KR200443276Y1 - Ballast apparatus of underwater vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a submersible ballast device, in the submersible ballast device provided with a ballast part in the pressure hull, respectively, to allow the submersible to float and submerge, and to control the submersible through the control unit,

Soft ballast tank formed at the top of the fore and stern side to store seawater and air, Ballast part having a hard ballast tank formed at the bottom of the fore and stern side to store seawater and air, and seawater and air to the ballast part. A control unit is configured to enable the transfer.

Therefore, the submersible ballast device according to the present invention is provided with soft and hard ballast tanks in the upper part and the lower part of the bow and stern, respectively, to improve the submersible straight running performance in water and the length of the weight fluctuation due to the equipment entry and exit during water anchoring. It maintains the balance stability of the direction, and also provided with the same pipe, respectively, the air transport pipe and sea water transport pipe for transporting air and seawater inside the submersible, there is an effect to minimize the area occupied in the submersible.

Submersible, ballast, pump, tank, valve

Description

Submersible Ballast Equipment {BALLAST APPARATUS OF UNDERWATER VEHICLE}

1 is a cross-sectional view of a submersible according to the prior art

2 is a block diagram of a submersible ballast device according to the present invention

3 is a schematic view showing an example of use of the soft ballast tank of the submersible ballast device according to the present invention

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the use of the hard ballast tank of the submersible ballast device according to the present invention

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: ballast part 11: soft ballast tank

111: pneumatic valve 12: hard ball last tank

121: relief valve 122: pump

123: water level sensor 20: control unit

21: air tank 22: air transfer pipe

23: seawater transfer pipe 24: regulator

25: intake valve 26: control valve

27: control valve 28: intake and discharge valve

29 emergency valve 30 pressure hull

100: pressure hull 180: front ballast tank

190: Rear ballast tank 300: Cabin

400: bow battery room 500: stern battery room

550: gravity compensation device 700: battery

The present invention relates to a submersible ballast device, and more particularly, to form a soft and hard ballast tank for the submersible and the stern upper and lower parts of the submersible so that the submersible is injured and submerged, and the air transport pipe and the seawater to transfer air and seawater. It relates to a control unit each formed of a single pipe pipe.

Submersibles are equipped with a number of devices to carry out missions, submarine surveys and the life of diving personnel in the deep sea. It is equipped with a ballast tank and a pump for filling and draining ballast tanks to mount such equipment and to float and dive.

In the prior art of the Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-0668143 "Submersible", as shown in the cross-sectional view of Figure 1, the pressure hull 100 is formed in a capsule shape rounded front and rear, the crew is aboard the center of the pressure hull Cabin 300 is provided, the center of the cabin is provided with a gravity compensation device 550 to adjust the neutral buoyancy of the hull in accordance with the amount of seawater flowing in, and the front and rear ballast tanks 180, 190 with the bottom open in the front and rear of the cabin ) Is provided, the front and rear ballast tank 190 of the front ballast tank 180 consists of a fore-battery chamber 400 and a stern battery room 500, each of which is fixed to the battery 700.

As described above, the submersible may maintain the balance of the submersible using a ballast tank and a storage battery, and may float and dive by filling / draining seawater in the ballast tank.

However, in the prior art as described above, if the buoyancy of the submersible is controlled only by the air tank, the air space of the ballast tank whose bottom is open is rapidly changed in buoyancy by the pressure change according to the depth, so that the deeper the depth, the negative buoyancy is formed. It will sink.

In addition, there is a problem that the ballast tank is empty when the submersible is injured even when using the motor. This ballast device is less safe when the crew and equipment in the water surface, and could not control the buoyancy change caused by the air consumption of the air tank.

In addition, if the battery does not maintain a horizontal state in the water, it is difficult to go straight in the water, and driving safety during high speed underwater is poor.

In order to solve the problems described above, in the present invention, the soft and hard ballast at the upper and lower portions of the stern and the stern, respectively, so that the change in the center of gravity generated when the crew and the equipment enters and exits the sleeping anchorage does not occur. It is an object to provide a submersible ballast device with a tank.

Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide an air transport pipe and a sea water transport pipe each formed of a single pipe to minimize the area of the submersible.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a submersible according to the prior art, Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of a submersible ballast device according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the use of the soft ballast tank of the submersible ballast device according to the present invention. , Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the use of the hard ballast tank of the submersible ballast device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the components of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention is a ballast part 10 for filling and draining seawater and air to balance the submersible at the sea level, and the control unit 20 configured to transfer seawater and air to the ballast part 10, and the submersible It consists of a pressure hull 30 which is a sealed space formed inside the bow / stern, respectively.

The ballast portion 10 is formed in the upper portion of the submersible player and the stern, respectively, soft ballast tank 11 for storing seawater and air, and a hard ballast tank formed in the lower part of the submersible player and the stern, respectively, to store seawater and air (12) is formed.

The soft ballast tank 11 has an open bottom and forms a pneumatic valve 111 for discharging air or seawater inside the submersible.

The hard ballast tank 12 has a relief valve 121 for discharging seawater to the outside when the pressure inside the pressure rises above a set value, and a pump 122 for filling and draining seawater into the hard ballast tank 12. And, formed inside the hard ballast tank 12 to form a water level sensor 123 for measuring the amount of sea water.

The control unit 20 includes an air tank 21 storing compressed air, an air transfer pipe 22 for transferring the air of the air tank 21 to the soft hard ballast tanks 11 and 12, and seawater hard. The seawater transfer pipe 23 to be transferred to the ballast tank 12, the regulator 24 for adjusting the amount of air flowing into the air transfer pipe 22, and the air can be injected into the hard ballast tank 12 in an emergency Air supply valve 25, soft ballast tank 11, soft ballast tank (11) control valve 26 to discharge air by operating the pneumatic valve 111 or hard ballast tank (12) ) Control valve 27 for adjusting the air injection therein, intake / exhaust valve 28 for adjusting the intake / discharge of seawater in the hard ballast tank 12, and seawater in the hard ballast tank 12 in an emergency An emergency valve 29 is formed to adjust the filling / draining.

The pressure hull 30 is formed in a pressure resistant structure on the bow / stern of the submersible.

Reference numeral 1 is a submersible.

As described above, the operation and effects of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ballast part 10 formed in the submersible 1 may fill and drain seawater so that the submersible 1 may float or dive.

The soft ballast tank 11 provided at the upper part of the bow and stern increases buoyancy at sea level, thereby keeping the diving personnel and equipment in and out safely when preparing for anchoring or diving.

In addition, the hard ballast tank 12 provided at the bottom thereof is installed in the pressure hull 30 so that the air space inside the tank is not affected by external pressure, so there is no buoyancy change during underwater operation.

In addition, by filling a certain amount of seawater in order to maintain the weight and buoyancy of the submersible (1) has the effect of increasing the stability during underwater operation.

As shown in Figure 3a, the soft ballast tank 11 is a low pressure conveyed air from the air tank 21 through the regulator 24 in the air transfer pipe 22, the high-pressure air is controlled so that the control valve Adjust the amount at 26 to spray into the soft ballast tank 11.

The seawater inside the soft ballast tank 11 pushes the seawater to the open bottom of the soft ballast tank 11 at the pressure of the injected air, and the submersible is buoyant due to the air introduced into the soft ballast tank 11. To maintain the hull raised from the surface.

As shown in FIG. 3B, when air is transferred to the air transfer pipe 22 connected to the pneumatic valve 111, the pneumatic valve 111 is opened and the air inside the soft ballast tank 11 is opened. The submersible (1) is submerged as the seawater flows into the soft ballast tank (11).

As such, the soft ballast tanks 11 provided on the upper part of the bow and the stern of the submersible 1 allow the submersible 1 to float and submerge, and increase buoyancy at sea level to anchor or submerge the submersible 1. It has the effect of keeping diving personnel and equipment in and out safely.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the hard ballast tank 12 rotates the pump 122 forward to introduce seawater.

As shown in FIG. 4B, when discharging the seawater of the hard ballast tank 12, the pump 122 is rotated in reverse to discharge the water out of the submersible 1.

In the hard ballast tank 12, the air is transferred from the air tank 21 through the regulator 24 in an emergency, and the amount of the transferred air is controlled through the control valve 27 to inject the inside of the hard ballast tank 12. .

At this time, the seawater in the hard ballast tank 12 is discharged due to the air pressure, and the amount of discharged seawater can be adjusted by the intake / exhaust valve 28 to float the submersible 1.

Separately, the air can be injected into the hard ballast tank 12 through the intake valve 25 in an emergency, and the emergency valve 29 has an effect of adjusting the water to be filled and drained in the hard ballast tank 12.

Due to the water level sensor 123 for measuring the amount of sea water inside the hard ballast tank 12, it is possible to recognize and operate the seawater amount of the hard ballast tank 12 during sea level anchorage or underwater operation.

In addition, when the pressure inside the hard ballast tank 12 rises above the set value, the relief valve 121 is opened to discharge the air, thereby preventing overload of the pump 122.

The control unit 20 forms an air conveying pipe 22 and a seawater conveying pipe 23 for conveying seawater and air into the soft hard ballast tanks 11 and 12, respectively, as a single pipe to convey seawater and air, and By reducing the space occupied by the crew, the crew's boarding space and equipment loading space were expanded, and the submersible was prevented from being damaged by collision with equipment when entering and leaving.

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In addition, the regulator 24 regulated the amount of air to be conveyed to prevent sudden overpressure inside the soft hard ballast tanks 11 and 12.

The present invention is not limited to the preferred embodiments of the features described above, anyone of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims that various modifications can be carried out Of course, such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

As described above, the submersible ballast device according to the present invention is equipped with soft and hard ballast tanks at the upper part and the lower part of the bow and the stern, respectively, to improve the submersible straight running performance in water and when the weight fluctuations are caused by the entrance and exit of the equipment during water anchorage Edo maintains the equilibrium stability in the longitudinal direction, and also by providing the air transport pipe and sea water transport pipe carrying the air and sea water in the submersible in the same pipe, there is an effect to minimize the area occupied in the submersible.

Claims (4)

In the submersible ballast device provided with a ballast portion 10 to allow the submersible to float or submerge, respectively, inside / outside the pressure hull 30, to control the submersible through the control unit 20, Soft ballast tanks 11 formed at the top of the bow and the stern side to store seawater and air, and ballasts 10 having the hard ballast tanks 12 formed at the bottom of the bow and the stern side to store seawater and air, respectively. Submersible ballast device, characterized in that) is configured. delete delete delete

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