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AiP World’s First Ammonia Floating Storage | |
| Sumita Pawar |
A report stated that ammonia, which does not emit CO2 during combustion, has attracted attention for its use in thermal power plants and other applications as a potential fuel for decarbonization.
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While the development of onshore facilities for storage and regasification is a challenge,
According to the reports, the A-FSRB jointly developed this time by NYK Line, NSY, and IHI is an offshore floating facility that can receive and store ammonia that has been transported via ship as a liquid, warm and regasify ammonia on demand, and then send it to a pipeline onshore.
The three companies said the A-FSRB offers the advantages of shorter construction times and lower costs in comparison to the construction of onshore storage tanks and regasification plants.
In fact, the A-FSRB is expected to speed up the use of fuel ammonia and make it more popular as a next-generation fuel that is better for the environment.
ClassNK carried out the design review of the A-FSRB in line with its Part PS of Rules for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships and Guidelines for Floating Offshore Facilities for LNG/LPG Production, Storage, Offloading, and Regasification, stated the report.
"ClassNK will actively continue to take part in advanced initiatives toward decarbonization and also support the decarbonization of the entire industry by incorporating the knowledge gained through collaboration with front-runners into rules and guidelines," the company commented.
A report says that, currently, there are no international regulations for floating storage and regasification facilities when the cargo is ammonia, and it is expected that the unique requirements of ammonia will have to be reflected in the design.
So, the companies and ClassNK did a thorough risk assessment of different possibilities and worked from the beginning of the study to find technical issues.
The identification of risks was conducted using the gap analysis method, which identified differences between conventional ships and offshore floating facilities (heavy oil, LNG, etc.) and evaluated the impact of such differences.
The report concludes that ClassNK issued the AiP for the A-FSRB based on its review and the results of the risk identification process.
By Sumita Pawar