KR20160037266A - Method for checking crack of cargo and appratus for the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method for inspecting a cargo hold crack and a crack inspection apparatus therefor are disclosed. A method for inspecting a crack in a cargo hold according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) spraying a cooling fluid onto an inner wall of a cargo hold using a spray device provided in a cargo hold to pre-cool the cargo hold before injecting liquefied gas into the cargo hold; And (b) detecting a part of the cargo hold inner wall showing a different temperature from the surrounding area due to a crack, using a camera attached to the robot.
Description
The present invention relates to a method for inspecting a cargo hold crack and a crack inspection apparatus therefor.
The cargo hold of a ship is made of a material that can withstand cryogenic temperatures because it stores liquefied natural gas (LNG) cooled to about -163 ° C. It has an insulation structure that is resistant to thermal stress and heat shrinkage and can block heat intrusion. To this end, the cargo hold has a primary barrier, an upper insulation board, a secondary barrier and a lower insulation board and is provided in combination with an inner hull.
In the ceiling of the cargo hold, there is installed a liquefying water reservoir for unloading liquefied natural gas, and a gas discharge passage for discharging evaporative gas of the liquefied natural gas stored in the cargo hold. Various piping and the like for discharging evaporative gas of the liquefied natural gas stored in the cargo hold are complicatedly installed in the gas discharge passage.
The cargo hold is provided with a pump tower for loading and unloading liquefied natural gas. The pump tower is connected to the loading device and includes a filling pipe for introducing the liquefied natural gas into the cargo hold, a discharge pipe connected to the unloading device for discharging the liquefied natural gas inside the cargo hold, And emergency pipe used. The pipe of this pump tower is provided in the form of a truss-structured pipe structure. The pump tower is typically installed close to the bulkhead of the aft side and is supported by a base support provided on the bottom of the cargo hold in a fixed state on a liquid dome.
On the other hand, the space existing between the primary barrier and the secondary barrier of the cargo hold is filled with nitrogen gas. This is so that a constant pressure difference is maintained between the pressure inside the cargo hold and the pressure in the corresponding space filled with the nitrogen gas. For example, when the pressure inside the cargo hold filled with liquefied natural gas is in the range of 100 to 250 mbar, the pressure of the nitrogen gas filled in the space between the primary barrier and the secondary barrier is in the range of 5 to 10 mbar G Lt; / RTI > At this time, it is possible to determine whether the nitrogen gas and the liquefied natural gas leak or not by comparing the pressure difference with the internal set value.
In this regard, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2010-0088437 (hereinafter referred to as "Prior Art") discloses a method of injecting nitrogen gas into a primary heat insulating zone of a cargo hold, Discloses a technology for detecting the occurrence of a crack in a cargo area by sensing a change in the surface temperature of the film from a long distance. At this time, the nitrogen gas of the related art performs a function of preventing the vaporization of the supplied liquefied LNG to some extent by pre-cooling the temperature inside the cargo hold.
However, in the case of the prior art, after the temperature of the cargo window is cooled to a certain degree using nitrogen gas, a person must directly lift the camera equipment and find a site where cracks exist. At this time, it is very difficult to find the portion where fine cracks are generated by using nitrogen gas which is different from the actual temperature of the LNG filled in the cargo hold. If the actual LNG is filled in the cargo hold without finding any fine cracks, the area where the cracks are present may be enlarged and lead to a post LNG leak accident. It is also very difficult to check the presence of cracks due to liquefied natural gas at extremely low temperatures in the state where the liquefied natural gas is filled in the cargo hold.
An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a method for inspecting a crack in a cargo hold by spraying a cooling fluid on the inner wall of a cargo hold to effectively check whether there is a minute crack present in the cargo hold, and a crack inspection apparatus therefor.
Further, even in the state where the liquefied natural gas is filled in the storage space in advance, the presence or absence of cracks can be effectively inspected using the robot.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a cargo hold, comprising the steps of: (a) pre-cooling a cooling fluid by spraying a cooling fluid on the cargo hold inner wall using a spray device provided in the cargo hold before injecting liquefied gas into the cargo hold; And (b) detecting a portion of the cargo hold inner wall showing a different temperature due to a crack, using a camera attached to the robot.
In the step (a), a cooling fluid is supplied through a pipe from a cooling fluid supply source, and the supplied cooling fluid is injected from the ceiling portion of the cargo hold into the cargo hold inner wall through a nozzle portion provided at one end of the pipe .
The cooling fluid may comprise a liquefied gas.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of producing a liquefied natural gas, comprising the steps of: (a) injecting liquefied gas into a cargo hold; And (b) detecting a portion where the bubble is generated due to a crack at the inner wall of the cargo hold by using a camera attached to the robot.
Wherein the step (b) includes the steps of: performing a crack inspection operation on an area having a large degree of the sloshing impact, based on area information of the cargo window previously divided according to a degree of sloshing impact; , And performing a crack inspection operation on the basis of the history information on the result of the previous crack inspection on the inner wall of the cargo hold with respect to the portion where the crack was previously present .
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According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for inspecting a crack in a cargo hold, the device comprising: a header installed inside the cargo hold to detect whether a crack exists in the cargo hold; A robot including a joint part in the form of a multi-joint which supports the part; And a control device for controlling the robot so that an inspection operation is performed on a site where a crack in the cargo hold inner wall is present based on at least one of a control command and an internal setting value received from the outside .
A spray pipe for supplying the cooling fluid from the cooling fluid supply source and a nozzle unit provided at one end of the spray pipe for spraying the cooling fluid to the inner wall of the cargo hold.
Wherein the nozzle unit comprises a plurality of frames formed in a number corresponding to the number of the pipes and communicating with the respective pipes constituting the spray pipe, the plurality of nozzle units being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance along the frame shape, And an injection nozzle arranged alternately in the arranged frame so that the cooling fluid is injected in a zigzag pattern.
Wherein the control device comprises: an area information storage part for storing area information divided according to a degree of sloshing impact in the cargo hold; and a history information storage part for storing information on a result of previous crack inspection on the inner wall of the cargo hold And controlling the robot to perform a crack inspection operation with priority given to an area where the sloshing impact is large, or by prioritizing a portion where cracks have previously existed based on the history information It is possible to control the robot to perform a crack inspection operation.
Wherein the robot further comprises a transceiver for transmitting photographing information of a portion of the cargo hold inner wall where the cracks are present to the control device, wherein the control device includes a map storing map information in which the cargo window is divided into a plurality of block regions And an extracting unit for extracting a block region of a portion where the crack exists based on the photographing information and the map information.
The method of inspecting a crack in a cargo hold according to an embodiment of the present invention and the crack inspection apparatus for the same can effectively inspect the presence of fine cracks existing in a cargo hold by spraying a cooling fluid on the inner wall of the cargo hold.
Further, even in a state in which the liquefied natural gas is filled in the storage space in advance, the presence or absence of cracks can be effectively inspected using the robot.
The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.
1 is a cross-sectional view of a cargo hold equipped with a crack inspection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of the crack inspection apparatus shown in FIG.
3 is a partial cutaway view showing a state in which the cargo hold shown in FIG. 1 is divided into a sloshing load area and a general area.
4 is a cross-sectional view of the cargo window shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the spray device shown in FIG. 2 installed in a cargo hold roof.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a piping and a nozzle portion included in the spray device of FIG. 5; FIG.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state where a crack in the cargo hold is inspected in a state where the cargo window of FIG. 1 is filled with liquefied natural gas.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below are provided by way of example so that those skilled in the art will be able to fully understand the spirit of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but may be embodied in other forms. In order to clearly explain the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted from the drawings, and the width, length, thickness, etc. of the components may be exaggerated for convenience. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.
The liquefied gas may include LNG, LPG, L-CO2, and DME. Hereinafter, liquefied natural gas will be described as an example for convenience of explanation.
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Hereinafter, a method for inspecting a cargo hold crack will be described based on the contents described in Figs. 1 to 6. Fig.
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Referring to FIG. 7, first, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) is injected into the
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In the above-described steps A2 and B2, a crack inspection operation may be performed with priority given to a region where the sloshing impact is large, or a crack inspection operation may be performed first on a region where a crack has previously occurred . Or a crack inspection operation may be performed according to an internal set value while approaching the side wall and the bottom surface from the cargo hold ceiling portion. This operation can be set differently depending on the shape and structure of the cargo hold.
In the above-described steps A2 and B2, when a site where a
Each component shown in FIG. 2 may be composed of a 'module'. The term 'module' refers to a hardware component such as software or a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the module performs certain roles. However, a module is not limited to software or hardware. A module may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to execute one or more processors. The functionality provided by the components and modules may be combined into a smaller number of components and modules or further separated into additional components and modules.
The foregoing has shown and described specific embodiments. However, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention described in the following claims It will be possible.
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(b) using a camera attached to the robot to detect a portion of the cargo hold inner wall showing a different temperature from the surrounding due to a crack.
Wherein the step (a) includes the steps of: receiving a cooling fluid from a cooling fluid supply source through a pipe;
And injecting the supplied cooling fluid from the ceiling portion of the cargo hold to the inner wall of the cargo hold through a nozzle portion provided at one end of the pipe.
Wherein the cooling fluid comprises liquefied gas.
(b) detecting a bubble generation site due to a crack at the inner wall of the cargo hold using a camera attached to the robot.
Wherein the step (b) includes the steps of: performing a crack inspection operation on an area having a large degree of the sloshing impact, based on area information of the cargo window previously divided according to a degree of sloshing impact; ,
And a crack inspection operation is performed on the basis of the history information on the result of the previous crack inspection on the inner wall of the cargo hold, Way.
The method of claim 1, wherein, in the step (b), when a crack is present on the inner wall of the cargo hold, the crack is divided into a plurality of block regions and photographing information of a region where the detected crack exists, Further comprising the step of extracting a block region of the existing portion.
A robot installed inside the cargo hold, the robot including a header having a built-in camera for detecting presence or absence of a crack in the cargo hold inner wall, and a articulated joint for supporting the header; And
And a control device for controlling the robot so that an inspection operation is performed on a site where cracks in the cargo hold inner wall are present based on at least one of a control command and an internal set value received from the outside.
Further comprising a spray pipe for receiving a cooling fluid from a cooling fluid supply source and a nozzle unit provided at one end of the spray pipe for spraying a cooling fluid to the inner wall of the cargo hold.
Wherein the nozzle unit includes a frame which is formed in a multi-layered structure and communicates with the respective pipes constituting the spray pipe, the number of which corresponds to the number of the pipes,
And a plurality of jet nozzles arranged alternately spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance along the frame shape so as to alternately jet the cooling fluid in a zigzag pattern.
The control device includes an area information storage unit for storing the area information that is divided according to the degree of the sloshing impact in the cargo hold,
Further comprising at least one of a history information storage unit for storing information on a result of previous crack inspection of the inner wall of the cargo hold,
The robot may be controlled such that a crack inspection operation is performed with priority given to a region where the sloshing impact is large,
And controls the robot to perform a crack inspection operation based on the history information, with a position where a crack was previously present at a priority.
Wherein the robot further comprises a transceiver for transmitting photographing information of a portion of the cargo hold inner wall where a crack is present to the control device,
The control device includes a map storage unit for storing map information that divides the cargo window into a plurality of block areas,
Further comprising an extracting unit for extracting a block region of a portion where the crack exists based on the shooting information and the map information.
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