Utilization of cold in LNG baseload and peakshaving plants

This report presents the results of a survey of the uses of the refrigeration available from vaporizing liquefied natural gas. The major emphasis of the study is on peakshaving plants, which liquefy and regasify domestic gas; the minor emphasis is on base-load terminals, which gasify imported LNG continuously. There are 54 full-scale LNG peakshaving plants in the US and several others under construction. The US has three operating base-load import terminals. One more is under construction and several more large terminals have been proposed. There are at least 12 foreign base-load import terminals in operation, and more are under construction or are proposed. The report presents a survey of operating conditions for about 15 large domestic peakshaving plants. It also presents published design data for the existing US import terminals, for the major proposed import terminals, and for the major overseas import terminals. The second section of the report presents the technology of cold utilization, discusses the literature that has been published in the area together with economics that have been published, and looks at the application of the technology to peakshaving plants.