Last stage of the LNG Prototype Pack project

The project consists of building the world’s first small-scale membrane LNG tank

The LNG Prototype Pack project, in which HAM Group, through its subsidiary Neo-CH4 Galicia, has been working for more than a year, together with the companies Gabaldi, Vicus dt and Inova Labs, enters its last construction stage as a satellite plant at UNEMSA (INTASA group). This prototype designed for applications in the naval sector is finally designed in a more versatile way, complying with the requirements of naval and land regulations.

In this last period, the previous certification work is completed and we move on to a purely constructive stage. Currently, the welding work is being completed to make way for the installation of the insulation carried out by Gabadi and followed by the installation of the fuel management system by Neo-CH4 Galicia (HAM Group). All this supported by the Vicus dt engineering, in charge of carrying out the numerical calculations, and the Inova Labs consultancy, in charge of the evaluation and definition of a safe operation of the system, determination of its economic viability and marketing strategy.

The objective of the project has been to design and build a prototype, consisting of a small volume membrane tank, which allows storing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the creation of a compact fuel management system FGHS (Fuel Gas Handling System). , which allows the validation of the storage technology of this type of membrane tanks, for designs characterized by being small scale.

Neo-CH4 Galicia has been in charge of analyzing the State of the Art of the current market, while investigating the different feasibility options for the design of the Fuel Gas Handling System and the alternatives, in addition to the problematic ones, for gas delivery. liquefied natural in 2 bar membrane tanks. It has sought design solutions in order to obtain a prototype that is robust, solid and innovative, taking into account the economic viability of the proposed system, studying the costs, together with the rest of the companies involved, and comparing this technology with the rest of the options currently on the market.

LNG Prototype Pack has been a project financed by the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) through the connect SME call, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union, and supported by the Ministry of Economy, Emprego and Industry of the Xunta de Galicia.