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A power conversion system comprising a combination of a liquefied natural gas vaporizing plant and a fuel burning power generating facility is disclosed. The liquefied natural gas vaporizing plant utilizes the cryogenic capacity of the liquefied natural gas to produce liquid air which is pumped to a

A power conversion system comprising a combination of a liquefied natural gas vaporizing plant and a fuel burning power generating facility is disclosed. The liquefied natural gas vaporizing plant utilizes the cryogenic capacity of the liquefied natural gas to produce liquid air which is pumped to a high pressure by a liquid air pump. The liquid air is then brought into a heat exchanging relationship with air drawn into the vaporizing plant so that the high pressure liquid air is converted to high pressure gaseous air. The high pressure gaseous air which represents recovered reversible energy of the liquefied natural gas is fed into a combustion chamber of the fuel burning power generating plant. Since the power generating facility requires no significant output of power to drive a compressor to compress ambient air prior to its entry into the combustion chamber, the power generating facility is operated at a high efficiency.

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A power generating system adapted for recovering reversible energy contained in liquefied natural gas, the system comprising in combination: liquid air generating means for liquefying air supplied to the liquid air generating means from the ambient environment; first heat exchange means included in

A power generating system adapted for recovering reversible energy contained in liquefied natural gas, the system comprising in combination: liquid air generating means for liquefying air supplied to the liquid air generating means from the ambient environment; first heat exchange means included in the liquid air generating means for exchanging heat of the air supplied into the liquid air generating means with liquefied natural gas thereby vaporizing the natural gas for release into a pipeline, storage tank and the like; a pump pressurizing the liquid air to a high pressure; second heat exchange means included in the liquid air generating means for exchanging heat of the ambient air with liquid air and for generating high pressure gaseous air from the liquid air, and power generating means for receiving the high pressure gaseous air and a supply of fuel and for combusting the fuel thereby generating useable power, said useable power including a significant portion of the reversible energy contained in the liquefied natural gas.