Feasibility study of small scale compressed natural gas supply chain for natural gas market in Crete

Δημητρόπουλος, Πέτρος

dc.contributor.author	Δημητρόπουλος, Πέτρος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-23T07:13:54Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-23T07:13:54Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/51607
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.26240/heal.ntua.19305
dc.rights	Default License
dc.subject	CNG Coselle, Techno-economical Feasibility	en
dc.subject	ΣΦΑ	el
dc.subject	Natural Gas	en
dc.subject	Φυσικό αέριο	el
dc.subject	Coselle	en
dc.subject	Σύστημα Μεταφοράς Συμπιεσμένου Φυσικού Αερίου,	el
dc.subject	Techno-economical Feasibility	en
dc.subject	Τεχνο-οικονομική Μελέτη	el
dc.title	Feasibility study of small scale compressed natural gas supply chain for natural gas market in Crete	en
dc.contributor.advisorcommitteemember	Dimitropoulos, Petros	en
dc.contributor.department	Ship Design and Maritime Transport	el
heal.type	bachelorThesis
heal.classification	Ship Design and Maritime Transport	en
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.recordProvider	ntua	el
heal.publicationDate	2020-09-15
heal.abstract	The main purpose of the thesis at hand is to carry out a techno-economic feasibility study for accommodating the needs in Natural Gas of the island of Crete, by meαns of a CNG Coselle vessel that will transport Natural Gas form Revithoussa to Souda. The study comprises of two parts: • The first focusing on the main concerns of the ship-owner/manager whose vessel will transport Compressed Natural Gas from the loading terminal to the receiving terminal. • The second focusing on the implicit interests of the terminal owner/operator who intends to charter a C16 Coselle vessel and to undertake the realization of the whole CNG project. In the beginning reference is made to the current state of the Natural Gas market -both globally and locally-, the Natural Gas’s physical properties are described, and the properties of LNG & CNG are compared, followed by a brief narrative on the history of the development of the LNG Market and the CNG infrastructure in Greece. The second chapter contains a brief CNG supply chain analysis (transportation, storage & distribution), elaborating on probable risks and the thereto associated risk factors & security levels in the process, and outlines the handling methods as well as the advantages, and disadvantages of CNG. The third chapter exposes a literature-based analysis on the vessels / terminal interface in the CNG industry which includes: key aspects of maritime transportation of natural gas, the loading and offloading systems of CNG, technologies put in place for the maritime transportation of CNG (focusing on the available container containment solutions), regulations and guidelines for loading and unloading of CNG as cargo; it makes also reference to the major CNG terminal project under development in the port of Gujarat, India, and the associated CNG’s maritime transportation costs. The fourth chapter elaborates on projects’ appraisal methodologies by making specific reference to the available production engineering approaches in use, the various techniques and criteria for the economic appraisals regarding the investing in a project, such as : the Net Present Value (NPV), the Internal Rate of Return (IRR), the Capital Recovery Factor (CRF), the Payback period (PP), and the Profitability Index (PI). The final fifth chapter inludes the project’s techno-economic analysis, mainly in the form of charts, and wraps up the conclusions by comparing the project’s related NG consumers’ end-prices with those prevailing in the current NG market.	en
heal.advisorName	Lyridis, Dimitrios	en
heal.committeeMemberName	Lyridis, Dimitrios	en
heal.committeeMemberName	Ventikos, Nikolaos	en
heal.committeeMemberName	Tolis, Athanasios	en
heal.academicPublisher	Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο. Σχολή Ναυπηγών Μηχανολόγων Μηχανικών	el
heal.academicPublisherID	ntua
heal.numberOfPages	113 p.	en
heal.fullTextAvailability	false