LIQAL skid-mounted and relocatable LNG refuelling station

By Joost Jansen of LIQAL

Breda based LIQAL, turnkey supplier of small-scale LNG systems, developed a skid-mounted LNG truck refuelling station that offers station operators best in class performance with the flexibility of a relocatable system at lower investment requirements for both fuelling equipment and onsite project preparations.

This completely pre-fabricated and transportable LNG refuelling unit, the ‘MRU’, is SIL-2 classified and complies with the latest international standards and regulations, including ISO 16924. Because LIQAL integrated intelligent features of its proprietary design like on-the-fly saturation, a vapour return economizer, its MID certified LNG fuel dispenser with patented heated and purged nozzle docking bay and 24/7 iSCADA remote monitoring system, end users do not need to do any concession on fuelling performance compared to a fixed LNG station configuration.

LIQAL’s MID certified LNG dispenser which is an integrated part of the MRU

Any tank type including mobile ISO storage can be connected to the MRU, which also holds space for LIQAL’s proven Micro Liquefaction Technology. This innovative liquefaction technology, which is suited for efficient control of conditions in on-board and onshore LNG storage tanks, ensures unlimited holding time of LNG in the tank. It also enables supply of both saturated- and cold LNG to effectively fill all available LNG truck types (including the new Volvo EURO 6), without the use of liquid nitrogen.

The MRU offers the opportunity to position the dispenser at a distance from the skid for 2-sided refuelling of LNG and to add a LCNG system. After turnkey supply and commissioning of the MRU, LIQAL takes responsibility for technical operation and maintenance of the system, if requested by client.

LIQAL acts as a Design, Build, Maintain and Operate (DBMO) company for turnkey small- and mid-scale LNG systems that serve the European market. The company delivers complete filling stations for delivering LNG as fuel to buses, trucks, ships or trains, a fully certified LNG dispenser line, re-liquefaction systems to control LNG storage conditions and LNG satellite plants for industrial applications. LIQAL’s LNG fuel stations are designed for controlled conditioning and unlimited holding time of LNG,  zero product loss, zero methane emissions and to supply LNG as mainstream retail fuel to the market.

LIQAL’s Micro Liquefaction Unit at a LNG truck fuel station