WO2021107806A1 - The technology of creating an artificial iceberg - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
- E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
- F25C1/00—Producing ice
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
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- F25C1/02—Producing natural ice, i.e. without refrigeration
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
- F25C1/00—Producing ice
- F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
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- the present invention relates to the usage of unconventional sources of fresh water and it makes it possible to create the artificial icebergs with proportions up to 400*400*200 and deliver them to regions of the world with fresh water shortage.
- the invention is based on the concept of creating artificial icebergs from pure water that has been developed by Doctor of Geology Glotov V. E.
- NER North-East of Russia
- Fig. 1 The general information about the region.
- the North-East of Russia (NER) is a predominantly mountainous country, and geographically it is the peninsula of Eurasia, washed by the seas of the Pacific and Arctic oceans (Fig. 1).
- the Vercheyansk Range is its natural boundary westerly.
- the total area of the region (excluding Kamchatka Peninsula) is about 2.2 million km2.
- the population is not more than 300 thousand people, i.e. the population density is about 1 person per 7 km2.
- the prospects for increasing permanent residents are not far-reaching here, because the harsh natural conditions of the region, its remoteness from densely populated and economically developed economic areas do not attract people to become permanent residents.
- the industrial development of water resources is possible in shifts.
- Fig.1 The hydrographic scheme of the North-East of Russia: 1- the administrative border of the republic, autonomous okrug/area , regions; 2-proposed terminals for loading tankers with drinking water and points for creating artificial icebergs, including 1 - Yansko-Tauysky; 2-Olsky, 3-Yamsky, 4- Gizhiginsky, 5-Parensky.
- the high-latitude location of the region and the increased ice content of the seas surrounding the NER results in a very cold climate.
- the average annual air temperature does not rise above -2.5°C.
- the duration of the cold period of the year, when the average daily temperature is below 0°C, is equal to 7-8 months with an average winter temperature not higher than -14°C. Under these conditions, the permafrost is widely developed in the territory.
- Fresh water resources The fresh waters fed by rain, melting snow, ice mounds, intracranial ice, are concentrated in surface watercourses, the seasonal thaw layer, taliks of river valleys, and, to a lesser extent, in seasonal ice mounds and sub-frozen horizons.
- the lakes' distribution and swampiness of mountain areas is less than 0.1%, the water supply of the region can be judged by the volume of river flow into the sea, since the surface and groundwater flows in the cryolithozone mountain areas are uniform (Table 1).
- the fresh water total flow into the oceans comprises 562.8 thousand m3.
- one permanent modern resident of the region has about 5400 m3 of water per day, that is more than 280 times higher than the water supply for 1 person on Earth as a whole.
- Table 2 The chemical composition of river waters of the Northern coast of the Okhotsk sea (based on the materials of the Kolyma hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring administrative department , the North-Eastern Complex Research Institute of the Far Eastern branch of the Russian
- the Magadan Center for Environmental Pollution Control has studied the waters of the relatively large rivers of the Northern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk - Gizhiga and Taui - for several years to identify the patterns of negative changes in the quality of river water under the impact of natural and man-made factors.
- the content of various forms of nitrogen, common iron, copper, zinc, phenols, petroleum products, synthetic surfactants was determined. According to all indicators, the water was clean, due to the absence of large settlements and centers of economic activity in the river drain areas. Only in the period of spring tides and summer floods increases in individual indicators (metals, nitrogen of different forms, petroleum products) are possible. Therefore, the waters of rivers, where the flow is formed in areas not affected by human activity, can be used without prior preparation. This conclusion is also true in relation to the fresh groundwater resources of alluvial deposits, where the quality is higher and more stable than in case of surface deposits.
- Water intakes are supposed to be placed in the form of a linear series of wells stretched in the floodplain along the river bed, for free attraction of river waters to the depression funnel.
- For water transportation it is possible to use the large-tonnage sea tankers used for oil transportation previously.
- the tankers are used for the transportation of oil, and their bodies are made of two shells. Since fresh water is not environmentally dangerous, it is possible to use vessels or caravans of tank tows for its transportation, meaning the ones that are not suitable for transportation of oil and oil products according to modern requirements. In these cases, the stations for filling tankers with fresh water are significantly simplified, as compared with the stations for oil.
- the vessel can be on the roadstead in the sea, and the water will be supplied through a pipeline laid along the underwater continuation of the river bed, and that will protect the water pipelines from freezing.
- Fig. 2 The scheme of currents on the surface of the Sea of Okhotsk in summer In case of delivery of fresh water for export in the form of icebergs, the cost of transportation will be reduced twice roughly, while performing the works in winter. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of river flow during this period, when water discharge decreases in hundred times, that is shown in the Taui river flow hydrograph made on the basis of the results of long-term observations (Fig. 3).
- Fig. 3 The Taui river average monthly discharge (Talon settlement, the catchment area is 25100 km2) for the period 1941 and 1962-1980 years (4).
- the figure shows the appearance of an artificial iceberg [1] and the appearance of a polymer membrane
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