A South Korean producer has unveiled how the world’s largest liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) storage tanks will seem like.
Sejin Heavy Industries is establishing a pair of LCO2 tanks for Evangelos Marinakis’ Capital Maritime, which ordered final July two agency 22,000 cu m ships at Hyundai Mipo, with choices for 2 extra.
The nascent LCO2 seaborne trades are at the moment very small in scale with Marinakis’ orders the present record-breakers by way of capability.
LCO2 tanks require 50% thicker plates than these used for LPG
Transporting carbon dioxide in liquid type requires sustaining excessive pressures as much as 4 to 5 instances atmospheric ranges and low temperatures under -78°C. As a result of its sensitivity to exterior situations, the place it might probably simply transition between fuel, liquid, and stable states, LCO2 tanks require a lot thicker plates than these used for LPG tanks, about 50% thicker, to maintain the mandatory excessive stress and low temperature.
A Sejin Heavy consultant said, “Home main shipyards are actively partaking within the LCO2 provider market, viewing it as a possible development driver. Sejin Heavy Industries has additionally been totally making ready for this development alongside the shipbuilders. Discussions are at the moment underway with world-class shipbuilders for orders of round 30 LCO2 tanks, and we anticipate additional orders sooner or later.”
