SUPPRESSION OF SLOSHING IN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS DURING OCEAN-GOING TRANSPORTATION BY USING SPHERICAL FLOATERS AND BLANKET
Keywords:
LNG carrier, floating LNG, anti-sloshing, liquid surface elevationAbstract
Malaysia National Key Economic Area (NKEA) is endeavoring to promote the liquefied natural gas (LNG) as one of the dominant greener energy resources which significantly benefits to Malaysia as the world's third-largest exporter of LNG. However, safer sea transportation of LNG is in high demands because of sloshing of liquid bulks can cause structural damage and disastrous safety issue to the LNG carrier. Conventional methods, such as baffle inside the liquid tank still have a major problem as it could be damaged by very violent liquid sloshing and require regular inspection. On the other hand, floaters and blanket have been proven as a more effective solution. However, a better understanding of the behaviors of floaters and blanket is needed to design more
effective anti-sloshing devices, which has huge potential benefits to Malaysian LNG transporters. In this paper, sloshing experiment under random unidirectional excitations was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of liquid surface suppression by using floaters and blanket. The results of the liquid free surface without suppressors, liquid surface covered by scattered floaters, and liquid surface covered by blanket were analyzed and discussed. The findings are expected to contribute to design of anti-sloshing devices towards safer sea transportation of LNG which could largely benefit our nation.
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