石油设备网讯 据世界天然气网站3月25日消息 法国敦刻尔克液化天然气进口终端运营商敦刻尔克液化天然气公司（Dunkerque LNG）表示，该设施已完成最大再装载流量的升级。
运营商指出，一旦终端投入使用，这个项目就成为了一个必要条件。
最大再装载流量已从每小时4000立方米提高到8800立方米/小时，这意味着当再装载量减半时，船舶的停留时间并不发生变化。
敦刻尔克液化天然气公司总经理Juan Vazquez说：“再装载流量的提高意味着油轮的停留时间更短。因此，我们为客户节省了大量成本。当流量达到每小时4000立方米时，重新装填油轮需要40小时，现在每小时8800立方米，只需20小时。”
运营商表示，这项新的服务需要大规模的改造工作，其中8个泵需替换成tanks 1和2。
装载速度的增加也会导致气体蒸汽的增加，这些气体蒸汽在被输送到输气管网之前必须被回收并进行处理。
Vazquez说：“这就是为什么我们必须安装一个额外的压缩机；现在我们可以每小时处理48吨气体，而不是以前的30吨。”
敦刻尔克液化天然气公司表示，旨在验证新设备正常运行的试验刚刚完成。
吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Dunkirk LNG terminal reloading flow-rate increased
Dunkerque LNG the operator of France’s Dunkirk liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal said the facility has completed the upgrade of the maximum reloading flow-rate.
The operator noted that the project became a necessity as soon as the terminal was commissioned.
The maximum reloading flow-rate has been raised from 4,000 cubic meters per hour to 8,800 cbm/hour which means the ships’ stopover time when reloading has been halved.
Juan Vazquez, general manager of Dunkerque LNG said, “reloading a tanker faster means less downtime for the ship and, therefore, major savings for our customers. With a flow-rate of 4,000 cbm per hour, it took 40 hours to reload a tanker. Now, at 8,800 cbm per hour, it only takes 20 hours.”
This new service required large-scale renovation work, the operator said, adding that eight pumps were replaced on tanks 1 and 2.
The increase in refueling speed also causes a rise in the gas vapor that must be recovered then treated before being sent to the gas transmission network.
“That is why we had to install an additional compressor; now we can process 48 tonnes of gas per hour instead of the previous rate of 30,” Vazquez said.
The tests designed to verify that the new equipment behaves properly have just been completed, Dunkerque LNG said.
