WO1992020871A1 - Embarcation utilitaire multi-usage - Google Patents

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WO1992020871A1
WO1992020871A1 PCT/US1992/002197 US9202197W WO9220871A1 WO 1992020871 A1 WO1992020871 A1 WO 1992020871A1 US 9202197 W US9202197 W US 9202197W WO 9220871 A1 WO9220871 A1 WO 9220871A1
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Harold Halter
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Halter International, Inc.
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/88—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers
    • E02F3/8833—Floating installations
    • E02F3/885—Floating installations self propelled, e.g. ship
    • 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
    • B63B35/32—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for for collecting pollution from open water
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B15/00—Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor
    • E02B15/04—Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials
    • E02B15/046—Collection of oil using vessels, i.e. boats, barges
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/88—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/28—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for cleaning watercourses or other ways
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/20—Controlling water pollution; Waste water treatment
    • Y02A20/204—Keeping clear the surface of open water from oil spills

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  • the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for providing a vessel which is capable of performing multiple functions including separating oil and water, fire fighting, dredging, patching damaged ships, and serving as a crane and pumping station.
  • a vessel which is primarily directed towards the removal of oil spills but which is capable of performing a number of related functions such as, for example, fire fighting, dredging, pumping operations, and patching damaged ships to prevent oil spills.
  • the removal of oil spills is achieved by the presently disclosed invention by providing a craft having a chamber in the bow which is adapted to receive oil and/or water through an enlarged opening in the bow of the craft.
  • a bellows structure supported on a boom forward of the bow forms a sea sled to receive the oil and water mixture and bring the mixture into the separation tank within the bow of the craft.
  • Passageways are provided extending between the separation tank and the stern of the craft.
  • Pumping means are provided for pumping water from the lower portion of the separation tank through the passageways and out the stern of the craft.
  • a separate passageway having a vertically adjustable inlet pipe from the separation tank into the passageway is provided for pumping the floating pollutants such as oil through the passageway into a separate storage facility astern of the craft.
  • the vertically adjustable inlet pipe is provided so as to permit the operator to determine the depth of floating pollutants in the separation tank so as to adjust the height of the inlet to pump out only the floating pollutants from the separation tank leaving the remainder portion of substantially clean water
  • the vessel according to the present invention is specially designed to permit its use for fire fighting purposes. Specifically, when the vessel is to be used for fire fighting, the bow chamber is filled with water so as to depress the bow, thus permitting the passageway outlets at the stern of the ship to be raised above the surface of the water. In this position, fire fighting hoses can be connected to the passageway outlets so that water can be fed through the passageways from the tank in the bow and forced through the hoses at a high velocity by the jet pumps in the passageway.
  • the presently disclosed craft can perform a patching operation on the damaged ship to prevent liquid pollutants in the ship's hold from spreading on the water surface.
  • This function is achieved by the presently disclosed craft by attaching a patching plate to the boom structure and lowering the bow of the craft by filling the forward compartment with water so as to permit the patching plate to be positioned directly over the damaged area of the ship containing the fluid pollutants.
  • the presently disclosed invention can perform functions such as the removal of debris from the water surface, clearing shoreline or performing emergency pumping operations. These functions may be performed by the presently disclosed craft by virtue of the particular combination of fluid chambers, passageways and multiple jet pumps.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for operating a seagoing craft to permit the craft to perform multiple diverse operations.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an oil skimming apparatus which is capable of performing diverse pumping, fire fighting and dredging operations.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an oil skimming craft with a mechanism for patching damaged ships containing pollutants.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a craft constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a perspective view partly in section of the bow structure of the craft of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a plan view of the passageways and jet pumps
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the stern of the craft with an attached storage container
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing two passageways extending from the separation tank in the bow to the stern of the craft;
  • Fig. 5A is partial sectional view of a portion of the passageway
  • Fig. 5B is a partial perspective view of the stern and a portion of the bottom of the craft
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the central passageway utilized for oil removal
  • Fig. 6A is a perspective view of the oil intake for the central passageway
  • Fig. 7 shows the stern of the craft in a raised position to be used for fire fighting purposes
  • Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the stern of the craft in a raised position showing use of the craft for dredging purposes;
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the bow of the craft utilized for patching purposes. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • a skimmer craft 1 having a hull 2 which is of generally V- shaped design to allow the skimmer craft 1 to travel at high speeds through rough water.
  • the craft 1 is piloted from a pilot cabin 3 and is provided with an intake system 4 located across the bow of the craft.
  • the pilot cabin 3 and intake system 4 are removable from the craft 1 so as to enable the craft to be readily transported over land for prompt deployment in the vicinity of an oil spill.
  • Fig. 2 discloses a separation compartment 5 in the area forward of the cabin 3 and which slopes upwardly towards an opening 6 extending across the bow of the craft.
  • This separation compartment 5 has a capacity of 5,000 gallons of fluids.
  • a boom 7 which extends from the deck of the craft forwardly past the bow where it is connected to the upper surface of the intake tank 8 by means of an intake pivot member 9.
  • An adjustable mechanism 10 extends across the top of the intake 8 to permit adjustment of the location of the pivot point 9.
  • a hand windlass 11 which drives rotatable shaft 12 operatively connected to a chain drive (not shown) extending between the shaft 12 and the intake tan 8 so as to extend or retract the intake tank to a desired position forward of the bow of the craft.
  • a flexible bellows 13 interconnects the bow of the craft with the intake tank 8.
  • an air filled buoyancy tank 14 extending across the bottom of the intake tank 8 and this buoyancy tank reduces the weight load of the structure in the water.
  • a debris rake 15 which is disposed forward of the intake tank and which may be pivoted upwardly to remove debris from the surface of the water and deposit debris on the top of the boom structure.
  • the boom is slidable beneath a pivot 16 which is mounted on the deck of the craft.
  • a screw and hand wheel mechanism 17 raises or lowers a retaining bar 18 so as to pivot the boom 7 upwardly or downwardly.
  • Fig. 3 shows diagrammatically in plan view the passageways extending from the separation tank 5 to the stern of the craft.
  • the central passageway 19 extends from an intake in the separation tank 5 to a centrifugal screw pump 20 at the stern of the craft.
  • the centrifugal screw pump is capable of delivering 4,286 barrels per hour through passageway 19.
  • a heating passageway 21 surrounds tube 19, the heating passageway receiving hot water from the diesel engines 50 which drive the pumps and electrical generating equipment.
  • the hot water in passageway 21 raises the temperature of the oil passing through tube 19.
  • Positive displacement pumps 22 are provided at the intake for delivering oil from separation tank 5 into the central passageway 19.
  • FIG. 6 and 6a A more detailed view of the intake for the central passageway 19 is shown in Fig. 6 and 6a.
  • an intake chamber 23 which extends vertically from a pair of pipes 24 which are connected to central passageway 19.
  • a vertically adjustable air tank 26 Surrounding the intake chamber 23 is a vertically adjustable air tank 26 which is inflatable and buoyant within the fluid in separation tank 5 and may be raised or lowered by pressurized air through hoses 27.
  • a window (not shown) disposed in the front wall of the cabin permits the operator to determine the depth of the oil on the surface of the water and raise or lower the vertically adjustable air tank 26 so that the depth of the slots 25 matches the depth of the oil within the separation tank 5.
  • oil is passed through the vertical.slots 25 downwardly through intake chamber 23 and through central passageway 19 to the stern of the craft.
  • FIG. 3 there are shown a pair of passageways 28 and 29 which are disposed on opposite sides of the central passageway 19. Disposed on the outlets of passageways 28 and 29 are jet pumps 30 and 31, respectively. These jet pumps together are capable of delivering 15,714 barrels per hour.
  • the inlets to passageways 28 and 29 are located at the lowermost portion of separation tank 5 so that in an oil skimming operation wherein the oil on the water surface is withdrawn through central passageway 19, the passageways 28 and 29 are utilized to pass water through the passageways and outwardly through the stern of the craft.
  • passageways 28 and 29 may also be used to deliver oil to the stern of the craft. Under these circumstances oil through passageways 19, 28 and 29 may be delivered from the stern as shown in Fig. 4 through connecting pipes 32, 33 and 34 respectively to an inflatable bladder 35 connected to the stern of the craft as a storage container for the oil.
  • only pipe 32 is connected to the inflatable bladder 35.
  • Fig. 5 there is disclosed a further mode of operation of passageways 28 and 29.
  • a flap valve 36 in passageway 29. This flap valve may be opened to permit flow of fluid from the separation tank 5 through the outlet from jet pump 31.
  • the flap valve 36 may be positioned by movement of lever 37 to close the passageway 29.
  • a screen 38 in the bottom wall of passageway 29 and a slidable door 39 as shown in Fig. 5B closes of the passageway 29 from access to the water beneath the hull of the craft.
  • the slidable door 39 may be moved to an open or closed position by rotating wheel 41 which drives cable 40 to move the door 39.
  • the jet pump 31 receives water through the opening in the hull of the craft and through screen 38, the jet flow assisting in driving the craft.
  • the passageway 28 is provided with a similar mechanism on the opposite side of the center line of the hull of the craft.
  • the presently disclosed craft may also be used for fire fighting purposes.
  • the separation tank 5 is filled with water so as to lower the bow of the craft and elevate the stern so that the outlet ends of the passageways 19, 28 and 29 as well as the outlets of jet pumps 42 and 43 are above the water line.
  • hoses such as shown at 44 and 45 may be attached to the outlets so as to provide an exceedingly high quantity and velocity of water delivered through the hoses.
  • the craft may be used for purposes of dredging by attaching to the passageway outlets rigid hose structures such as shown at 46 and 47 in Fig. 8 to perform dredging operations.
  • the craft may also be used to perform the function of patching a damaged vessel to prevent contaminants from within the damaged vessels from spilling into the sea.
  • Fig. 9 there is shown a patching plate 48 which is attached to the tank top 8 at one end thereof and a further boom 49 is attached to the upper end of the patching plate.
  • the separation tank 5 is filled with water to lower the bow and the boom structure 7 is lowered so as to position the patching plate 48 to cover the damaged area of the adjacent vessel. Thus, spill of contaminant from the hold of the vessel may be prevented.
  • the small size sea sled may be attached to the stern of the craft and the oil and water drawn into the stern tubes by reversing the jet pumps.
  • the oil and water mixture may be stored in the separation chamber 5 and separated subsequently.

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Embarcation utilitaire multi-usage (1) capable de remplir les fonctions suivantes: nettoyer les nappes de pétrole, réparer les navires en mer pour éviter des déversements de pétrole, lutter contre le feu, draguer, faire office de station de pompage, de bateau de sauvetage et de grue. La proue de l'embarcation (1) porte un bras (7) muni d'un soufflet (13) qui recueille l'eau et le pétrole et fait passer le liquide dans une chambre (5) située dans la proue de l'embarcation. Des passages (19, 21) permettent de transporter les liquides jusqu'à la poupe de l'embarcation au moyen de pompes à haute pression (42, 43). La chambre située dans la proue est munie d'un orifice (25) d'entrée réglable en hauteur pour enlever le pétrole de la surface de l'eau. Une plaque de réparation (48) peut être fixée à l'extrémité avant du soufflet et du bras lorsque l'embarcation est utilisée pour réparer des navires endommagés.
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