Posted by Wardner on February 14, 2010 at 17:42:22 from (4.154.247.168):
In Reply to: Re: LNG posted by JMOR on February 14, 2010 at 14:56:00:
I believe the ocean going LNG tankers inject the boiled off gas into the ship's Diesel propulsion engines. This would be similar to propane injection as found in some Diesel pickup trucks and larger.
I live in a town (Tewksbury, MA) that is the site of a large LNG storage facitity. The capacity is well over one million gallons. All the vented gas is collected, reliquified, and put back in the tank. Truck LNG tankers are used to fill it from the terminal in Everett (Boston), MA
Thirty years ago a loading dock caught on fire. Two firemen were killed. It was feared that the tank would be weakened by the heat and rupture. Didn't happen.
Over the years, there have been many LNG truck tanker accidents across the nation. No tank ruptures yet. That certainly can't be said for gasoline and Diesel tankers.
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