Hexagon Composites’ subsidiary, Hexagon Lincoln, has been selected to supply high-pressure CNG TITAN® tanks for fuel storage on-board a LNG gas supply vessel (GSV) being built for Babcock Schulte Energy.
The TITAN cylinders will store compressed boil-off-gas from the LNG tanks and flash gas from cargo operations and supply the CNG as fuel to the ship’s dual-fuel propulsion engines.
The boil-off-gas recovery system is designed by the UK based company, Babcock LGE Process, specialist in systems for handling, storage and distribution of liquefied gases in both the marine and onshore sectors. The TITAN cylinders are an integral part of the ship’s patent pending FGSV0TM system, developed by Babcock LGE Process, to enable the LNG bunker vessel to meet the emission limits of the IMO Emission Control Areas (ECA) regulations.
Andrew Scott, General Manager at Babcock LGE Process, said, “By compressing the boil-off and flash gas and supplying it as fuel to the ship’s engines, our clients will save distillate fuel costs and at the same time reduce the vessel’s emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx) and particulate matter (PM).” He continued, “In addition, we eliminate fugitive emissions of LNG from the cargo systems, providing a true zero emissions solution.”
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