CN116714731A - Semi-submersible travelling platform with annular buoyancy tanks - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides an annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible type travel platform which is used for filling the market gap of a large-scale travel platform on the sea in China. The concrete structure is that it includes: an annular buoyancy tank; the upright posts are vertically arranged on the annular buoyancy tank; the deck boxes are arranged at the top ends of the upright posts; the living area is arranged on the deck box; a plurality of mooring positioning systems secured to the deck box and the column; the pressing/discharging system is used for realizing the integral floating and sinking of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform so as to change the working conditions of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform, wherein the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform comprises different working conditions such as towing working conditions, operation working conditions or storm self-storage working conditions. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform can meet the travel requirements of passenger diversification, and is safe in structure and strong in platform resistance.

Description

Semi-submersible travelling platform with annular buoyancy tanks

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of ocean engineering, in particular to an annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform.

Background

At present, the practical application of the small-sized offshore tourism platform/ship at home and abroad is basically small in scale, simple in facility, poor in anti-platform wind capability and low in structural safety, so that the high requirements of a large number of tourists on offshore tourism are far from being met, and the marine tourism industry is urgently required to develop new modes, new technologies and new equipment.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, the present application provides an annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform for providing offshore travel services, which has the specific structure that: an annular buoyancy tank; the upright posts are vertically arranged on the annular buoyancy tank; the deck boxes are arranged at the top ends of the upright posts; the living area is arranged on the deck box; a plurality of mooring positioning systems secured to the deck box and the column; the pressing/discharging system is used for realizing the integral floating and sinking of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform so as to change the working conditions of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform, wherein the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform comprises different working conditions such as towing working conditions, operation working conditions or storm self-storage working conditions.

By adopting the specific structure, the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible type travel platform has good storm resistance and stability, and has various entertainment living facilities for passengers to select.

As one possible implementation manner, the horizontal section of the annular buoyancy tank is of a 'back' structure, and consists of two transverse buoyancy tanks and two longitudinal buoyancy tanks, and four corner positions of the two transverse buoyancy tanks are fixedly connected with the upright posts respectively.

By adopting the possible implementation mode, the horizontal section of the annular buoyancy tank is of a 'return' structure, so that the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform can stably float on the water surface.

As one possible implementation manner, the cross section of the upright post is circular or square, the bottom end of the upright post is fixedly connected with the annular buoyancy tank, and the top is fixedly connected with the deck box.

By adopting the possible implementation mode, the annular buoyancy tank is connected with the deck box through the upright post to form a stable structure.

As one possible implementation manner, the deck box is a box-shaped hull structure, the four corners of the deck box are fixedly connected with the upright posts, the horizontal section of the deck box is rectangular, a deckhouse, recreation facilities and a deck crane are further arranged on the deck box, and the interior of the deck box is divided into different functional cabins by a plurality of transverse or longitudinal bulkheads.

With the possible implementation described above, the deck box is not only able to carry a variety of facility devices, but the interior is also divided into different functional areas so that space is fully utilized.

As one possible implementation, the deck box comprises a plurality of rescue systems including a plurality of surface rescue equipment such as a plurality of lifeboats, liferafts, rescue boats, etc.

By adopting the possible implementation modes, various water surface rescue equipment can meet the rescue needs of different dangerous situations.

As one possible implementation, the anchoring positioning system comprises: the anchor winch is fixed at the edge position of the deck box and is positioned right above the upright post; the anchor frame is fixed on the surface of the upright post right below the anchor winch; the high-grabbing anchor is placed on the anchor frame and connected with the anchor winch through an anchor cable; and the cable guider is arranged on the surface of the upright post right above the anchor frame and is used for supporting and guiding the anchor cable.

By adopting the possible implementation manner, the multiple anchoring positioning systems can enable the platform to be stabilized at the water surface position through the fixation of the high-force grabbing anchors and the seabed, and can resist severe weather disasters such as hurricanes and the like.

As a possible implementation manner, one side of the annular buoyancy tank is provided with two sets of towing systems for platform displacement or offshore towing, including: the dragging force eye plate is arranged on the upper surface of the annular buoyancy tank; the cable guide hole is arranged at the edge of the upper surface of the annular buoyancy tank; the recovery winch is arranged at the edge of the deck box and is positioned right above the cable guiding hole; the asparagus chain sequentially passes through the cable guide hole and the dragging force eye plate and is connected with the recovery winch through a recovery cable.

With the possible implementation manner, two sets of dragging devices are adopted, one set is used for operation, and the other set is used for standby. By means of the towing device, the platform can be guided by the tug for movement on the water surface.

As one possible implementation, the living area comprises a plurality of different cabins, which can be arranged into a multi-layer structure according to the requirements, and the top of the living area is provided with a helicopter deck.

As one possible implementation manner, the deck box is provided with boarding ladder equipment on the side of the deck symmetrically, and the distance between the boarding ladder equipment and the water surface is adjusted by driving the boarding ladder equipment through a gear, a rack system or a hydraulic system, so that the boarding ladder equipment is used for a safe boarding platform for tourists, crews and service personnel, and the boarding ladder equipment is divided into two working conditions of operation and storm self-storage according to storage positions and states.

Drawings

The respective technical features of the present application and their relationships are further described below with reference to the drawings. The drawings are exemplary, some technical features are not shown in actual proportion, and some technical features that are conventional in the technical field to which the present application pertains and that are not essential to understanding and realizing the present application may be omitted from some drawings, or technical features that are not essential to understanding and realizing the present application are additionally shown, that is, the combination of the various technical features shown in the drawings is not intended to limit the present application. In addition, throughout the present application, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same. The specific drawings are as follows:

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional perspective view of the overall structure of an annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application;

FIG. 2 is a side plan view of the overall structure of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the overall structure of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the overall structure bow of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an annular buoyancy tank of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an anchoring and positioning system for an annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a rescue system for an annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a towing system for an annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application.

Reference numerals illustrate: 1-an annular buoyancy tank; 2-stand columns; 3-deck box; 4-living area; 5-anchoring positioning systems; 6-a lifesaving system; 7-a towing system; 8-personnel boarding gangway ladder; 9-deck hanging; 10-helicopter deck; 1.1-a transverse buoyancy tank; 1.2-a longitudinal buoyancy tank; 5.1-anchor winch; 5.2-high grip anchors; 5.3-mooring lines; 5.4-fairlead; 5.5-anchor frames; 6.1-lifeboats; 6.2-life rafts; 6.3-rescue boat; 7.1-dragging force eye plates; 7.2-a cable guiding hole; 7.3-asparagus chain; 7.4-recovering winch; 7.5-retrieving the cable.

Detailed Description

The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible platform provided by the application will be described below according to the drawings.

The whole annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform (hereinafter simply referred to as a platform) is of a space square structure, is designed to be capable of operating in deep sea areas such as south China sea, southeast Asia, western africa, brazil, mexico bay and the like, and integrates various functions such as living accommodation, recreation, management and operation on the sea. The platform is composed of a main hull and other facilities.

Wherein, the main hull specifically includes:

annular buoyancy tank 1, comprising: the four single buoyancy tanks are connected end to end, four corners of the two transverse buoyancy tanks 1.1 and the two longitudinal buoyancy tanks 1.2 are respectively connected with the upright posts 2, and a set of towing system 7 is respectively arranged at the head part and the tail part of the four single buoyancy tanks. The method is characterized in that: the annular buoyancy tank 1 is of a reverse-shaped annular structure, has good overall integrity, improves the structural strength of the platform, and can be operated in a water sea area with severe sea conditions; the vertical section of the annular buoyancy tank 1 is rectangular, and the four corners are provided with round structures, so that the annular buoyancy tank has smaller height-width ratio coefficient, and a smaller platform flow load coefficient is obtained, so that the platform can better adapt to the sea condition of high flow velocity; the interior of the annular buoyancy tank 1 is divided into different functional cabins by a plurality of transverse and longitudinal bulkheads, such as a pump cabin, a ballast cabin, a fresh water cabin, a fuel tank, a pipe tunnel and the like.

The upright posts 2, as shown in figures 1-4, are four to six in number and are respectively fixed at four corners of the annular buoyancy tank 1, the top of the upright posts is fixedly connected with the bottom of the deck box 3, and a set of anchoring and positioning systems 5 are respectively arranged on the side surfaces of the upright posts. The cross section of the water tank is square, and the interior of the water tank is divided into different functional cabins such as a ballast tank, an empty cabin, a drinking water cabin, a sewage cabin, a bilge water cabin, a sewage treatment chamber, a freshwater machine chamber, a spray chamber, a ladder way and the like by a plurality of transverse bulkheads, longitudinal bulkheads and horizontal watertight platforms. The design can fully utilize the space of the platform, so that the functions of the platform are more perfect.

The deck box 3, as shown in fig. 1-4, adopts a box-shaped hull structure, and the bottoms of four corners are respectively and fixedly connected with the upright posts 2. The upper surface of the deck box 3 is a main deck on which a living area 4, various leisure and recreation facilities, etc. are placed. Personnel boarding ladder 8 and deck crane 9 are placed on the left and right sides of the deck box 3, a set of lifesaving systems 6 are respectively arranged at the head part and the tail part, and anchoring positioning systems 5 are arranged at four corners. The deck box 3 has a rectangular horizontal cross-section, and is internally divided into different functional blocks such as a platform equipment area, a living equipment area, a recreational area, a personnel accommodation area, a storage area and the like by a plurality of transverse and longitudinal bulkheads. And the cabin, the auxiliary cabin, the distribution room, the repair room, the electric working room, the boiler room, the air compressor room, the crew and the service personnel living areas and the like are specifically arranged.

Wherein, other facilities specifically include:

the living area 4, as shown in fig. 1-4, is located on the main deck of the deck box 3, and may be provided with multiple floors according to guest needs. The inside of the multifunctional intelligent cabinet is composed of a plurality of cabins with different functions, and the multifunctional intelligent cabinet has the functions of living accommodation, recreation, special catering, wonderful shopping, business meetings, indoor body building, health preserving, management operation and the like. And the top of the living area 4 is also provided with a helicopter deck 10 for taking off and landing the helicopter.

The anchoring positioning system 5, as shown in fig. 6, specifically includes an anchor winch 5.1, a high-grip anchor 5.2, an anchor cable 5.3, a cable guide 5.4 and an anchor frame 5.5, which are located at four corners on the main deck of the deck box 3, and the plurality of anchoring positioning systems 5 provide twelve-point anchoring positioning systems for the platform, so that the platform can survive in typhoons. The anchor winch is fixed at the edge of the deck box and is positioned right above the upright post; the anchor frame is fixed on the surface of the upright post right below the anchor winch; the high-grabbing anchor is placed on the anchor frame and connected with the anchor winch through an anchor cable; and the cable guider is arranged on the surface of the upright post right above the anchor frame and is used for supporting and guiding the anchor cable.

In this embodiment, the anchor line 5.3 is a steel cable. And the large holding power anchor 5.2 is connected with the seabed and is used for connecting the platform and the seabed and limiting the horizontal movement of the platform.

The life saving system 6, as shown in fig. 7, is arranged at the head and tail positions on the main deck of the deck box 3, and specifically comprises a plurality of water surface rescue equipment such as a life raft 6.1, a life raft 6.2, a rescue boat 6.3 and the like. The specific number of life-saving devices should be configured according to the number of guests and should meet the relevant specifications and regulatory requirements.

The towing system 7, as shown in fig. 8, comprises a towing eye plate 7.1, a cable guiding hole 7.2, a garter chain 7.3, a recovery winch 7.4 and a recovery cable 7.5. The head and tail positions of the deck of the annular buoyancy tank 1 are respectively provided with a set of towing systems 7 for platform displacement or offshore towing, wherein a towing eye plate is arranged on the upper surface of the annular buoyancy tank; the cable guide hole is arranged at the edge of the upper surface of the annular buoyancy tank; the recovery winch is arranged at the edge of the deck box and is positioned right above the cable guiding hole; the asparagus chain sequentially passes through the cable guide hole and the dragging force eye plate and is connected with the recovery winch through a recovery cable.

The boarding ladder 8 is two in number, as shown in fig. 4, and is symmetrically arranged at the middle position of the left and right sides of the deck box 3 and used for lifting life support materials, lowering and recycling leisure and entertainment boats, and a safe boarding platform for tourists, crews and service personnel. The personnel boarding ladder 8 is driven by a gear, a rack system or a hydraulic system to adjust the distance between the personnel boarding ladder and the water surface, and the boarding ladder is divided into two working conditions of operation and storm self-storage according to the storage position and the state. In storm self-existing conditions, the personnel boarding ladder 8 will remain stowed and additional reinforcement is performed.

The deck cranes 9, as shown in fig. 1-4, are two and symmetrically arranged at the middle position of the side of the deck box 3, and are used for hoisting life support materials, lowering and recycling leisure and recreation boats and the like.

The pressure/discharge system comprises a control device and a ballast tank, wherein the ballast tank is distributed in an annular buoyancy tank 1 and a column 2. The control device is connected to a plurality of balance sensors distributed over the deck boxes 3. When the balance sensor detects that the gravity center of the platform is shifted, the control device can automatically control the ballast tank to perform water sucking/draining operation. The pressure/discharge system can help the platform maintain balance and stability, and ensure the safe operation of the ship under various working conditions.

In the embodiment, the platform is provided with different working conditions such as towing working conditions, operation working conditions, storm self-storage working conditions and the like, the platform can realize the integral floating and sinking of the platform through the pressure/discharge operation, and the conversion of different working conditions such as towing draft, operation draft, self-storage draft and the like can be realized under the condition that deck cargo is not unloaded. The towing draft is less than the working draft, and the working draft is less than the storm self-storing draft.

To sum up: the application provides a semi-submersible travel platform adopting an annular buoyancy tank, an upright post and a deck box as main structures, wherein the main structure of the platform is safe and reliable, and the personnel safety is high; under severe sea conditions, the platform keeps away from the platform in a way of lifting the ship body away from the water surface, so that the damage of the severe sea conditions to the ship body structure and the personal injury to tourists and crews can be effectively avoided; the platform has good hydrodynamic performance and low motion amplitude, and can bring high-comfort experience to tourists; the anchor chain length of the platform multi-point anchoring system can be configured according to the water depth of the operation sea area, the operation water depth range is wide, and the platform multi-point anchoring system is suitable for operation in various sea areas; the movable platform design is adopted, so that the position of tourist attractions in different sea areas can be changed; the platform adopts the combined hull structural design of the annular buoyancy tank, the multi-upright posts and the deck box, so that the steel consumption of the hull is reduced, and the construction cost is reduced; the deck area of the platform is large, the carried entertainment facilities are multiple, and the function expansibility is strong; meanwhile, the platform has higher level of mechanization, automation and intellectualization, and can effectively save labor cost and operation cost.

The term "comprising" as used throughout the present application should not be construed as limited to what is listed thereafter; it does not exclude other elements or steps.

It will be appreciated that those skilled in the art may implement the application in any suitable manner combining features of one or more embodiments mentioned throughout the application with features of other embodiments.

Note that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and the technical principle applied. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the application. Therefore, although the present application has been described in detail by way of the above embodiments, the present application is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include many other equivalent embodiments without departing from the technical spirit of the present application, which fall within the scope of the present application.

Claims (9)

1. An annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform for providing offshore travel services, comprising:

the annular floating box is provided with a plurality of floating boxes,

a plurality of upright posts are vertically arranged on the annular buoyancy tank,

the deck box is arranged at the top ends of the upright posts,

the living area is arranged on the deck box,

a plurality of anchoring positioning systems fixed on the deck box and the upright posts,

the pressing/discharging system is used for realizing the integral floating and sinking of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform so as to change the working condition of the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform,

the annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform comprises different working conditions such as towing working conditions, operation working conditions or storm self-storage working conditions.

2. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform according to claim 1, wherein the annular buoyancy tank has a horizontal cross section in a 'back' shape, and is composed of two transverse buoyancy tanks and two longitudinal buoyancy tanks, and four corner positions of the two transverse buoyancy tanks are fixedly connected with the upright posts respectively.

3. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform according to claim 2 wherein the cross-sectional shape of the upright is circular or square, the bottom end of the upright is fixedly connected with the annular buoyancy tank, and the top is fixedly connected with the deck box.

4. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform according to claim 1, wherein the deck box is of a box-shaped hull structure, four corners of the deck box are fixedly connected with the upright posts, the horizontal cross section of the deck box is rectangular, a deckhouse, recreational facilities and deck cranes are further arranged on the deck box, and the interior of the deck box is divided into different functional cabins by a plurality of transverse or longitudinal bulkheads.

5. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform according to claim 4 wherein the deck box comprises a plurality of rescue systems including a plurality of surface rescue equipment such as a plurality of lifeboats, liferafts, rescue boats, and the like.

6. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform according to claim 1 wherein the mooring positioning system comprises:

the anchor winch is fixed at the edge position of the deck box and is positioned right above the upright post;

the anchor frame is fixed on the surface of the upright post right below the anchor winch;

the high-grabbing anchor is placed on the anchor frame and connected with the anchor winch through an anchor cable;

and the cable guider is arranged on the surface of the upright post right above the anchor frame and is used for supporting and guiding the anchor cable.

7. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform according to claim 1 wherein one side of the annular buoyancy tank is provided with two sets of towing systems for platform displacement or marine towing, comprising:

the dragging force eye plate is arranged on the upper surface of the annular buoyancy tank;

the cable guide hole is arranged at the edge of the upper surface of the annular buoyancy tank;

the recovery winch is arranged at the edge of the deck box and is positioned right above the cable guiding hole;

the asparagus chain sequentially passes through the cable guide hole and the dragging force eye plate and is connected with the recovery winch through a recovery cable.

8. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform according to claim 1 wherein the living area comprises a plurality of different cabins that can be arranged as a multi-layer structure as desired, and wherein a helicopter deck is provided on top of the living area.

9. The annular buoyancy tank semi-submersible travel platform according to claim 4, wherein boarding ladder devices are symmetrically arranged on the sides of the deck boxes, are driven by a gear, rack system or hydraulic system to adjust the distance between the boarding ladder devices and the water surface, and are used for safe boarding platforms for tourists, crews and service personnel, and the boarding ladder devices are divided into two working conditions of operation and storm self-storage according to storage positions and states.