Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cargo stripping features for dual-purpose cryogenic tanks on ships or floating storage units for LNG and liquid nitrogen
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Application No.: US16917038Application Date: 2020-06-30
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Publication No.: US11808411B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Donghwan Lee , Sathish Balasubramanian
- Applicant: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
- Main IPC: F17C7/00
- IPC: F17C7/00 ; F17C7/04 ; F04B15/08 ; F17C6/00 ; B63B25/16 ; B63B25/08

Abstract:
An apparatus and method of storing and transporting, in a dual-use cryogenic storage tank, a cryogenic liquid having a liquefaction temperature. A first pump empties the tank of a first portion of the cryogenic liquid, thereby leaving a second portion of the cryogenic liquid in the cryogenic storage tank. A second portion of the cryogenic liquid is focused at a location on a bottom of the cryogenic storage tank. Using a second pump located at the location, the cryogenic storage tank is emptied of the second portion of the cryogenic liquid, whereby a residual portion of the cryogenic liquid is left therein. Using a focused heating structure, heat may be delivered to the location to raise the temperature of the residual portion above the liquefaction temperature, thereby vaporizing all of the residual portion.
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