Cellular Glass Insulation for LNG Piping

Allen Dickey - Pittsburgh Corning

LNG Tank Base Construction
 Typical Multiple Layer Tank Base
Insulation System Construction

Tank Bottom Insulation

Alternating layers of high density cellular
glass insulation and bituminous
interleaving membrane.
Note: staggered joints
 Passive Fire Suppression

Cellular glass cubes uniformly packed in a UV resistant PE

storage bag.
Placed on the bottom of LNG spill containment pits or
sumps.
In the event of a leak, the bags float to the surface of the
LNG.
Should the LNG ignite, the bags melt away to release the
cubes to mitigate the thermal radiation.
Cellular Glass Insulation for LNG Piping

Key LNG System Design Factors

Water Vapor
Ice
Fire
Pipe Load
Dimensional Changes
Cellular Glass Insulation for LNG Piping

BASIC SPECIFICATION

Two or More Layers of Cellular Class

Insulation
Outer Layer Insulation Joints Sealed
Vapor Retarder
Metal Jacketing
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3 layer cellular glass insulation system

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Vapor Stops
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Vapor Stops
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Vapor Stops
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Fittings
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Fittings
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Fittings
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Fittings
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Fittings
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Pipe Supports
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Pipe Supports
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Pipe Supports
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Pipe Supports
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Pipe Supports
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Contraction
Joints
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Contraction
Joints
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TYPICAL HYBRID SYSTEM SPECIFICATION

Two Layers of Polyisocyanurate Insulation

Secondary Vapor Retarder
Exterior Layer of Cellular Glass Insulation
(sealed joints)
Vapor Retarder
Metal Jacketing
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Combined
Polyisocyanurate Insulation /Cellular Glass insulation system
 SELECTED PROJECTS

LNG Plants with Cellular Glass Pipe Insulation Systems

Atlantic LNG
Point of Fortin, Trinidad y Tobago
Engineering: Bechtel
Owner: Exxon Mobil / Repsol YPF

Snhvit LNG
Melkoya / Hammerfest, Norway
Engineering: Linde AG and Statoil
Owner: STATOIL

Isle of Grain LNG

Grain, Kent, UK
Engineering : CBI
Owner : National Grid
 SELECTED PROJECTS

LNG Plants with Cellular Glass Pipe Insulation Systems

Cameron LNG
Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA
Engineering: Aker Solutions
Owner: Sempra Energy

Golden Pass LNG

Sabine Pass, Louisiana, US
Engineer CBI
Owner : Exxon Mobil

Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG

Sabine Pass, Louisiana, US
Engineer: Bechtel
Owner: Cheniere Energy
 REFERENCE LIST

LNG Plants with Cellular Glass Insulation

Angola LNG Guang'an LNG (CN) Panigaglia LNG (IT)

AP LNG (AU) NEW Guangdong LNG (CN) Peru LNG (PE)
Adriatic LNG (IT) Guangyuan LNG (CN) PNG LNG (PG)
Atlantic LNG (TT) Gwangyang LNG (KR) PTT LNG (TH)
BRASS (NG) Hachinohe LNG (JP) NEW Qatar Gas (QA)
Canaport LNG (CA) Inner Mongolia LNG (CN) QC LNG (AU)
Costa Azul LNG (MX) Ishikari LNG (JP) QL Curtis LNG (AU)
CryoLinde Isle of Grain LNG (UK) Quintero LNG (CL)
Dalian LNG (CH) Jingbian Xingyan Peak Shaving (CN) Ras Gas (QA)
Darwin LNG (AU) Johetsu LNG (JP) Sempra Energy (US)
Dominion Energy (US) Jyulin Tuanheng Peak Shaving (CN) Shanghai LNG (CN)
DS LNG (IE) Keyspan Energy (US) Singapore LNG (SG)
Enagas (ES) KOGAS various (KR) Snvit LNG (NO)
Equatorial Guinea LNG (EG) Kwinanan (AU) Sonatrach Arzew (DZ)
Exxon Mobil (US) Le Tonken LNG Sonatrach Skikda (DZ)
Fluxys (BE) Lyse Gass (NO) South Hook LNG (UK)
Fos Cavaou LNG (FR) Manzanillo LNG (MX) Southern Natural Gas (US)
Freeport LNG (US) Mejillones (CL) Suez / Distrigas (US)
Fujian LNG (CN) Naoetsu (JP) Xinjian Jimunai LNG (CN)
Gate Terminal (NL) Ningbo LNG (CN) Yemen LNG (YE)
G LNG (AU) Occidental Energy (US) Zhuhai LNG (CN)
Gorgon LNG (AU) Okinawa LNG (JP)
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