Knutsen OAS LNGC will certainly include Wärtsilä reliquefaction plant. [Image copyright Knutsen OAS]
Two brand-new LNG providers bought by Norway’s Knutsen OAS delivery at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard will certainly be the very first vessels to be geared up with Wärtsilä’s lately presented Compact Reliq reliquefaction plant.
The Compact Reliq service is developed to reliquefy the boil-off gas (BOG) from gas providers and also LNG shelter vessels, and also for maintaining the freight cool under all operating problems. It enables a section of the BOG to be utilized as gas for the ship’s engines, with the excess able to be marketed as component of the LNG freight. It is based upon the well-proven reversed nitrogen Brayton cycle refrigeration modern technology.
“Wärtsilä is a trusted partner with whom we have worked in the past,” stated Jarle Østenstad, Newbuilding Director, Knutsen OASGroup “The first generation nitrogen based reliquefaction plants is highly reliable, efficient, and of good quality, so we had no hesitation in selecting the Compact Reliq for these new LNG carriers.”
“These will be the first installations for the Compact Reliq reliquefaction solution. We are very proud of this latest addition to our portfolio of gas value-chain products and systems, and this order provides a positive indication that the market is ready to embrace it,” commented Kjell Ove Ulstein, Director of Sales and also Marketing at Wärtsilä.
The system will certainly be instrumented for remote surveillance and also online functional assistance as component of Wärtsilä’s Operational Performance Improvement and also Monitoring (OPERIM) program. The tools is set up to be supplied to the lawn beginning in February 2022, and also the vessels are anticipated to start industrial procedures from late 2022.
Wärtsilä has actually formerly provided Knutsen OAS Shipping with earlier generation reliquefaction plants for 6 of the business’s vessels.
According to Wärtsilä, the small style of the Compact Reliq makes it very easy to retrofit on existing ships without the demand for considerable alterations. It includes high integrity and also a very little upkeep need. The refrigeration procedure makes use of secure and also quickly accessible industrial quality nitrogen.
