Title :
Research on the Selection of LNG Carrier Propulsion Systems
Author :
Zuancang, Liu ; Yulong, Zhan ; Qinming, Tan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Marine Eng., Shanghai Maritime Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Nowadays, steam turbine propulsion system is no longer the only one for LNG carriers. With the rapid rise of fuel price, the selection of LNG carrier propulsion systems from the profit point of view has become more and more important. With a purely mathematical solution and ¿the charter nomogram¿, the paper analyses and compares the profitability of two different LNG propulsion systems ¿A¿ and ¿B¿. It can supply some theoretical guidance for the future building of our country LNG carriers.
Keywords :
electric propulsion; natural gas technology; profitability; LNG carrier propulsion system; charter nomogram; fuel price; liquefied natural gas; profitability; Diesel engines; Equations; Fuels; Hafnium oxide; Knowledge engineering; Liquefied natural gas; Marine vehicles; Petroleum; Propulsion; Turbines; LNG carrier; propulsion system; selection;
Conference_Titel :
Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering, 2009. KESE '09. Pacific-Asia Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3916-4
DOI :
10.1109/KESE.2009.29
