摘要 |
<p>A gasification plant (1) of a combustible gas in liquid state in general, and of liquid methane in particular, which achieves unusually compact dimensions, impeccable ecological behaviour, and improved energy balance, comprises a fluid path (5) extending between a tank (3a) containing the gas in liquid state, for example a tank of a methane-tanker (3), and a tank (4a) containing the gas in gasified state, for example a gasholder (4a) of a storage station (4), a Stirling engine with respective cold cylinder and hot cylinder arranged along said path, and a heat exchanger arranged along said path and crossed by the fluid, said heat exchanger being in heat exchange relationship with said cold cylinder and substantially thermally insulated from the environment, so as to maintain the cold cylinder at a temperature much below then the ambient temperature, with recovery and transformation of the latent heat into mechanical energy.</p> |