gas and a BOG, a latent heat exchanger fluidly coupled to a stream of the liquefied gas and a stream of the BOG, wherein the latent heat exchanger transfers a heat between the BOG stream and the liquefied gas stream to produce a condensed BOG, means for combining the condensed BOG and the liquefied gas stream to obtain a combined stream, the means for combining the condensed BOG and the liquefied gas stream fluidly coupled to the latent heat exchanger, and a liquefied gas regasifier onboard the vessel and fluidly coupled to the combined stream, wherein the liquefied gas regasifier regasifies the combined stream.

A ship comprises: a liquefied gas storage tank; a multi-stage compressor for compressing a boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank and comprising a plurality of compression cylinders; a second heat exchanger for heat exchanging a fluid, which has been compressed by the multi-stage compressor, and thus cooling same; a first decompressing device for expanding a flow (flow a1) partially branched from the flow (flow a) that has been cooled by the second heat exchanger; a third heat exchanger for heat exchanging, by flow a1 which has been expanded by the first decompressing device as a refrigerant, the remaining flow (flow a2) of flow a after excluding flow a1 that has been branched and thus cooling same; and a second decompressing device for expanding flow a2 which has been cooled by the third heat exchanger.

A power-saving type liquefied-gas-fuel ship includes: a liquefied gas storage tank storing liquefied gas; an engine using the liquefied gas stored in the liquefied gas storage tank or boil-off gas generated by spontaneous vaporization of the liquefied gas as fuel; a fuel feeder supplying the liquefied gas as fuel for the engine; a compressor compressing the boil-off gas to a pressure required for the engine; a heat exchanger cooling the remaining boil-off gas not supplied to the engine among the boil-off gas compressed by the compressor; a refrigerant circulation line in which the refrigerant supplied to the heat exchanger circulates; a refrigerant compressor compressing the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger after heat exchange in the heat exchanger; and a cold heat recovery device recovering cold heat of the liquefied gas supplied as fuel for the engine to cool the refrigerant compressed by the refrigerant compressor.

An integrated hydrogen fueling station for fueling of vehicle tanks with hydrogen comprising an electrochemical compressor in which secondary hydrogen originating from leakage, boiling-off or venting of hydrogen-containing gas in one or more mechanical hydrogen compressors is collected and transferred to the electrochemical compressor and compressed by the electrochemical compressor, wherein the secondary hydrogen contains hydrogen and further gaseous components. A method for operating a hydrogen fueling station for fueling of vehicle tanks with hydrogen wherein secondary hydrogen originating from leakage, boiling-off or venting of hydrogen-containing gas in one or more mechanical hydrogen compressors of the fueling station operative units is collected and transferred to an electrochemical compressor and compressed in the electrochemical compressor, and wherein the secondary hydrogen contains hydrogen and further gaseous components.

A ship including a gas re-vaporizing system according to the present invention includes: a ship body; a vaporizer which is arranged in an upper portion of the ship body, and vaporizes liquefied gas and supplies the vaporized liquefied gas to a demander; and a heat source supply apparatus which is arranged inside the ship body and supplies a heat source to the vaporizer.

A cryogenic tank apparatus having a first cryogenic tank having a first medium therein; a first boil-off conduit fluidically connected to the first cryogenic tank, the first boil-off conduit having a first boil-off valve; a first nozzle fluidically connected to the first boil-off conduit; a second cryogenic tank having the first medium therein; a second boil-off conduit fluidically connected to the second cryogenic tank; and a boil-off management system (BOMS) to receive flow of the first medium from the first cryogenic tank through the first nozzle, and flow of the first medium from the second cryogenic tank. The BOMS has a mixing chamber, a catalyst downstream of the mixing chamber, an outlet of downstream of the catalyst, and an air supply conduit through which flows a second medium, the mixing chamber being operable for mixing the first medium from the first cryogenic tank and the first medium from the second cryogenic tank with the second medium from the air supply conduit.