Patents Assigned to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20180209723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a BOG reliquefaction system for LNG vessels. The BOG reliquefaction system includes a compressor compressing BOG, a heat exchanger cooling the compressed BOG by exchanging heat between the compressed BOG and BOG used as a refrigerant, and an expansion unit for expanding the BOG having been cooled by the heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger includes a core, in which heat exchange between a hot fluid and a cold fluid occurs, the core including a plurality of diffusion blocks, and a fluid diffusion member diffusing a fluid introduced into the core or a fluid discharged from the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hae Won JUNG
  • Publication number: 20180209586
    Abstract: A liquefied gas storage tank having insulation parts and a method for arranging the insulation parts are disclosed. Disclosed are the liquefied gas storage tank having the insulation parts and the method for arranging the insulation parts, the liquefied gas storage tank being capable of improving durability against the impact generated by liquefied gas since insulation panels, which are arranged in the insulating parts for the liquefied gas storage tank, have different densities according to: a load due to the mass of the liquefied gas stored in the liquefied gas storage tank; and the impact generated by sloshing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Woo PARK, Kwang Jun PARK, Joong Kyoo KANG
  • Publication number: 20180201353
    Abstract: A ship comprises an engine; a first self-heat exchanger which heat-exchanges boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank; a multi-stage compressor which compresses, in multi-stages, the boil-off gas that passed through the first self-heat exchanger after being discharged from the storage tank; a first decompressing device which expands one portion of the boil-off gas compressed by the multi-stage compressor; a second self-heat exchanger which heat-exchanges the other portion of the boil-off gas compressed by the multi-stage compressor, with the boil-off gas expanded by the first decompressing device; and a second decompressing device which expands the boil-off gas pre-cooled by the second self-heat exchanger and cooled by the first self-heat exchanger, wherein the first self-heat exchanger uses the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant for cooling the boil-off gas that passed through the second self-heat exchanger after being compressed by the multi-stage compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Chae LEE, Hae Won JUNG
  • Patent number: 10023270
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-insulation system for a liquefied natural gas cargo hold, which comprises a primary sealing wall, a secondary sealing wall, and a secondary heat-insulating layer, and is applied to a liquefied natural gas cargo hold. The heat-insulation system for a liquefied natural gas cargo hold comprises a collar stud installed on a line on the upper surface of the secondary heat-insulating layer where an anchor strip is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Jun Park, Joong Kyoo Kang
  • Publication number: 20180194447
    Abstract: A ship comprising an engine is disclosed. The ship comprising an engine comprises: a self-heat exchanger which heat-exchanges boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank; a multi-stage compressor which compresses, in multi-stages, boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being discharged from the storage tank; a first decompressing device which expands one portion of boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being compressed by the multi-stage compressor; and a second decompressing device which expands the other portion of the boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being compressed by the multi-stage compressor, wherein the self-heat exchanger uses boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank and boil-off gas expanded by the first decompressing device as refrigerants for cooling boil-off gas compressed by the multi-stage compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Chae LEE, Won Jae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180170505
    Abstract: A ship including a liquefied gas storage tank includes: first and second compressors which compresse a boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank; a boost compressor which compresses one part of the boil-off gas that is compressed by at least any one of the first compressor and/or the second compressor; a first heat exchanger which heat exchanges the boil-off gas compressed by the boost compressor and the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant decompressing device which expands the other part of the boil-off gas that is compressed by at least any one of the first compressor and/or the second compressor; a second heat exchanger which cools, by a fluid expanded by the refrigerant decompressing device as a refrigerant; and an additional compressor which is compresses the refrigerant that passes through the refrigerant decompressing device and second heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun SHIN, Dong Kyu CHOI, Young Sik MOON
  • Publication number: 20180170507
    Abstract: A ship includes: a boil-off gas heat exchanger which heat-exchanges a compressed boil-off gas (“a first fluid”) by means of a boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant; a compressor installed on the downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and compressing a part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; first and second extra compressors provided in parallel with the compressor on the downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and compressing the other part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger which additionally cools the first fluid cooled by means of the boil-off gas heat exchanger; a refrigerant decompressing device which expands a second fluid, which has been sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger and cooled by means of the refrigerant heat exchanger, and then sending the expanded second fluid back to the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun SHIN, Dong Kyu CHOI, Young Sik MOON, Su Kyung AN, Hyun Min JANG, Jae Wook SON, Joon Chae LEE
  • Publication number: 20180170504
    Abstract: A ship includes: a boil-off gas heat exchanger installed on a downstream of a storage tank and heat-exchanges a compressed boil-off gas (“a first fluid”) by a boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant, to cool the boil-off gas; a compressor installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and compresses a part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; an extra compressor installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and in parallel with the compressor and compresses the other part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger which additionally cools the first fluid which is cooled by the boil-off gas heat exchanger; and a refrigerant decompressing device which expands a second fluid, which is sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger, and then sends the second fluid back to the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun SHIN, Dong Kyu CHOI, Young Sik MOON, Su Kyung AN, Hyun Min JANG, Jae Wook SON, Joon Chae LEE
  • Publication number: 20180170506
    Abstract: A ship includes: a boil-off gas heat exchanger which is installed on a downstream of a storage tank and heat-exchanges a compressed boil-off gas (“a first fluid”) by a boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant to cool the boil-off gas; a compressor installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and compresses a part of the boil-off gas from the storage tank; an extra compressor which is installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger and in parallel with the compressor and compresses the other part of the boil-off gas from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger which additionally cools the first fluid; and a refrigerant decompressing device which expands a second fluid, which is sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger, and then sends the second fluid back to the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun SHIN, Dong Kyu CHOI, Young Sik MOON, Su Kyung AN, Hyun Min JANG, Jae Wook SON, Joon Chae LEE
  • Publication number: 20180170503
    Abstract: A ship including a storage tank for storing a liquefied gas includes: a boil-off gas (BOG) heat exchanger installed on a downstream of a storage tank and heat-exchanges a compressed BOG (“a first fluid”) by a BOG discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant, to cool the BOG; a compressor installed on a downstream of the BOG heat exchanger and compresses a part of the BOG discharged from the storage tank; an extra compressor installed on a downstream of the BOG heat exchanger and in parallel with the compressor and compresses the other part of the BOG discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger which additionally cools the first fluid cooled by the BOG heat exchanger; and a refrigerant decompressing device which expands a second fluid sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger, and then sends the second fluid back to the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun SHIN, Dong Kyu CHOI, Young Sik MOON, Su Kyung AN, Hyun Min JANG, Jae Wook SON, Joon Chae LEE
  • Publication number: 20180162492
    Abstract: A ship includes: an boil-off gas heat exchanger installed on a downstream of the storage tank such that compressed boil-off gas (“first fluid”) is made to exchange heat and cooled using boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank as a refrigerant; a compressor installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger so as to compress a part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; an extra compressor installed on a downstream of the boil-off gas heat exchanger in parallel with the compressor so as to compress the other part of the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant heat exchanger for additionally cooling the first fluid that is cooled by the boil-off gas heat exchanger; and a refrigerant decompressing device which expands the second fluid sent to the refrigerant heat exchanger and cooled by the refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Kyung AN, Dong Kyu CHOI, Young Sik MOON, Hyun Jun SHIN, Hyun Min JANG, Jae Wook SON, Joon Chae LEE
  • Publication number: 20180148138
    Abstract: A system for reliquefying a boil off gas generated in a storage tank includes a first compressor compressing a partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid a’) of boil off gas discharged from the storage tank, a second compressor compressing another partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid b’) of boil off gas discharged from the storage tank, a second expanding unit expanding a partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid c’) of a flow formed as the fluid a and the fluid b join, a heat-exchanger cooling another partial amount (hereinafter, referred to as ‘fluid d’) of the flow formed as the fluid a and the fluid b join, and a first expanding unit expanding the fluid d cooled by the heat-exchanger, wherein the heat-exchanger heat-exchanges the fluid d with the fluid c as a coolant expanded by the second expanding unit to cool the fluid d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun SHIN, Dong Kyu CHOI, Young Sik MOON, Su Kyung AN, Joon Chae LEE
  • Patent number: 9954357
    Abstract: A power supply system offshore plant comprises: a generator; an AC/DC converter converting, AC generated from the generator into DC to supply the direct current to a DC bus; a power load connected to the DC bus to generate regenerative power; a first power storage unit for storing power when a voltage of the DC bus is maintained at a level of a first threshold value or higher for a first time period, and supplying the stored power to the DC bus when the voltage of the DC bus is maintained at a level of a second threshold value or lower for a second time period; and a first resistance unit for consuming power when the voltage of the DC bus is maintained at the level of the first threshold value or higher for a third time period. The third time period is longer than the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Young Jung, Young Ho Bae
  • Publication number: 20180078978
    Abstract: A flushing system comprises: an oil tank for storing oil; a pipe system connected to the oil tank by means of a pipe to circulate the oil by means of the operation of a main pump; a microbubble generator connected to at least any one of the oil tank and the pipe system to generate the microbubbles in the pipe along which the oil flows and in the oil tank and thus to inject the microbubbles into the pipe; a water remover connected to the oil tank to remove the microbubbles and water from the oil; and a particle remover connected to the oil tank to remove microbubbles and foreign substances from the oil by means of electric precipitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: SAMYOUNG FIL-TECH CO., LTD., DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hong KIM, Eul Seok MOON, Seaung Chae JU, Man Joo HUH, Kyung Hee LEE
  • Patent number: 9920290
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a continuous fermentation apparatus and a multi-step continuous fermentation process using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Biol Systems Co., Ltd., Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Kyo Shin, Jin Hyuk Shin, In Sik Kim, Dongjoong Im
  • Patent number: 9896161
    Abstract: Provided is a locking apparatus for a damping device of a moonpool, which can automatically lock and unlock an opened state of the damping device of the moonpool. The locking apparatus includes: one or more first locking members installed in a sidewall of the moonpool; one or more second locking members installed in a side of the damping device; and a holding unit separably holding the first locking members and the second locking members when the damping devices are in the opened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD., TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITED
    Inventors: Hae Sung Yun, Gurbachan Virk
  • Patent number: 9896179
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for controlling fuel supply to an engine for ships. The system for controlling fuel supply to an engine for ships includes: a system operating zone in which LNG is pumped by a pump and gasified; and a supply operating zone receiving the pumped and gasified LNG from the system operating zone and supplying the LNG to the engine, wherein a preset pressure of the system operating zone is set to be higher than that of the supply operating zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20180022431
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fuel supply system and method for a ship engine. The fuel supply system for a ship engine of the present invention comprises: a submersible pump which is provided to an LNG storage tank of a ship for supplying LNG to the engine of the ship; a high-pressure pump which has the LNG supplied thereto from the submersible pump and pressurizes the same under high pressure; and a return flow channel which, at the upstream of the high-pressure pump, returns the LNG to the LNG storage tank, wherein the flow of the LNG returning through the return flow channel is controlled, and the temperature of the LNG is controlled at the front end of the high-pressure pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Woo LEE, Dong Chan KIM, Young Sik MOON, Nam Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20180022432
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fuel supply system and method for a ship engine. The fuel supply system for a ship engine of the present invention comprises: a first flow channel which is connected to an LNG storage tank of a ship, pumps and vaporizes liquid natural gas stored in the LNG storage tank, and supplies the same to a first engine provided to the ship; a pressure reducing flow channel which branches out from the first flow channel, reduces the pressure of the pumped and vaporized natural gas, and supplies the same to a second engine provided to the ship; and a pressure maintaining flow channel which branches out from the pressure reducing flow channel and supplies the pressure reduced natural gas to the LNG storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Woo LEE, Dong Chan KIM, Young Sik MOON, Nam Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 9862474
    Abstract: Provided is a ventilating apparatus for a drill ship, which allows a drill ship sailing around an arctic region to maintain appropriate temperature and pressure. The ventilating apparatus for the drill ship includes: a derrick forming an enclosed space blocked from the exterior; a moonpool formed under the derrick; an air supply device supplying outside air to the moonpool or the derrick; and an air exhaust device exhausting the supplied outside air out of the top of the derrick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD., TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITED
    Inventors: Keum Dae Choo, Yu Young Lee, Jung Yul Choi, Jung Soo Kang, D. Scott Brittin