EP3383733B1 - Ensemble pour la distribution notamment de gaz naturel liquéfié ou gnl - Google Patents

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EP3383733B1
EP3383733B1 EP16819591.5A EP16819591A EP3383733B1 EP 3383733 B1 EP3383733 B1 EP 3383733B1 EP 16819591 A EP16819591 A EP 16819591A EP 3383733 B1 EP3383733 B1 EP 3383733B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/24—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of pipe-lines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B25/00—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby
    • B63B25/002—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for goods other than bulk goods
    • B63B25/006—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for goods other than bulk goods for floating containers, barges or other floating cargo
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/30—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for transfer at sea between ships or between ships and off-shore structures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/40—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for for transporting marine vessels
    • B63B35/42—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for for transporting marine vessels with adjustable draught
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C1/00—Dry-docking of vessels or flying-boats
    • B63C1/02—Floating docks

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  • the present invention relates to an assembly for the distribution in particular of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, comprising a vessel which comprises at least one tank for storing LNG and at least one barge, and the use of such a vessel. together.
  • the distribution system includes an LNG carrier at anchor, and shuttles boats coming to stock up on LNG by getting together and then distributing it in small quantities to coastal consumption sites.
  • the state of the sea is an important factor for its implementation.
  • a device for filling at sea a gas ship such as that described in the document US-6805598-B2 .
  • This device consists of a semi-submersible floating station composed of at least one U-shaped pontoon. Each pontoon comprises a ballast system making it possible to keep the bottom of the LNG vessel in the course of loading its tanks in close contact.
  • the problem solved according to this prior document is the maintenance (enslavement) of the quasi-contact of the LNG vessel with the bottom surface of the pontoon during the total duration of the filling of the tanks of this vessel: the pontoon plays the role of a port artificial.
  • the semi-submersible floating station constituted by at least one such pontoon, is a non autonomous structure for its displacement and could be considered as a floating port without total dryness of the ship.
  • one of the aims of the present invention is to provide a distribution assembly that overcomes the disadvantages of known devices and systems but a priori not currently implemented.
  • an LNG distribution assembly comprising a vessel that includes at least one vessel for storing LNG and at least one barge and a pusher, which assembly is characterized by the fact that the vessel includes a raft capable of receiving a barge comprising at least one LNG storage tank and the pusher, the vessel and barge including means for transferring LNG from at least one tank of the vessel to at least one vessel barge tank which also includes means to deliver LNG.
  • the present invention also relates to the use of such a set to deliver (n) consumption sites: it comprises (n + 1) barges.
  • a liquefied natural gas or LNG distribution assembly comprises a vessel 1 equipped, in known manner, with at least one storage tank 2 for LNG: in the present embodiment of the invention, the vessel 1 has two such tanks.
  • the ship 1 comprises a raft 3 to accommodate a barge 4, also provided with at least one LNG storage tank 5, in this case only one in this example, and a pusher 6.
  • a raft is a floodplain of a ship by variation of its draft. This operation is carried out by ballasting the vessel. This enclosure opens with a door in the hull to allow entry / exit of a smaller vessel. This device is particularly used in the navy for landing ships.
  • the raft 3 comprises a door disposed in the hull of the ship 1 to allow the entry / exit of the barge 4 and the pusher 6.
  • the door of the raft 3 is preferably disposed at one end of the ship 1: for example at its stern as shown in the figures.
  • the vessel 1 comprises means for transferring LNG from one of the tanks 2 into the tank or tanks 5 which is provided with the barge 4, which itself comprises means cooperating, on the one hand, with the means of transferring the vessel 1 and, on the other hand, with receiving means of the site where the LNG cargo of the barge will be unloaded or delivered.
  • the (or) tank (s) 5 of the barge 4 is (or are) also filled with LNG, either directly or indirectly, the LNG passing then by one of the vessels 2 of the ship 1.
  • the tank of the barge thus constitutes an additional tank for the ship.
  • the tank 5 of the barge 4 remains empty when the ship 1 is loaded with LNG; it is then filled only during the journey to the isolated site to be delivered.
  • the raft 3 When the ship 1 arrives at the anchorage of an isolated delivery site 7, the raft 3 is flooded by ballasting of the ship 1.
  • the pusher 6 and the barge 4, whose tank 5 is filled with LNG, are thus in a state of buoyancy and can leave the vessel 1 to join a platform 8, even rudimentary, located on this isolated delivery site 7 (cf. figure 3 ).
  • the pusher 6 takes the barge 4 'whose tank 5' is more or less empty and the conveyed to the ship 1 (cf. figure 4 ), and the pusher 6 with the barge 4 'enter the raft 3. The door of the raft is then closed and the raft is dried by deballasting operation. Then ship 1 resumes her journey to the next isolated delivery site. It will be noted that the barge is dry in the raft while moving the vessel.
  • LNG is transferred from the storage tanks 2 of the vessel 1 into the tank 5 'of the barge 4'.
  • Such an assembly according to the present invention allows the ship 1 to get as close as possible to the isolated delivery sites or to anchor at a point in order to minimize the path of the barges to deliver different consumption sites.
  • Such an assembly according to the present invention also makes it possible to deliver a site using only the barge aboard the ship.
  • the tank of the barge being filled with LNG, the latter with the pusher leaves the ship as described above, docked at a dock to unload and returns empty aboard the ship.
  • barges may be of different types but must be able to enter the raft 3, it is preferable that these barges are all of the same model.
  • the assembly according to the present invention comprises a vessel 1 comprising a barge in its raft with a pusher and (n) barges on (n) different sites: it will therefore (n + 1) barges in total.
  • an assembly according to the present invention allows on-board filling operations directly from the storage tanks of the vessel to the storage tank of the barge during journeys. sea.
  • the vessel 1 retains its capacity to be used technically and commercially as a pure LNG carrier capable of loading / unloading in loading / unloading terminals in a conventional manner.

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Description

  • La présente invention est relative à un ensemble pour la distribution notamment de gaz naturel liquéfié, ou GNL, comprenant un navire qui comporte au moins une citerne pour stocker du GNL et au moins une barge, ainsi qu'à l'utilisation d'un tel ensemble.
  • Actuellement, le transport de GNL est réalisé par des méthaniers de capacités de plus en plus importantes, qui chargent en un point du globe pour le livrer en un autre point du globe, ce qui nécessite d'importantes structures portuaires.
  • Ce mode de distribution donne pleinement satisfaction lorsque le point de livraison est un port continental et que la distribution est réalisée dans le ou les pays de ce continent. Par contre, ce type de transport et de distribution n'est pas adapté lorsque les points de consommation sont situés sur des îles ou dans des points de la côte difficilement atteignables par la mer.
  • Par exemple, dans la revue REVIEW, Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute, d'avril 2004, il est décrit en page 6 un mode de distribution de GNL à partir d'une station côtière, où est implanté un terminal GNL, vers des sites de consommation côtiers en utilisant des navires pouvant transporter de 1 500m3 à 10 000m3 de GNL. Ce mode de distribution suppose que les sites de consommation ne soient pas trop éloignés du lieu du terminal notamment pour des raisons économiques.
  • Un autre exemple de distribution de GNL est décrit dans le document WO-2006/089042-A2 . Le système de distribution comprend un méthanier au mouillage, et des bateaux navettes venant s'approvisionner en GNL en se mettant à couple pour ensuite le distribuer par petites quantités vers des sites de consommation côtiers. Dans un tel système, l'état de la mer est un facteur important pour sa mise en oeuvre.
  • Il est également connu un dispositif pour remplir en mer un navire gazier tel que celui décrit dans le document US-6.805.598-B2 . Ce dispositif est constitué par une station flottante semi-submersible composée d'au moins un ponton en forme de U. Chaque ponton comprend un système de ballast permettant de maintenir en quasi contact le fond du navire GNL en cours de chargement de ses cuves. Le problème résolu d'après ce document antérieur est le maintien (asservissement) du quasi-contact du navire GNL avec la surface du fond du ponton pendant la durée totale du remplissage des cuves de ce navire : le ponton joue le rôle d'un port artificiel. De plus, la station flottante semi-submersible, constituée par au moins un tel ponton, est une structure non autonome pour son déplacement et pourrait être considérée comme un port flottant sans mise à sec totale du navire.
  • Aussi, un des buts de la présente invention est-il de fournir un ensemble de distribution qui permet d'obvier aux inconvénients des dispositifs et systèmes connus mais a priori non mis en oeuvre actuellement.
  • Ce but, ainsi que d'autres qui apparaîtront par la suite, est atteint par un ensemble de distribution de GNL comprenant un navire qui comporte au moins une cuve pour stocker du GNL et au moins une barge et un pousseur, lequel ensemble est caractérisé par le fait que le navire comprend un radier pouvant recevoir une barge comportant au moins un réservoir de stockage de GNL et le pousseur, ce navire et cette barge comportant des moyens permettant le transfert du GNL d'au moins une citerne du navire vers au moins une citerne de la barge qui comprend aussi des moyens pour livrer le GNL.
  • La présente invention concerne aussi l'utilisation d'un tel ensemble pour livrer (n) sites de consommation : il comprend (n+1) barges.
  • La description qui va suivre et qui ne comporte aucun caractère limitatif, doit être lue en regard des figures en annexe :
    • la figure 1 est une vue en coupe schématique d'un ensemble pour la distribution de gaz naturel liquéfié ou GNL constitué d'un navire comprenant une barge et un pousseur selon la présente invention, chargeant du GNL à un terminal ;
    • la figure 2 représente schématiquement l'ensemble de la figure 1 voguant vers un site isolé de livraison ;
    • la figure 3 représente schématiquement, le navire étant au mouillage, la barge et le pousseur quittant le navire et ralliant ce site isolé ; et,
    • la figure 4 représente schématiquement une barge vide et le pousseur quittant ce site isolé pour rallier le navire et embarquant dans ce navire.
  • Ainsi qu'on peut le voir sur la figure 1, un ensemble de distribution de gaz naturel liquéfié ou GNL, comprend un navire 1 muni, de façon connue, d'au moins une cuve de stockage 2 pour du GNL : dans le présent exemple de réalisation le navire 1 comporte deux telles cuves. Selon la présente invention, le navire 1 comporte un radier 3 pour accueillir une barge 4, elle aussi munie d'au moins un réservoir 5 de stockage de GNL, en l'occurrence un seul dans cet exemple, et un pousseur 6.
  • Il est rappelé qu'en construction navale, un radier est une enceinte inondable d'un navire par variation de son tirant d'eau. Cette opération est mise en oeuvre par ballastage du navire. Cette enceinte s'ouvre par une porte ménagée dans la coque afin de permettre l'entrée/sortie d'un plus petit navire. Ce dispositif est particulièrement utilisé dans la marine militaire pour des navires servant aux débarquements.
  • Le radier 3 comprend une porte disposée dans la coque du navire 1 afin de permettre l'entrée/sortie de la barge 4 et du pousseur 6. La porte du radier 3 est de préférence disposée à une extrémité du navire 1 : par exemple à sa poupe comme représenté sur les figures.
  • Le navire 1 comprend des moyens pour transvaser du GNL d'une des cuves 2 dans le ou les réservoirs 5 dont est munie la barge 4, qui elle-même comprend des moyens coopérant, d'une part, avec les moyens de transvasement du navire 1 et, d'autre part, avec des moyens de réception du site où la cargaison de GNL de la barge sera déchargée ou livrée.
  • Lors du chargement du navire 1 en GNL à un terminal 9, le (ou les) réservoir(s) 5 de la barge 4 est (ou sont) également rempli(s) en GNL, soit directement, soit indirectement, le GNL passant alors par une des cuves 2 du navire 1. La cuve de la barge constitue ainsi une cuve supplémentaire pour le navire.
  • Selon un autre mode de réalisation, le réservoir 5 de la barge 4 reste vide lors du chargement du navire 1 en GNL ; il n'est alors rempli que pendant le trajet jusqu'au site isolé à livrer.
  • Lorsque le navire 1 arrive au mouillage d'un site isolé de livraison 7, le radier 3 est inondé par ballastage du navire 1. Le pousseur 6 et la barge 4, dont le réservoir 5 est rempli de GNL, sont ainsi en état de flottabilité et peuvent donc quitter le navire 1 pour rallier un quai 8, même rudimentaire, situé sur ce site isolé de livraison 7 (cf. figure 3).
  • Une fois la barge 4 pleine mise à quai, le pousseur 6 reprend la barge 4' dont le réservoir 5' est plus ou moins vide et la convoie jusqu'au navire 1 (cf. figure 4), et le pousseur 6 avec la barge 4' pénètrent dans le radier 3. La porte du radier est alors fermée et le radier est asséché par opération de déballastage. Puis le navire 1 reprend sa route vers le prochain site isolé de livraison. Il sera noté que la barge est au sec dans le radier pendant le déplacement du navire.
  • Durant ce trajet, du GNL est transféré des cuves de stockage 2 du navire 1 dans le réservoir 5' de la barge 4'.
  • Un tel ensemble selon la présente invention permet au navire 1 de s'approcher au plus près des sites isolés de livraison ou de mouiller en un point afin de minimiser le trajet des barges pour livrer différents sites de consommation.
  • Un tel ensemble selon la présente invention permet aussi de livrer un site en n'utilisant que la barge à bord du navire. La citerne de la barge étant remplie de GNL, cette dernière avec le pousseur quitte le navire comme décrit précédemment, accoste à un quai pour décharger et revient à vide à bord du navire.
  • Bien que les barges puissent être de types différents mais devant pouvoir toutes entrer dans le radier 3, il est préférable que ces barges soient toutes d'un même modèle.
  • Ainsi, comme l'aura compris l'homme du métier, s'il y a (n) sites isolés de livraison, l'ensemble selon la présente invention comprend un navire 1 comprenant une barge dans son radier avec un pousseur et (n) barges sur les (n) différents sites : il faudra donc (n+1) barges au total.
  • Indépendamment du système de distribution décrit ci-dessus, qui est optimisée et économique, un ensemble selon la présente invention permet des opérations de remplissage à bord directement à partir des citernes de stockage du navire vers la citerne de stockage de la barge pendant les trajets en mer.
  • Il est à noter que le navire 1 conserve sa capacité à être utilisé techniquement et commercialement comme un pur méthanier capable de charger/décharger dans des terminaux de chargement/déchargement selon un mode classique.
  • Bien que la présente invention ait été décrite en relation avec le gaz naturel liquéfié ou GNL, elle s'applique également à la distribution de tout gaz liquéfié comme par exemple le gaz de pétrole liquéfié ou GPL, mais également de tout produit en vrac.

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  1. Ensemble pour la distribution notamment de gaz naturel liquéfié ou GNL comprenant un navire (1) qui comporte au moins une cuve (2) pour stocker du GNL et au moins une barge (4) et un pousseur (6), caractérisé par le fait que ledit navire (1) comprend un radier (3) pouvant recevoir une barge (4) comportant au moins un réservoir (5) de stockage de GNL et ledit pousseur (6), ledit navire (1) et ladite barge (4) comportant des moyens permettant le transfert du GNL d'au moins une cuve (2) dudit navire (1) vers au moins un réservoir (5) de ladite barge (4) qui comprend aussi des moyens pour livrer le GNL.
  2. Utilisation d'un ensemble selon la revendication 1 pour livrer (n) sites de consommation, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comprend (n+1) barges.
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