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MEO CLASS 1 · ORAL QUESTION 23

LNG disadvantages

Answer

  1. High Infrastructure & initial investment costs
  2. Limited Bunkering network
  3. Expensive Retrofits
  4. Cryogenic storage requirements
  5. Training requirements
  6. Methane slip – This occurs due to incomplete combustion, engine design limitation (such as ‘dead volume’ or trap unburnt gases) or leaks through components like piston rings. Even well designed typically emit 2% of CH4 as unb burnt exhaust. It is powerful GHG with over 80 times the global warming effect of CO2 over a 20 years period