Jack catchs type submarine pipeline coupler
(1) technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of pipeline connecting device, specifically a kind of long-range driving submarine pipeline coupler.
(2) background technique
Claw type pipeline coupler is usually used in providing the long-range driving between pipeline or other pipe fitting to connect.
Disclosed technological scheme in the patent document of Application No. 5971076, power provides by the pressure response method, driving ring and joiner housing, add that in addition upper and lower two ring flat-plates form two closed chambers, last chamber feeds high pressure oil, moves on the driving ring, and claw is opened; Following chamber feeds high pressure oil, and driving ring moves down, and makes the claw closure.Three kinds of shape claws are provided, but claw exist when rotating impact, dumb problem; Be the bipyramid face seal between pipeline connected body and the submarine pipeline, structural orientation is inaccurate, and the waters is darker can improve sealing configuration.
Another part application number is that disclosed technological scheme is compared with the technological scheme in the above-mentioned patent document in 4693497 the U.S. patent documents, the claw shape to outer diameter tube when different partial structurtes change to some extent again, but adapter cooperates with claw body cylndrical surface, exists stress to concentrate.And and the problem that exists in the unresolved above-mentioned patent document.
(3) summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of deep water submarine pipeline that can solve to connect automatically, the claw accurate positioning, rotate flexibly, can with multiple pipe fitting end form fit, reliable sealing jack catchs type submarine pipeline coupler.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this:
It comprises the pipeline connected body, be installed in the connection ring flat-plate on the pipeline connected body, be installed in the joiner housing that connects on the ring flat-plate, have the locating column hole on the pipeline connected body, have the positioning shaft that matches with the locating column hole on the pipeline connected body on the claw, positioning shaft is deep in the locating column hole, claw is installed on the pipeline connected body by spring, upward pressure chamber annular roof plate is arranged between joiner housing and the pipeline connected body, driving ring is installed on the annular roof plate of upward pressure chamber, downforce chamber annular bottom plate is installed on the driving ring, the driving ring taper hole contacts with the claw back conical surface, have on the joiner housing by the joiner housing, upward pressure chamber annular roof plate, driving ring, the cavity that downforce chamber annular bottom plate surrounds is divided into the dividing plate in two chambeies up and down, the joiner housing of dividing plate both sides is provided with downforce chamber filler opening, upward pressure chamber filler opening, claw have the grasping mechanism that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed.
The present invention can also comprise some structure characteristics like this:
1, upward pressure chamber annular roof plate is provided with indicateing arm, and indicateing arm passes the connection ring flat-plate.
2, be provided with O shape circle at all points of attachment that need seal.
3, the lower surface of pipeline connected body is provided with sealing configuration, the metal-O-ring that has positioning pawl around the composition of described sealing configuration is included in, be fixed on spacing ring flat-plate, the formation sector space of the pipeline connected body that has fan groove, the fan-shaped section of location claw places sector space and certain radial and axial displacement can be arranged.
4, the grasping mechanism that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed on the described claw is the claw cone shape hole that matches with seabed original pipeline clamping cone face.
5, the grasping mechanism that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed on the described claw comprises the claw adapter that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed, the claw adapter is fixed on the claw body, has the adapter fitting surface that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed on the claw adapter.
Joiner of the present invention, top with treat the connecting pipe Bolt Connection, the bottom connects by claw with submarine pipeline.The pipeline connected body is uniform several locating column holes that has circumferentially, hold the positioning shaft of claw.Driving ring is enclosed in around the claw back, form two confined chambers respectively together with joiner housing and the dividing plate that inwardly stretches out and upward pressure chamber annular roof plate and downforce chamber annular bottom plate, feed high pressure oil to one of them chamber, make and move on the driving ring or move down, claw is rotated, by claw being opened or closed being realized unclamping or clamping of point of attachment around orientation axis.
Claw structure among the present invention, solved original claw location inaccurate, rotate inflexible problem.And designed adapter with multiple pipe fitting end form fit, make the purposes of connection wider.
Driving ring is driven by the pressure response method, has utilized joiner housing and driving ring, has improved Economy.
The metal-O-ring sealing configuration is adopted in joiner and submarine pipeline end face seal, has designed position structure, makes Sealing pre-aligned at the pipeline connected body, has strengthened the reliability of deep water sealing.
Joiner and the aligning of submarine pipeline are that location taper hole on the tube road connected body is with the guiding of seabed original pipeline end orientational cone-shaped surface and cooperate realization.
The present invention can solve the deep water submarine pipeline and connect automatically; Solve the claw accurate positioning, rotate problem flexibly, to reduce the impact in original claw motion; Realize and multiple pipe fitting end form fit by improving the claw joiner, and adapter cooperates by the annulus axle with the claw body, improve stress state.Sealing has adopted the metal-O-ring seal form, and sealing more reliably is provided.The present invention can realize that vertical automatically connection, the level of pipelines in deep sea connect and cross-over connection, have broad application prospects in the exploitation of deep-sea oil gas field.
(4) description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the connection sectional view after the joiner locking of pipeline end face when identical;
Fig. 2 is that joiner was in the sectional view of open mode after pipeline end face when identical, the original pipeline in seabed were pulled down;
Fig. 3 is a metal-O-ring sealing position partial enlarged drawing;
Fig. 4 is the not partial sectional view of clamping engagement part simultaneously of pipeline end face.
(5) embodiment
For example the present invention is done description in more detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing:
In conjunction with Fig. 1-Fig. 3, mainly comprise: treat connecting pipe 1, metal octangonal ring or oval ring 2, spring 3, positioning shaft 4, locating column hole 5, driving ring 6, pipeline connected body 7, claw upper taper hole 8, the pipeline connected body clamps the conical surface 9, location taper hole 10, orientational cone-shaped surface 11, seabed original pipeline clamping cone face 12, claw lower taper hole 13, the original pipeline 14 in seabed, claw 15, the claw back conical surface 16, O shape circle 17, screw 18, driving ring taper hole 19, downforce chamber annular bottom plate 20, O shape circle 21, O shape circle 22, joiner housing 23, downforce chamber filler opening 24, upward pressure chamber filler opening 25, O shape circle 26, O shape circle 27, upward pressure chamber annular roof plate 28, screw 29, O shape circle 30, bolt 31, connect ring flat-plate 32, O shape circle 33, indicateing arm 34, driving ring opens taper hole 35, the claw afterbody conical surface 36, bolt 37, O shape circle 38, bolt 39, metal-O-ring 40, location claw 41, screw 42, spacing ring flat-plate 43.
Joiner housing 23 is installed in by bolt 31 and connects on the ring flat-plate 32, connecting ring flat-plate is installed on the pipeline connected body 7 by bolt 37, have locating column hole 5 on the pipeline connected body, have the positioning shaft 4 that matches with the locating column hole on the pipeline connected body on the claw 15, positioning shaft is deep in the locating column hole, claw is installed on the pipeline connected body by spring 3, upward pressure chamber annular roof plate 28 is arranged between joiner housing and the pipeline connected body, driving ring 6 is installed on the annular roof plate of upward pressure chamber by screw 29, downforce chamber annular bottom plate 20 is installed on the driving ring by screw 18, driving ring taper hole 19 contacts with the claw back conical surface 16, have on the joiner housing by the joiner housing, upward pressure chamber annular roof plate, driving ring, the cavity that downforce chamber annular bottom plate surrounds is divided into the dividing plate in two chambeies up and down, the joiner housing of dividing plate both sides is provided with downforce chamber filler opening 24, upward pressure chamber filler opening 25, claw has the grasping mechanism that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed, and the grasping mechanism that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed on the described claw is and seabed original pipeline clamping cone face 9, the 12 claw upper taper hole 8 and the lower taper holes 13 of matching.Upward pressure chamber annular roof plate is provided with indicateing arm 34, and indicateing arm passes the connection ring flat-plate.Be provided with O shape circle at all points of attachment that need seal, O shape circle comprises O shape circle 17,21,22,27,30,33,38., the pipeline connected body lower surface be provided with sealing configuration, the metal-O-ring 40 that has positioning pawl 41 around the composition of described sealing configuration is included in, by screw 42 be fixed on the pipeline connected body that has fan groove spacing ring flat-plate 43, form sector space, the fan-shaped section of location claw places sector space and certain radial and axial displacement can be arranged.
In conjunction with Fig. 4, the grasping mechanism that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed on the claw of another embodiment of the present invention comprises the claw adapter 45 that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface in seabed, the claw adapter is fixed on the claw body 115 by screw 44, has the adapter fitting surface 113 that matches with the original pipeline gripping surface 112 in seabed on the claw adapter.
Wherein joiner does not comprise and treats the original pipeline of connecting pipe, metal octangonal ring or oval ring and seabed, comprise: pipeline connected body 7, its upper surface is connected to through bolt 39 and treats on the connecting pipe 1, treats to adopt between connecting pipe 1 and the pipeline connected body 7 metal octangonal ring or metal oval ring 2 to seal.
The lower surface of pipeline connected body 7 is provided with sealing configuration, sees Fig. 3, is welded with several location claws 41 around the metal-O-ring 40.Screw 42 is fixed to spacing ring flat-plate 43 on the pipeline connected body 7 that has fan groove and forms sector space.Location claw 41 fan-shaped section are placed in one, and certain radial and axial displacement can be arranged.Both realize the location of metal-O-ring 40, do not located the constraint of claw 41 when it is compressed.
Connect ring flat-plate 32 and be fixed on pipeline connected body 7 by bolt 37.
Joiner housing 23 is fixed on through bolt 31 and connects on the ring flat-plate 32.
Joiner and the aligning of the original pipeline 14 in seabed are that connected body 7 location taper holes 10 in tube road guide with the original pipeline 14 end orientational cone-shaped surfaces 11 in seabed and cooperate and realize.
Circumferential uniform several locating column holes 5 that has on the pipeline connected body 7 hold the positioning shaft 4 of claw 15, and spring 2 places the locating column hole 5 on the pipeline connected body 7 to play the assist location effect for positioning shaft 4.
Driving ring 6 is enclosed in around claw 15 backs, and top is connected in upward pressure chamber annular roof plate 28 by screw 29, and the bottom is connected on the downforce chamber annular bottom plate 20 by screw 18, simultaneously claw 15 is played a supportive role.
Upward pressure chamber annular roof plate 28 and downforce chamber annular bottom plate 20 form sliding contact with joiner housing 23.Dividing plate that joiner housing 23 inwardly stretches out and upward pressure chamber annular roof plate 28 and downforce chamber annular bottom plate 20 form two confined chambers respectively, when when 25 feed high pressure oil, move on the driving ring 6, the 35 promotion claw afterbody conical surfaces 36 make claw outwards rotate around the axis of positioning shaft 4 thereby driving ring opens taper hole, and claw 15 opens; When 24 feed high pressure oil, driving ring 6 moves down, promoting claw 15 inwardly rotates around the axis of positioning shaft 4, driving ring taper hole 19 is cooperated with the claw back conical surface 16, thereby making claw upper taper hole 8 and pipeline connected body clamp the conical surface 9 cooperates, claw lower taper hole 13 is cooperated with seabed original pipeline clamping cone face 12, and finish the transmission of load, realize clamping connection.
Driving ring 6 is to be driven by the pressure response method, when forming confined chamber, has utilized joiner housing and driving ring, has improved Economy.
The half cone drift angle of driving ring taper hole 19 and the claw back conical surface 16 fitting surfaces can be realized the locking of cooperation place smaller or equal to 5.7 °.
Indicateing arm 34 scyewed joint show the folding condition of joiner to upward pressure chamber annular roof plate 28.
If the submarine pipeline end can't be blue during the conical surface, the claw adapter 45 that then will have the annulus hole cooperates with the bottom annulus axle of claw body member 115, and fixing with screw 44, cooperate the realization pipeline to connect by the gripping surface 112 on the original pipeline 114 in fitting surface on the claw adapter 45 113 and seabed.The pipeline of this moment is aimed at by screw 46 pipeline alignment guide 47 is fixed on the pipeline connected body 107, aims at the original pipeline 114 in seabed.
All O shape circles all seal.