CHEMICAL COLLECTION AND PROCESSING VESSEL AND METHODS FOR FLUID TRANSFER AT SEA

    公开(公告)号:US20240278881A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18652652

    申请日:2024-05-01

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein include a vessel for floating and traveling adjacent to an upper surface of a body of water. In an embodiment, the vessel comprises a support structure, a first floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, a second floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the second floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from and fluidly coupled to the first floatation chamber, and a third floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the third floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from the first floatation chamber and from the second floatation chamber. In an embodiment, the vessel further comprises a robot system coupled to the support structure, where the robot system comprises an end effector and a nozzle head coupled to the end effector.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REVERSIBLE COUPLING OF CONDUITS

    公开(公告)号:US20240300622A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18594655

    申请日:2024-03-04

    IPC分类号: B63B27/34 B63B22/26 F03B13/26

    摘要: Methods and systems are provided for transient fluidic coupling via reversibly couplable conduits. In one example, a method includes directing a conduit assembly to a receiving port by releasing one or more fluid streams from the conduit assembly. The method may further include fluidly coupling an internal passage of the conduit assembly to the receiving port. The internal passage may extend from the conduit assembly and along a conduit between a pair of free-floating bodies, such as between a wave engine and a tanker ship, so as to exchange one or more fluids, such as an electrolysis reactant and an electrolysis product. The fluidic coupling may be reversible, in that the conduit assembly may be detached from the receiving port to sever the fluidic coupling. In certain examples, the detaching may be actuated by releasing one or more additional fluid streams from the conduit assembly.

    CHEMICAL COLLECTION AND PROCESSING VESSEL AND METHODS FOR FLUID TRANSFER AT SEA

    公开(公告)号:US20240278879A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18438077

    申请日:2024-02-09

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein include a vessel for floating and traveling adjacent to an upper surface of a body of water. In an embodiment, the vessel comprises a support structure, a first floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, a second floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the second floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from and fluidly coupled to the first floatation chamber, and a third floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the third floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from the first floatation chamber and from the second floatation chamber. In an embodiment, the vessel further comprises a robot system coupled to the support structure, where the robot system comprises an end effector and a nozzle head coupled to the end effector.

    RECIRCULATING INERTIAL HYDRODYNAMIC PUMP AND WAVE ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20240309837A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18597749

    申请日:2024-03-06

    IPC分类号: F03B13/14 F04F7/00

    摘要: Embodiments include a buoyant wave energy converter. In an embodiment, the wave energy converter comprises an upper chamber having a first fluid reservoir and a first gas pocket, and a lower chamber having a second fluid reservoir and a second gas pocket. In an embodiment, an injection tube is between and fluidly coupled to the upper chamber and the lower chamber, where the injection tube is to impel a fluid from the second fluid reservoir into the first fluid reservoir when the upper chamber, the lower chamber and the injection tube oscillate about a waterline with the upper chamber adjacent to the waterline and the lower chamber submerged below the waterline and vertically beneath the upper chamber. An effluent tube is fluidly coupled to the upper chamber and the lower chamber, where the effluent tube is to return the fluid from the first fluid reservoir to the injection tube.

    CHEMICAL COLLECTION AND PROCESSING VESSEL AND METHODS FOR FLUID TRANSFER AT SEA

    公开(公告)号:US20240278880A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18652647

    申请日:2024-05-01

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein include a vessel for floating and traveling adjacent to an upper surface of a body of water. In an embodiment, the vessel comprises a support structure, a first floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, a second floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the second floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from and fluidly coupled to the first floatation chamber, and a third floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the third floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from the first floatation chamber and from the second floatation chamber. In an embodiment, the vessel further comprises a robot system coupled to the support structure, where the robot system comprises an end effector and a nozzle head coupled to the end effector.

    RECIRCULATING INERTIAL HYDRODYNAMIC PUMP AND WAVE ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20240240604A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18412198

    申请日:2024-01-12

    IPC分类号: F03B13/14 F03B13/22

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein include a buoyant wave energy converter. In an embodiment, the wave energy converter comprises an upper chamber having a first fluid reservoir and a first gas pocket, and a lower chamber having a second fluid reservoir and a second gas pocket. In an embodiment, an injection tube is between and fluidly coupled to the upper chamber and the lower chamber, where the injection tube is to impel a fluid from the second fluid reservoir into the first fluid reservoir when the upper chamber, the lower chamber and the injection tube oscillate about a waterline with the upper chamber adjacent to the waterline and the lower chamber submerged below the waterline and vertically beneath the upper chamber. In an embodiment, an effluent tube is fluidly coupled to the upper chamber and the lower chamber, where the effluent tube is to return the fluid from the first fluid reservoir to the second fluid reservoir.