WO2009095512A1 - Pollutant collection device - Google Patents

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WO2009095512A1
WO2009095512A1 PCT/ES2009/000030 ES2009000030W WO2009095512A1 WO 2009095512 A1 WO2009095512 A1 WO 2009095512A1 ES 2009000030 W ES2009000030 W ES 2009000030W WO 2009095512 A1 WO2009095512 A1 WO 2009095512A1
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    • 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
    • E02B15/08—Devices for reducing the polluted area with or without additional devices for removing the material
    • 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
    • B63C7/00—Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects
    • 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
    • B63C7/00—Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects
    • B63C7/006—Emptying the contents of sunken, stranded, or disabled vessels, e.g. by engaging the vessel; Underwater collecting of buoyant contents, such as liquid, particulate or gaseous contents, escaping from sunken vessels, e.g. using funnels, or tents for recovery of escaping hydrocarbons
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
    • 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
    • E02B2015/005—Tent-like structures for dealing with pollutant emissions below the water surface

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  • the present invention relates to a device that has been specially designed to facilitate the collection of pollutants at sea, based on hydrocarbons, such as oil spills or the like.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a pollutant collection device that is extremely simple, and therefore economical, without compromising its efficiency in its application.
  • the device that is recommended is constituted from a mesh, obtained based on a resistant and non-contaminating material, with a structure that makes it impervious to contaminating elements, mesh that will preferably adopt a bell shape, in order to be disposed on the area of the sunken ship through which the spill is produced, incorporating at its ends anchors or dead to facilitate the immersion of the mesh, as well as to stabilize it, also having floats that give said mesh a certain buoyancy, which allow adopting said bell shape.
  • one or more valves will be established on the surface of the mesh to which the corresponding tubes or hoses will be coupled, in order to allow the removal of contaminating liquids therethrough.
  • the anchors or dead will have means for regulating the distance thereof to the mesh, such as cables or the like, in order to allow precise positioning thereof.
  • the device that is recommended is constituted from a mesh (1), in whose perimeter zone a series of anchors or dead (2) are established, as well as a series of floats (3 ), said mesh having at least one valve (4) for extraction of the contaminating fluid through at least one extraction hose (5).
  • the mesh (1) will be obtained from a fabric made of non-polluting materials, with sufficient resistance so that the elements that form it resist the buoyancy forces of the contaminant to be confined, as well as the weight of the corresponding anchors (2). Said mesh (1) must therefore be very resistant to breakage and cutting by sharp elements that may constitute the different elements that participate in the structure of the sunken ships or wrecks it is intended to cover.
  • the mesh fabric (1) will be dense enough to prevent contaminant fluid from flowing out of its pores.
  • said mesh (1) will also have properties that make it resistant to stretching and crushing, not being subjected to any pressure from the sea floor in a working situation, since it will be at the same depth and therefore approximately the same pressure in all its extension.
  • the size of the mentioned mesh (1) will be adequate to cover the parts of the damaged vessel, container or containers whose discharge you wish to collect with guarantees.
  • the mesh (1) will preferably have a bell shape, for which a series of floats (3 ') will be established in the intermediate zone thereof, so that once submerged it adopts said configuration.
  • This bell-shaped configuration causes polluting substances to be concentrated in the upper part of the bell, due to its own buoyancy, sliding down the inside of it.
  • the material of the mesh must be light in order to facilitate its handling and storage, and it must also be resistant to the marine environment without being degraded by being submerged, being able to be impregnated with a substance that repels crustaceans.
  • the edges (6) of the mesh (1) will be finished off in such a way that depending on their size they allow the fasteners to be fixed and anchored, through the dead (2), as well as the valves and Floats (3) needed.
  • Said anchors or dead (2) may be of different sizes, depending on the size of the mesh and the number of anchors provided for it.
  • said anchors (2) will have a ring (7) in its upper area for the passage of said ends, whose free ends may be extended to the pollutant collection vessel, in order to regulate the positioning of the mesh on it from there The sunken ship.
  • both the size and the number of these will also depend on the dimensions of the mesh (1).
  • the mesh will incorporate a series of valves (4 ') distributed over its surface, in order to allow the removal of contaminant substances grouped under the mesh (1) from a ship or from abroad. ), its optimum location being the middle or upper point of said bell-shaped mesh.
  • valves may be installed to allow the gases expelled by divers who are working on the wreck they can leave the bell, in order to reduce the tension in the means of fixing the anchors (2) to the mesh (1) produced by the increase in buoyancy of the same that involves the accumulation of said gases.

Abstract

The device has been specially designed to form a barrier to pollutant discharges from sunken vessels, which, owing to the density thereof, tend to float and spread quickly through the sea. For this purpose, the device takes the form a net (1) having dimensions calculated according to the surface area of the vessel or container to be covered and made from a material impermeable to the waste products to be collected, said net (1) adopting a bell shape when in use. The net (1) includes stabilisation means in the form of floats (3) and anchors or mooring posts (4) associated with the net. The net is characterised in that it includes at least one valve (4) provided on the surface thereof, preferably in the central area of same, to which a hose (5) can be coupled in order to collect the pollutants located therebelow.

Description

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La presente invención se refiere a un dispositivo que ha sido especialmente concebido para facilitar la recogida de contaminantes en el mar, a base de hidrocarburos, como por ejemplo vertidos de petróleo o similares.The present invention relates to a device that has been specially designed to facilitate the collection of pollutants at sea, based on hydrocarbons, such as oil spills or the like.
El objeto de la invención es proporcionar un dispositivo de recogida de contaminantes sumamente sencillo, y por lo tanto económico, sin menoscabo de una gran eficacia en su aplicación.The object of the invention is to provide a pollutant collection device that is extremely simple, and therefore economical, without compromising its efficiency in its application.
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Como es sabido, la mayoría de las catástrofes que ocurren en el mar, en cuanto al medio ambiente se refiere, se deben a buques petroleros y en particular a aquellos que transportan crudo, vulgarmente conocido como "chapapote".As is known, most of the catastrophes that occur in the sea, as far as the environment is concerned, are due to oil tankers and in particular to those that transport crude oil, commonly known as "chapapote".
Al ser este producto de una densidad superior a los demás derivados del petróleo conocidos, como la gasolina o el gas-oil, pero inferior a la del agua del mar, durante su vertido tiende a irse a la superficie, por lo que se hace necesario que su estancamiento o confinamiento en los tanques aun llenos del buque siniestrado deba hacerse lo más rápido posible y con el menor coste, para evitar así los efectos de las mareas negras y la dispersión de este producto por los fondos marinos contaminando todo su alrededor.Being this product of a density higher than other known petroleum derivatives, such as gasoline or gas-oil, but lower than that of seawater, during its discharge it tends to go to the surface, so it becomes necessary that its stagnation or confinement in tanks still full of the damaged ship should be done as quickly as possible and at the lowest cost, to avoid the effects of black tides and the dispersion of This product by the seabed polluting all around.
Los procedimientos de extracción de los materiales para que no contaminen se dificultan más cuanto mayor es la profundidad a la que se encuentra el buque, recipiente o contenedor, de manera que lo primero que se debe conseguir es confinamiento en el lugar donde se encuentra.The procedures for extracting the materials so that they do not contaminate become more difficult the greater the depth at which the vessel, container or container is located, so that the first thing that must be achieved is confinement in the place where it is located.
El solicitante no tiene conocimiento de la existencia de un dispositivo para la recogida de contaminantes con las características de la invención que se van a describir a continuación.The applicant is not aware of the existence of a device for the collection of contaminants with the characteristics of the invention that will be described below.
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Para ello, el dispositivo que se preconiza está constituido a partir de una malla, obtenida a base de un material resistente y no contaminante, con una estructuración que la haga impermeable a los elementos contaminantes, malla que adoptará preferentemente una forma de campana, en orden a disponerse sobre la zona del buque hundido por la que se produce le vertido, incorporando en sus extremos anclajes o muertos para facilitar la inmersión de la malla, así como para estabilizarla, contando igualmente con flotadores que den a dicha malla una cierta flotabilidad, que permita adoptar dicha forma de campana.For this, the device that is recommended is constituted from a mesh, obtained based on a resistant and non-contaminating material, with a structure that makes it impervious to contaminating elements, mesh that will preferably adopt a bell shape, in order to be disposed on the area of the sunken ship through which the spill is produced, incorporating at its ends anchors or dead to facilitate the immersion of the mesh, as well as to stabilize it, also having floats that give said mesh a certain buoyancy, which allow adopting said bell shape.
De acuerdo con otra de las características de la invención, sobre la superficie de la malla se establecerán una o más válvulas a las que se acoplarán los correspondientes tubos o mangueras, en orden a permitir extraer a través de los mismos los líquidos contaminantes.According to another of the characteristics of the invention, one or more valves will be established on the surface of the mesh to which the corresponding tubes or hoses will be coupled, in order to allow the removal of contaminating liquids therethrough.
Por último, cabe destacar que los anclajes o muertos dispondrán de medios de regulación de la distancia de los mismos a la malla, tales como cables o similares, en orden a permitir un preciso posicionamiento de la misma.Finally, it should be noted that the anchors or dead will have means for regulating the distance thereof to the mesh, such as cables or the like, in order to allow precise positioning thereof.
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Para complementar la descripción que se está realizando y con objeto de ayudar a una mejor comprensión de las características del invento, de acuerdo con un ejemplo preferente de realización práctica del mismo, se acompaña como parte integrante de dicha descripción, un único juego de planos en donde con carácter ilustrativo y no limitativo, se ha representado un dispositivo para la recogida de contaminantes realizado de acuerdo con el objeto de la presente invención.To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a single set of drawings is accompanied as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, a device for collecting pollutants made in accordance with the object of the present invention has been represented.
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A la vista de la figura reseñada puede observarse como el dispositivo que se preconiza está constituido a partir de una malla (1), en cuya zona perimetral se establecen una serie de anclajes o muertos (2), así como una serie de flotadores (3), contando dicha malla con al menos una válvula (4) para extracción del fluido contaminante a través de al menos una manguera (5) de extracción.In view of the above-mentioned figure, it can be seen how the device that is recommended is constituted from a mesh (1), in whose perimeter zone a series of anchors or dead (2) are established, as well as a series of floats (3 ), said mesh having at least one valve (4) for extraction of the contaminating fluid through at least one extraction hose (5).
De forma más concreta, la malla (1) estará obtenida a partir de un tejido realizado con materiales no contaminantes, con la suficiente resistencia para que los elementos que la forman resistan las fuerzas de flotabilidad del contaminante a confinar, así como el peso de los correspondientes anclajes (2). Dicha malla (1) deberá ser pues muy resistente frente a la rotura y al corte por parte de elementos punzantes que pueden constituir los diferentes elementos que participan en la estructura de los buques o pecios hundidos a que está destinada a cubrir.More specifically, the mesh (1) will be obtained from a fabric made of non-polluting materials, with sufficient resistance so that the elements that form it resist the buoyancy forces of the contaminant to be confined, as well as the weight of the corresponding anchors (2). Said mesh (1) must therefore be very resistant to breakage and cutting by sharp elements that may constitute the different elements that participate in the structure of the sunken ships or wrecks it is intended to cover.
Así pues, el tejido de la malla (1) será lo suficientemente tupido como para evitar que por sus poros pueda salir el fluido contaminante.Thus, the mesh fabric (1) will be dense enough to prevent contaminant fluid from flowing out of its pores.
Adicionalmente dicha malla (1) presentará igualmente unas propiedades que la hagan resistente al estiramiento y al aplastamiento, no resultando sometida a ninguna presión del fondo del mar en situación de trabajo, por cuanto que ésta estará a la misma profundidad y por lo tanto aproximadamente a la misma presión en toda su extensión.Additionally, said mesh (1) will also have properties that make it resistant to stretching and crushing, not being subjected to any pressure from the sea floor in a working situation, since it will be at the same depth and therefore approximately the same pressure in all its extension.
Tal y como se ha comentado con anterioridad, el tamaño de la citada malla (1) será el adecuado para cubrir con garantías las partes del buque, recipiente o contenedores accidentados cuyo vertido se desee recoger.As mentioned previously, the size of the mentioned mesh (1) will be adequate to cover the parts of the damaged vessel, container or containers whose discharge you wish to collect with guarantees.
La malla (1) presentará preferiblemente una forma de campana, para la cual en la zona intermedia de la misma se establecerán una serie de flotadores (3'), de manera que una vez sumergida adopte dicha configuración.The mesh (1) will preferably have a bell shape, for which a series of floats (3 ') will be established in the intermediate zone thereof, so that once submerged it adopts said configuration.
Esta configuración en forma de campana hace que las sustancias contaminantes se concentren en la parte superior de la campana, debido a su propia flotabilidad, resbalando por el interior de la misma.This bell-shaped configuration causes polluting substances to be concentrated in the upper part of the bell, due to its own buoyancy, sliding down the inside of it.
Asimismo, el material de la malla deberá ser ligero en orden a facilitar su manejo y almacenamiento, debiendo ser igualmente resistente al medio marino sin sufrir degradación por estar sumergida, pudiendo estar impregnada con una sustancia que repela a los crustáceos. En cuanto a los bordes (6) de la malla (1), éstos irán rematados de forma tal que dependiendo de su tamaño permitan poner los fijadores para su anclaje y regulación, a través de los muertos (2), así como las válvulas y flotadores (3) necesarios.Likewise, the material of the mesh must be light in order to facilitate its handling and storage, and it must also be resistant to the marine environment without being degraded by being submerged, being able to be impregnated with a substance that repels crustaceans. As for the edges (6) of the mesh (1), these will be finished off in such a way that depending on their size they allow the fasteners to be fixed and anchored, through the dead (2), as well as the valves and Floats (3) needed.
Dichos anclajes o muertos (2) podrán ser de diferentes tamaños, en función del tamaño de la malla y del número de anclajes previstos para la misma.Said anchors or dead (2) may be of different sizes, depending on the size of the mesh and the number of anchors provided for it.
Estos se fondearán en las proximidades en las que se encuentre el pecio sumergido, de manera que a través de cables, cabos o cualquier sistema de fijación convencional, estarán unidos a la citada malla (1), con posibilidad de regular la distancia a la misma, en orden a adaptar dicha malla a la geometría del pecio. Para ello dichos anclajes (2) contarán con una argolla (7) en su zona superior para paso de los citados cabos, cuyos extremos libres podrán prolongarse hasta la embarcación de recogida del contaminante, en orden a regular desde allí el posicionamiento de la malla sobre el buque hundido.These will be anchored in the vicinity where the submerged wreck is located, so that through cables, ends or any conventional fixing system, they will be attached to the mentioned mesh (1), with the possibility of regulating the distance to it , in order to adapt said mesh to the wreck geometry. For this purpose, said anchors (2) will have a ring (7) in its upper area for the passage of said ends, whose free ends may be extended to the pollutant collection vessel, in order to regulate the positioning of the mesh on it from there The sunken ship.
En cuanto a los flotadores (3-3'), tanto el tamaño como el número de éstos dependerá igualmente de las dimensiones de la malla (1).As for the floats (3-3 '), both the size and the number of these will also depend on the dimensions of the mesh (1).
Por último, y como ya se ha comentado con anterioridad, la malla incorporará una serie de válvulas (4') distribuidas por su superficie, al objeto de permitir la extracción desde un barco o desde el exterior las sustancias contaminantes agrupadas bajo la malla (1), siendo su óptima localización la zona media o punto superior de dicha malla en forma de campana.Finally, and as previously mentioned, the mesh will incorporate a series of valves (4 ') distributed over its surface, in order to allow the removal of contaminant substances grouped under the mesh (1) from a ship or from abroad. ), its optimum location being the middle or upper point of said bell-shaped mesh.
Adicionalmente podrá instalarse un número determinado de válvulas para permitir que los gases expulsados por los buceadores que estén trabajando en el pecio puedan salir de la campana, en orden a reducir la tensión en los medios de fijación de los anclajes (2) a la malla (1) producida por el aumento de flotabilidad de la misma que supone la acumulación de dichos gases. Additionally, a certain number of valves may be installed to allow the gases expelled by divers who are working on the wreck they can leave the bell, in order to reduce the tension in the means of fixing the anchors (2) to the mesh (1) produced by the increase in buoyancy of the same that involves the accumulation of said gases.

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R F T V T N n i r A C T O N F SR F T V T N n i r A C T O N F S
Ia.- Dispositivo para la recogida de contaminantes, caracterizado porque está constituido a partir de una malla (1), de dimensiones acordes con la superficie del buque o contenedor a cubrir de que se trate, de un material impermeable a los residuos a recoger, malla (1) que en disposición operativa adopta una forma de campana, habiéndose previsto que la misma cuente con medios para su estabilización, materializados en flotadores (3) y anclajes o muertos (4) asociados a la misma, con la particularidad de que dicha malla (1) cuenta con al menos una válvula (4) establecida sobre su superficie en la que es acoplable una manguera (5) para recogida de los contaminantes alojados bajo ella.I a .- Device for the collection of pollutants, characterized in that it is constituted from a mesh (1), of dimensions in accordance with the surface of the vessel or container to be covered, of a material impervious to the waste to be collected , mesh (1) that in operative disposition adopts a bell shape, having provided that it has means for its stabilization, materialized in floats (3) and anchors or dead (4) associated with it, with the particularity that said mesh (1) has at least one valve (4) established on its surface on which a hose (5) for collecting the contaminants housed under it is attachable.
2a.- Dispositivo para la recogida de contaminantes, según reivindicación Ia, caracterizado porque la válvula o válvulas (4) se establecen en la zona media o punto más alto en situación de trabajo de la malla (1).2 .- device for collecting contaminants, according to claim I, wherein the valve or valves (4) are set in the middle or highest point in the work situation of the mesh (1).
3a.- Dispositivo para la recogida de contaminantes, según reivindicación Ia, caracterizado porque la malla (1) es de un material resistente a la rotura o corte por elementos punzantes, obtenido a base de materiales no contaminantes, resistente al aplastamiento y al estiramiento, flexible y ligero.3 .- device for collecting contaminants, according to claim I, wherein the mesh (1) is of a material resistant to breakage or cutting by sharp elements obtained based nonpolluting, crush resistant and Stretching, flexible and lightweight.
4a.- Dispositivo para la recogida de contaminantes, según reivindicación Ia, caracterizado porque la malla (1) está impregnada con una sustancia que repela a los crustáceos.4 .- device for collecting contaminants, according to claim I, wherein the mesh (1) is impregnated with a substance that repels crustaceans.
5a.- Dispositivo para la recogida de contaminantes, según reivindicación Ia, caracterizado porque sobre la superficie de la malla (1) se establecen válvulas (4') para expulsión de gases.5 .- device for collecting contaminants, according to claim I, characterized in that on the surface of the mesh (1) valves (4 ') for expulsion of gases are established.
6a.- Dispositivo para la recogida de contaminantes, según reivindicación Ia, caracterizada porque los anclajes o muertos (2) se relacionan con la malla (1) a través de cables o cabos, pasantes por argollas (7) establecidos en dichos muertos, de manera que a través de dichos cabos pueda regularse la distancia entre los anclajes (2) y la malla (1). 6 a .- Device for collecting pollutants, according to claim I to, wherein the anchors or dead (2) relate to the mesh (1) through cables or ropes, interns by rings (7) established in such dead, so that through these ends can be regulated the distance between the anchors (2) and the mesh (1).
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