Global Patent Index - EP 3175165 A1

EP 3175165 A1 20170607 - LNG BUNKER VESSEL

Title (en)

LNG BUNKER VESSEL

Title (de)

LNG-BUNKERGEFÄSS

Title (fr)

BATEAU-CITERNE DE GAZ NATUREL LIQUÉFIÉ

Publication

EP 3175165 A1 20170607 (EN)

Application

EP 15747192 A 20150730

Priority

  • GB 201413486 A 20140730
  • GB 2015052194 W 20150730

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016016647A1] An LNG bunker vessel having: one or more LNG tanks, a first pipeline able to transfer liquefied natural gas (LNG) from one or more of the LNG tanks on the LNG bunker vessel to one or more off-vessel LNG receiver tanks, one or more natural gas compressors on the LNG bunker vessel able to compress natural gas and provide compressed natural gas (CNG), a second pipeline able to transfer natural gas from the one or more off-vessel LNG receiver tanks to the one or more natural gas compressors on the LNG bunker vessel; and one or more CNG storage tank(s) on the LNG bunker vessel to store CNG provided by the one or more natural gas compressors as a fuel source. In this way, the apparatus and operation for transforming natural gas from the off- vessel LNG receiver tank(s) into a suitable fuel source as CNG is provided on the LNG bunker vessel, and does not require ancillary equipment and operation at the location or site of every off-vessel LNG receiver tank.

IPC 8 full level

F17C 1/00 (2006.01); F17C 5/02 (2006.01); F17C 7/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP GB KR)

B63B 25/16 (2013.01 - KR); B63B 27/34 (2013.01 - KR); F17C 1/002 (2013.01 - GB); F17C 9/02 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); F17C 13/083 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2201/035 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2201/054 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2205/013 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2205/0142 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2205/0367 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01 - CN EP GB KR); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01 - GB); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01 - CN EP GB); F17C 2223/033 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2223/043 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2225/0123 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2225/0161 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2225/035 (2013.01 - CN EP); F17C 2227/0157 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); F17C 2250/01 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); F17C 2260/037 (2013.01 - KR); F17C 2265/037 (2013.01 - CN EP GB); F17C 2265/065 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); F17C 2265/066 (2013.01 - CN EP KR); F17C 2270/0102 (2013.01 - GB); F17C 2270/0105 (2013.01 - CN EP KR)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2016016647A1

Citation (examination)

JP 2014108759 A 20140612 - KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016016647 A1 20160204; CN 107076364 A 20170818; EP 3175165 A1 20170607; GB 201413486 D0 20140910; GB 2535425 A 20160824; JP 2017523084 A 20170817; KR 20170069999 A 20170621

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 2015052194 W 20150730; CN 201580041683 A 20150730; EP 15747192 A 20150730; GB 201413486 A 20140730; JP 2017505255 A 20150730; KR 20177005622 A 20150730