A mobile saturation diving system

The mobile saturation diving system, with its modular design and multi-branch air path structure, solves the problems of low module integration and inconsistent air source systems in existing systems. It achieves rapid deployment and attitude stability, improves the system's adaptability and safety, and is suitable for deep-sea operations in complex sea conditions.

CN121044018BActive Publication Date: 2026-04-10CHINA STATE SHIPBUILDING CORP LTD RESEARCH INSTITUTE 719
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
CHINA STATE SHIPBUILDING CORP LTD RESEARCH INSTITUTE 719
Filing Date
2025-07-09
Publication Date
2026-04-10

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Technical Problem

Existing mobile saturation diving systems have low module integration, unclear functional division, and are difficult to deploy quickly. The gas supply system lacks a unified allocation mechanism, the diving bell is susceptible to external interference, and there is a lack of integrated energy management, which affects diver safety and system energy efficiency.

Method used

It adopts a modular structural design, including a living quarters module, a diving bell module, a hoisting module, a life support equipment module, a centralized operation and control module, and a gas source module. Through standardized configuration and organic linkage, combined with a multi-branch gas path structure and an automatic gas distribution device, and equipped with a ring-shaped airbag and a helium recovery device, it can realize dynamic adjustment of buoyancy and gas supply ratio. It is equipped with a seawater heating device and a redundant power supply system to ensure the stability and safety of the system at different operating depths.

Benefits of technology

It improves the system's mobility and emergency response speed, meets the requirements for rapid switching between various transportation modes and ship types, achieves multi-gas management and attitude stability, ensures the physiological safety of divers and system energy efficiency, and improves operational efficiency and safety.

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Abstract

The application discloses a kind of motorized saturated diving systems, including living cabin module, diving bell module, sling module, life support equipment module, centralized operation control module and gas source module, living cabin module includes No.1 saturated living cabin, No.2 saturated living cabin and transition cabin, diving bell module includes diving bell body, emergency gas cylinder and annular airbag, sling module includes bell winch, guide cable winch, umbilical winch, guide cable ballast, door type hanger and hydraulic device, life support equipment module includes seawater heating device, environmental control system cabin, life water supply device and power distribution cabinet, centralized operation control module includes living cabin console, diving bell console and electrical control cabinet, gas source module includes helium cylinder, oxygen cylinder, mixed gas cylinder, compressed air cylinder, liquid nitrogen dewar and liquid oxygen dewar.The adaptability and safety of the system under different operating depths are improved by standardizing the configuration and organic linkage of each functional module.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application belongs to the technical field of saturation diving, and particularly relates to a mobile saturation diving system. BACKGROUND

[0002] Saturation diving is a diving mode suitable for deep water conditions and long-time operation. The basic principle is that the diver absorbs inert gas in the diving process until saturation is reached. Regardless of the length of time, the desaturation time remains constant, so saturation divers only need to perform a unified decompression process after the task is completed, thereby significantly improving the efficiency of deep-sea operations. Saturation diving is widely used in tasks such as installation and maintenance of offshore oil platforms, laying of submarine pipelines, deep-sea salvage, submarine rescue, and emergency rescue. To support diving operations in high-risk, long-time, and high-pressure environments, a saturation diving system is usually provided, including a living cabin, a diving bell, life support equipment, a gas source system, and other components. The mobile saturation diving system is a non-ship-mounted device that is usually stored in a warehouse or at a shore terminal. When performing a task, it is loaded onto a support ship by a lifting vehicle, installed on a predetermined base, and quickly assembled for use, thereby meeting the needs of deep diving operations in different scenarios.

[0003] However, the existing mobile saturation diving system still has some technical deficiencies in actual application, mainly in the following aspects: first, the system has low module integration and unclear function division, resulting in a long installation and debugging time and difficulty in meeting the requirement of rapid deployment; second, the existing gas source system generally adopts a decentralized control and gas distribution strategy, lacks a unified centralized distribution mechanism, and cannot flexibly adjust the gas distribution ratio and gas path under different operating depths, affecting the physiological safety of divers and the energy efficiency of the system; third, the diving bell completely relies on a steel cable to bear its entire weight, and is greatly affected by external disturbances such as waves and currents in adverse sea conditions, which easily causes the diving bell to shake violently, and even tilt, deflect, or hit the platform during lifting or recovery, seriously threatening the safety of divers and the stability of lifting operations; in addition, the support modules have insufficient coupling, and lack an integrated energy management mechanism, making it difficult to achieve automatic operation in high-risk environments. SUMMARY

[0004] In view of the defects in the prior art, the present application provides a mobile saturation diving system, which improves the adaptability and safety of the system under different operating depths by standardizing the configuration and organic linkage of each functional module, and is particularly suitable for saturation diving operations in complex sea conditions such as deep submarine rescue, emergency rescue, and salvage.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purposes, the technical solutions of the present application are as follows:

[0006] The application relates to a kind of motorized saturation diving system, including living cabin module, diving bell module, sling module, life support equipment module, centralized operation control module and gas source module, the living cabin module includes No.1 saturation living cabin, No.2 saturation living cabin and transition cabin, the diving bell module includes diving bell body, emergency gas cylinder and annular airbag, the sling module includes bell winch, guide cable winch, umbilical winch, guide cable ballast, door type hanger and hydraulic device, the life support equipment module includes seawater heating device, cabin-outside machine of environmental control system, domestic water supply device and distribution cabinet, the centralized operation control module includes living cabin console, diving bell console and electrical control cabinet, the gas source module includes helium cylinder, oxygen cylinder, mixed gas cylinder, compressed air cylinder, liquid nitrogen dewar and liquid oxygen dewar, the living cabin console and diving bell console are used to control the gas supply of the gas source module to the living cabin module and diving bell module.

[0007] Preferably, the annular airbag is divided into upper airbag cavity and lower airbag cavity by partition, the air inlet of the upper airbag cavity is connected with the emergency gas cylinder through first gas pipeline, and the air inlet of the lower airbag cavity is communicated with the diving bell exhaust port through second gas pipeline.

[0008] Preferably, the upper airbag cavity includes a plurality of uniformly arranged partition cavities, each partition cavity is communicated with the first gas pipeline through independent branch pipeline, and the diving bell console controls selective inflation of part of the partition cavities according to the attitude information of the diving bell, so that the diving bell body is adjusted in attitude during hoisting or underwater operation.

[0009] Preferably, the helium cylinder is provided with first helium branch and second helium branch on the gas discharge pipeline, the first helium branch is connected with high-pressure helium gas supply unit, the oxygen cylinder is provided with first oxygen branch, second oxygen branch and third oxygen branch on the gas discharge pipeline, the second helium branch and the first oxygen branch are mixed in automatic gas distribution device, and the mixed gas in the automatic gas distribution device is connected with the inflation pipeline of the mixed gas cylinder through gas booster.

[0010] Preferably, the third oxygen branch, the gas discharge pipeline of the mixed gas cylinder and the gas discharge pipeline of the compressed air cylinder are connected with multi-element mixed gas distribution device, the multi-element mixed gas distribution device is connected with multi-element gas supply unit, the multi-element gas supply unit is connected with the living cabin console and the diving bell console, and according to the operation depth, the living cabin module and the diving bell module are provided with compressed air, helium-oxygen mixed gas or helium-nitrogen-oxygen mixed gas.

[0011] Preferably, the liquid nitrogen dewar and the liquid oxygen dewar are also connected with the multi-element gas supply unit, the gas booster is also connected with the emergency gas cylinder for inflation, and the second oxygen branch is connected with the oxygen gas supply unit.

[0012] Preferably, a helium recovery device is further included for recovering helium from the helium gas or the chamber decompression gas, and the helium recovery device is connected with the gas pressurizing device.

[0013] Preferably, the seawater heating device is used for heating and pressurizing the seawater provided by the mother ship to provide the divers and the in-bell seawater radiator with hot seawater meeting the requirements in pressure level, flow rate and temperature, and the power distribution cabinet is used for modulating two power sources input from the main power distribution board and the reliable power distribution board of the mother ship to supply power to the hydraulic device, the domestic water supply device, the seawater heating device, the main environmental control engine and the centralized operation control module.

[0014] Preferably, the out-of-vehicle environmental control system engine adopts a cold and hot water unit, uses 30% ethylene glycol water solution as the hot and cold medium water to form a hot medium water loop and a cold medium water loop, and is used for driving the environmental control engines in the first and second saturated living cabins.

[0015] Preferably, the door type hanger is a foldable hanger, provides the structure and space required for shifting support for the deployment and recovery of the bell module and the mooring line ballast, the bell hanger winch is a main winch, the mooring line winch is a secondary winch, the bell main umbilical is wound around the umbilical winch, the umbilical winch can lift the bell module to the main lifting point to expose the water surface in an emergency working condition, and the bell hanger winch, the mooring line winch and the umbilical winch are all driven by the hydraulic device.

[0016] The present application has the following advantages:

[0017] (1) The present application adopts a modular structure design, standardizes the living cabin module, the bell module, the deployment module, the gas source module, the life support equipment module and the centralized operation control module, each module has independent transportation and rapid assembly capacity, is suitable for various transportation modes and ship type platforms, realizes rapid switching from shore storage to ship deployment, and significantly improves the mobility and emergency response speed of the system.

[0018] (2) The present application sets a multi-branch gas path structure and an automatic gas distribution device, combines a helium bottle, an oxygen bottle, a mixed gas bottle, a compressed air bottle, a liquid nitrogen dewar and a liquid oxygen dewar to construct a multi-element gas management system, dynamically adjusts the gas supply ratio according to the working depth, realizes flexible switching of compressed air, helium-oxygen mixed gas and helium-nitrogen-oxygen mixed gas, meets the diversified demand for breathing gas in multi-depth saturation diving operation, and sets a helium recovery device to re-fill the gas bottle group through the gas pressurizing device, and improves the resource utilization rate of the system.

[0019] (3) The application sets a ring-shaped air bag outside the diving bell module, and divides the inside of the air bag into an upper air bag cavity and a lower air bag cavity, and further divides the upper air bag cavity into multiple separated cavities, cooperates with independent branch pipelines and a control console, and realizes the buoyancy distribution adjustment of the diving bell during the lifting and underwater operation through selective inflation, and effectively improves the posture stability and anti-interference ability.

[0020] (4) The seawater heating device of the application can heat and pressurize the seawater supplied by the mother ship to meet the heat exchange requirements of the divers and the cabin; the outboard machine of the environmental control system adopts a cold and hot water unit and a glycol water solution circulation to form a hot / cool medium water loop, realizes the temperature and humidity environment control of the No. 1 and No. 2 saturation living cabins, and guarantees the long-term life safety and comfort of the divers in the saturation state. The power distribution cabinet structure of the application can receive double-path input power from the main power distribution board and the standby power source of the mother ship, and after modulation, uniformly supply power to the hydraulic device, water supply device, heating device, environmental control main machine and operation control module to form a reliable redundant power supply system, and ensure that the key equipment can stably operate under different working conditions. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are schematic and not intended to be limiting of the embodiments, and in which like reference numerals refer to like elements in the various figures of the drawings in which: the figures are not to scale.

[0022] Figure 1 It is a whole schematic diagram of the motorized saturation diving system shown in the embodiment of the application;

[0023] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the life support equipment module shown in the embodiment of the application;

[0024] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the centralized operation control module shown in the embodiment of the application;

[0025] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of the diving bell module shown in the embodiment of the application;

[0026] Figure 5 It is a connection schematic diagram of the separated cavities of the diving bell module shown in the embodiment of the application;

[0027] Figure 6 It is a connection schematic diagram of the air source module shown in the embodiment of the application.

[0028] Fig. 1: 1 - living cabin module; 2 - diving bell module; 21 - diving bell body; 22 - emergency gas cylinder; 23 - annular gas bag; 24 - upper gas bag chamber; 241 - partition chamber; 242 - independent branch pipeline; 25 - lower gas bag chamber; 26 - first gas pipeline; 27 - second gas pipeline; 28 - diving bell exhaust port; 3 - stinger module; 31 - bell winch; 32 - guide cable winch; 33 - umbilical winch; 34 - guide cable ballast; 35 - door-shaped stinger; 36 - hydraulic device; 4 - life support equipment module; 41 - seawater heating device; 42 - out-of-vehicle machine of environmental control system; 43 - domestic water supply device; 44 - power distribution cabinet; 5 - centralized operation control module; 51 - living cabin control console; 52 - diving bell control console; 53 - electrical control cabinet; 6 - gas source module; 61 - helium cylinder; 611 - first helium branch; 612 - second helium branch; 62 - oxygen cylinder; 621 - first oxygen branch; 622 - second oxygen branch; 623 - third oxygen branch; 63 - mixed gas cylinder; 64 - compressed air cylinder; 65 - liquid nitrogen dewar; 66 - liquid oxygen dewar. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] For the purpose of promoting the understanding of the present application, the present application will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" to another element, it can be directly on the other element or one or more intervening elements can be present therebetween. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or one or more intervening elements can be present therebetween. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "left", "right", "inner", "outer" and similar expressions used in the present specification are only for the purpose of illustration. In the description of the present application, the terms "first", "second" are only for the purpose of description and should not be understood as indicating relative importance or implying the number of the technical features indicated. Thus, unless otherwise specified, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features; the meaning of "plurality" is two or more. The term "comprising" and any variation thereof means non-exclusive inclusion, and one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, units, components and / or combinations thereof can be present or added.

[0030] Furthermore, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection", "connecting" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, can be fixed connection, can also be detachable connection, or integral connection; can be mechanical connection, can also be electrical connection; can be direct connection, can also be indirect connection through intermediate medium, or internal communication of two elements. All technical and scientific terms used in the specification have the same meaning as understood by those skilled in the art to which the present application belongs. The terms used in the specification of the present application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present application. The term "and / or" used in the specification includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

[0031] In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the application described below can be combined with each other as long as there is no conflict.

[0032] Please refer to Figures 1-6 The embodiment provides a motorized saturation diving system, which comprises a living cabin module 1, a diving bell module 2, a hoisting module 3, a life support equipment module 4, a centralized operation control module 5 and an air source module 6. The living cabin module 1 comprises a No. 1 saturation living cabin, a No. 2 saturation living cabin and a transition cabin, the No. 1 and No. 2 saturation living cabins are used for the life and rest of divers during saturation operation, and the transition cabin is used for pressure adjustment and transition connection between the living cabin and the diving bell. The rated number of people in each saturation living cabin is four. The diving bell module 2 comprises a diving bell body 21, an emergency gas cylinder 22 and a ring-shaped air bag 23, the diving bell body 21 is a closed cabin used for transporting divers to an underwater operation point and returning, the rated number of people in the diving bell is three, the emergency gas cylinder 22 provides a breathing gas source and inflation gas source of the ring-shaped air bag 23 in an emergency, and the ring-shaped air bag 23 is arranged outside the diving bell body 21 and used for providing auxiliary buoyancy and attitude adjustment.

[0033] The hoisting module 3 comprises a bell winch 31, a mooring winch 32, an umbilical winch 33, a mooring weight 34, a door-shaped hanger 35 and a hydraulic device 36. The bell winch 31 is used for lifting and lowering the diving bell body 21, the mooring winch 32 is used for laying or recovering a mooring line, the umbilical winch 33 is used for winding and releasing a main umbilical connected with the diving bell body 21, the mooring weight 34 is used for tensioning the mooring line and providing stability, the door-shaped hanger 35 provides space support required by the overall lifting structure of the diving bell module 2, and the hydraulic device 36 provides power for various winches and hangers.

[0034] Please refer to Figure 2The life support equipment module 4 includes a seawater heating device 41, an environmental control system outboard machine 42, a living water supply device 43, and a power distribution cabinet 44. The seawater heating device 41 heats cold seawater provided by a mother ship to a suitable temperature for heat exchange of a diver and internal temperature adjustment of a diving bell. The environmental control system outboard machine 42 cooperates with an in-cabin environmental control device to build a temperature and humidity control loop. The living water supply device 43 provides water for the diver. The power distribution cabinet 44 converts power supplied by the mother ship into power available inside the system and realizes stable power supply for each module.

[0035] Referring to Figure 3 The centralized operation control module 5 includes a living cabin control console 51, a diving bell control console 52, and an electrical control cabinet 53. The living cabin control console 51 is used to control the gas, temperature, power supply, and communication system of the living cabin module 1. The diving bell control console 52 is used to remotely monitor and control the states of the diving bell module 2. The electrical control cabinet 53 centrally manages the power supply, signal connection, and emergency control lines of each module.

[0036] Referring to Figure 6 The gas source module 6 includes a helium gas cylinder 61, an oxygen gas cylinder 62, a mixed gas cylinder 63, a compressed air cylinder 64, a liquid nitrogen Dewar 65, and a liquid oxygen Dewar 66. The helium gas cylinder 61 and the oxygen gas cylinder 62 provide main breathing gas components for the diver. The mixed gas cylinder 63 stores breathing gas mixed in proportion. The compressed air cylinder 64 is used for pressurization and pressure maintenance inside the system. The liquid nitrogen Dewar 65 and the liquid oxygen Dewar 66 are used as low-temperature gas storage units for special depth working conditions or emergency gas supply. The living cabin control console 51 and the diving bell control console 52 are used to control the gas supply of the gas source module 6 to the living cabin module 1 and the diving bell module 2. The gas supply mode can be dynamically switched based on the actual working depth and task requirements, ensuring the safety, continuity, and adaptability of the system gas supply.

[0037] Referring to Figures 4-5 The annular airbag 23 is divided into an upper airbag cavity 24 and a lower airbag cavity 25 by a partition cloth. The partition cloth divides the annular airbag 23 into two independent and sealed cavity regions. The gas inlet of the upper airbag cavity 24 is connected to the emergency gas cylinder 22 through a first gas pipeline 26. The first gas pipeline 26 is used to introduce the gas in the emergency gas cylinder 22 into the upper airbag cavity 24 under control command to provide buoyancy or adjust the attitude. The gas inlet of the lower airbag cavity 25 is communicated with the diving bell exhaust port 28 through a second gas pipeline 27. The second gas pipeline 27 makes the gas discharged from the diving bell exhaust port 28 enter the lower airbag cavity 25, so as to form auxiliary buoyancy by using the waste gas and improve the gas utilization efficiency. The emergency gas cylinder 22 is inflated by the gas source module 6. The gas in the gas source module 6 can be supplemented or pre-charged to the emergency gas cylinder 22 through a set passage, so as to ensure independent inflation capacity in an emergency.

[0038] Further, the upper air bag chamber 24 comprises a plurality of evenly arranged partition chambers 241, which are symmetrically arranged along the circumference of the ring-shaped air bag 23, so that the buoyancy adjustment is more precise and balanced. Each partition chamber 241 is in communication with the first gas pipeline 26 through an independent branch pipeline 242, which is used to introduce the gas source into different partition chambers 241 respectively, realizing partition control and independent inflation. The diving bell console 52 controls selective inflation of some of the partition chambers 241 according to the attitude information of the diving bell, which can include roll, pitch or yaw attitude deviation. By selectively injecting gas into the target position of the partition chamber 241, the overall buoyancy center is adjusted, the attitude of the diving bell body 21 is adjusted during hoisting or underwater operation, and the inclination or deflection is avoided, thereby improving the stability and control accuracy of the diving bell module 2 in a dynamic environment.

[0039] Please refer to Figure 6 In the embodiment, the helium cylinder 61 is provided with a first helium branch 611 and a second helium branch 612 on the gas discharge pipeline. The first helium branch 611 is connected to a high-pressure helium gas supply unit, which provides a source of high-purity helium gas for pressurization of the diving chamber or emergency gas replenishment. The second helium branch 612 is combined with the first oxygen branch 621 of the oxygen cylinder 62 to a automatic gas mixing device for mixing. The gas discharge pipeline of the oxygen cylinder 62 is provided with a first oxygen branch 621, a second oxygen branch 622 and a third oxygen branch 623. The first oxygen branch 621 is used to cooperate with the second helium branch 612 to generate standard helium-oxygen mixed gas. The second oxygen branch 622 can be connected to an oxygen gas supply unit, which can independently provide direct high-purity oxygen for the diver's breathing system, medical hyperbaric chamber or maintaining the stability of the oxygen concentration in the chamber, avoiding interference with the ratio sharing system of helium-oxygen mixed gas, and improving the oxygen supply accuracy and flexibility of use. The automatic gas mixing device mixes the helium and oxygen according to the preset ratio to form the target mixed gas, and connects the mixed gas to the inflation pipeline of the mixed gas cylinder 63 after increasing the pressure of the mixed gas through a gas pressure increasing device, thereby realizing automatic gas replenishment and accurate ratio of the mixed gas cylinder 63, and meeting the dynamic control requirements of the composition and pressure of breathing gas at different depths. The gas pressure increasing device is also connected to the emergency gas cylinder 22 for inflation. The delivery of the pressurized gas to the emergency gas cylinder 22 can ensure that it is in a high-pressure full state in the initial state, which is convenient for rapid release in emergency situations for buoyancy adjustment or emergency gas supply.

[0040] Further, the third oxygen branch 623, the gas discharge pipeline of the mixed gas cylinder 63, and the gas discharge pipeline of the compressed air cylinder 64 converge to the multi-element mixed gas distribution device, the third oxygen branch 623 provides pure oxygen components, the gas discharge pipeline of the mixed gas cylinder 63 outputs the prepared helium-oxygen mixed gas, and the gas discharge pipeline of the compressed air cylinder 64 provides air-based gas. The multi-element mixed gas distribution device groups and proportionally controls the three types of gas and outputs different components of breathing gas as needed. The multi-element mixed gas distribution device is connected to the multi-element gas supply unit, which serves as a dynamic output platform. The multi-element gas supply unit is connected to the habitat control console 51 and the diving bell console 52. Based on real-time operating depth data, the habitat control console 51 and the diving bell console 52 control the multi-element gas supply unit to switch the type and proportion of output gas, thereby providing compressed air, helium-oxygen mixed gas, or helium-nitrogen-oxygen mixed gas to the habitat module 1 and the diving bell module 2, meeting the breathing safety and physiological adaptation needs of divers in different diving environments. In this embodiment, the multi-element gas supply unit provides compressed air, helium-oxygen mixed gas, or helium-nitrogen-oxygen mixed gas according to the operating depth, has the ability to adapt to the physiological needs of divers in different water depth environments, effectively reduces the risk of high-pressure nervous syndrome, nitrogen narcosis, and hyperoxia toxicity, and improves the safety and efficiency of diving operations.

[0041] Further, a liquid nitrogen Dewar 65 and a liquid oxygen Dewar 66 can also be provided and connected to the multi-element gas supply unit. The liquid nitrogen Dewar 65 is used to provide a nitrogen source. When helium-nitrogen-oxygen ternary mixed gas is needed, the amount of liquid nitrogen vaporization can be controlled to accurately adjust the proportion of nitrogen. The multi-element gas supply unit generates helium-nitrogen-oxygen mixed gas suitable for a specific diving depth by mixing with the helium and oxygen flow paths. The liquid oxygen Dewar 66 is used to provide high-purity oxygen. Compared with traditional gaseous oxygen cylinders, liquid oxygen can store more oxygen in the same volume, has the advantages of small size, light weight, and long endurance, and is particularly suitable for saturation diving environments with limited space and long oxygen supply periods. In addition, liquid oxygen can provide a stable constant-temperature oxygen supply through the vaporization process, which is more accurate for adjusting the oxygen concentration in the cabin and helps to improve the reliability and gas utilization efficiency of the life support system.

[0042] In addition, a helium recovery device is also included for recovering helium from the diving gas or cabin decompression gas. The helium recovery device can effectively collect and reuse the helium-rich gas discharged during diving, especially during the decompression or snorkeling stage, as a large amount of helium is discharged with decompression or exhalation. The device can significantly reduce helium waste, improve gas source utilization efficiency, and reduce system operating costs. The helium recovery device is connected to the gas pressurization device, which is used to re-pressurize the recovered low-pressure helium to a usable pressure level, so that it can re-enter the gas source circulation system to participate in the preparation or storage of mixed gas, ensuring efficient closed-loop utilization of helium resources.

[0043] Please refer to Figure 2The seawater heating device 41 is used for heating and pressurizing seawater provided by the mother ship to provide heat seawater with required pressure level, flow rate and temperature for the diver and the seawater radiator in the bell. The seawater heating device 41 is used for constant temperature heating of the original cold seawater by the heating unit, and realizes flow rate adjustment and pressure stabilization by the built-in water pump, so as to ensure the smooth circulation of the heat seawater in the bell, maintain the internal environment temperature of the diving bell module 2 and provide heat source support for heat exchange before the diver leaves the bell, and improve the human thermal comfort and operation preparation efficiency. The power distribution cabinet 44 is used for modulating two power sources input from the main power distribution board and the reliable power distribution board of the mother ship to supply power to the hydraulic device 36, the domestic water supply device 43, the seawater heating device 41, the environmental control host and the centralized operation control module 5. The power distribution cabinet 44 has input switching and voltage stabilization functions, and ensures stable operation of the key system under the condition of power failure or voltage fluctuation by double-redundancy power supply configuration, so as to provide safe and continuous energy support for the whole saturation diving system.

[0044] The environmental control system extravehicular machine 42 adopts a cold and hot water unit, and uses 30% ethylene glycol water solution as heat medium and cold medium water. The ethylene glycol water solution has good thermal stability and anti-freezing performance, and can still maintain high-efficiency heat transfer effect in extreme marine environment. The ethylene glycol water solution forms a heat medium water loop and a cold medium water loop, and the two loops are respectively responsible for heat output and cold output. The double-loop system can realize high-precision temperature adjustment, and is used for driving the environmental control machine in the first and second saturation living cabins. The environmental control machine automatically adjusts the flow rate of the heat medium or cold medium water according to the real-time temperature and humidity in the cabin, so as to realize dynamic control of the air temperature, humidity and air quality in the cabin, and ensure the stable and comfortable environment for the diver to work and live in the saturation state for a long time.

[0045] The door type hanger 35 is a foldable hanger, the foldable structure makes it convenient to store and transport in the non-working state, and can be quickly unfolded to form a stable frame in the deployed state, providing the structure and space required for displacement support for the deployment and recovery of the diving bell module 2 and the guide cable ballast 34, and ensuring that the diving bell module 2 is vertically lowered and the guide cable is not wound or deviated through a set geometric displacement. The bell winch 31 is a main winch, which is used to undertake the main lifting task of the diving bell module 2, has high load capacity and multi-section speed control, the guide cable winch 32 is a secondary winch, which cooperates with the guide cable ballast 34 to control the guide cable tension and position, avoiding the guide cable from shaking or knotting during the operation, the diving bell main umbilical is wound on the umbilical winch 33, the umbilical winch 33 is a multi-layer winding structure, which is used to uniformly release or wind the diving bell main umbilical during deployment and recovery, and can lift the diving bell module 2 to its main lifting point to expose the water surface in the emergency working condition, ensuring that the diver can timely evacuate the underwater environment. The bell winch 31, the guide cable winch 32 and the umbilical winch 33 are all driven by the hydraulic device 36, the hydraulic drive system has high responsiveness and impact resistance, and is suitable for precise control in complex sea conditions, and ensures the reliable operation of the system in normal and abnormal states.

[0046] In summary, the application discloses a kind of motorized saturated diving system, including living cabin module 1, diving bell module 2, hanger module 3, life support equipment module 4, centralized operation control module 5 and gas source module 6, each module is realized fast transport, fast loading and modular integration by standardization design;Wherein diving bell module 2 is equipped with annular air bag 23 including upper air bag cavity 24 and lower air bag cavity 25, and forms controllable buoyancy adjusting structure in combination with emergency gas cylinder 22 and separation chamber 241, and gas source module 6 includes helium cylinder 61, oxygen cylinder 62, mixed gas cylinder 63, compressed air cylinder 64, liquid nitrogen dewar 65 and liquid oxygen dewar 66, and is realized multi-depth gas supply control by multi-element mixed gas distribution device and living cabin console 51, diving bell console 52.The application realizes good module independence and system integrity by the high integration and collaborative control of each functional module, improves the system transportation and on-site deployment efficiency;By setting upper air bag cavity 24, lower air bag cavity 25 and separation chamber 241, and being controlled by diving bell console 52, the attitude of diving bell module 2 is dynamically adjusted, and the stability of lifting and underwater operation is enhanced;By introducing automatic gas distribution device, multi-element mixed gas distribution device, gas booster and liquid nitrogen dewar 65, liquid oxygen dewar 66 etc., the dynamic switching of helium-oxygen mixed gas, helium-nitrogen-oxygen mixed gas and high-pressure gas supply scheme is realized, and the gas supply accuracy, safety and adaptability are improved;By setting helium recovery device and cooperating with gas booster, a high-efficiency closed-loop helium recycling mechanism is constructed, which significantly reduces the system operation cost.

[0047] The application faces the saturation diving operation demand of multiple depths and multiple scenes, is particularly suitable for high-risk operation scenes such as submarine rescue, emergency rescue, rescue and salvage, and has the system characteristics of high integration, high intelligence, high adaptability and high safety, provides strong technical support for the equipment development of a new generation of mobile saturation diving system, and promotes the continuous evolution of deep sea operation equipment to the direction of modularization, intelligentization and high efficiency.

[0048] The above examples are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the application, not to limit them; under the idea of the application, the technical features in the above examples or different examples can also be combined, the steps can be implemented in any order, and there are many other changes of different aspects of the application as described above, which are not provided in details for simplicity; although the application is described in detail with reference to the foregoing examples, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing examples can be modified or some technical features can be replaced by equivalents; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the application.

Claims

1. A mobile saturation diving system, characterized in that, The utility model provides a kind of integrated saturation diving system, including living cabin module (1), diving bell module (2), sling module (3), life support equipment module (4), centralized operation control module (5) and gas source module (6);The living cabin module (1) includes No.1 saturation living cabin, No.2 saturation living cabin and transition cabin, the diving bell module (2) includes diving bell body (21), emergency cylinder (22) and annular airbag (23), the sling module (3) includes bell winch (31), guide cable winch (32), umbilical winch (33), guide cable ballast (34), door type hanger (35) and hydraulic device (36), the life support equipment module (4) includes seawater heating device (41), environmental control system cabin outside machine (42), domestic water supply device (43) and switch board (44), the centralized operation control module (5) includes living cabin console (51), diving bell console (52) and electrical control cabinet (53), the gas source module (6) includes helium cylinder (61), oxygen cylinder (62), mixed gas cylinder (63), compressed air cylinder (64), liquid nitrogen dewar (65) and liquid oxygen dewar (66), the living cabin console (51) and diving bell console (52) are used to control the gas source module (6) to the living cabin module (1) and diving bell module (2) and carry out gas supply;The annular airbag (23) is divided into upper airbag cavity (24) and lower airbag cavity (25) by the inside separation cloth, the air inlet of upper airbag cavity (24) is connected with emergency cylinder (22) by first gas pipeline (26), the air inlet of lower airbag cavity (25) is communicated with diving bell exhaust (28) by second gas pipeline (27), and the gas exhausted in diving bell exhaust (28) enters lower airbag cavity (25) by second gas pipeline (27), auxiliary buoyancy is formed using waste gas and the gas utilization efficiency is improved, the emergency cylinder (22) is inflated by the gas source module (6);The upper airbag cavity (24) includes a plurality of evenly arranged separation cavities (241), and a plurality of separation cavities (241) are symmetrically arranged along the circumference of annular airbag (23), each separation cavity (241) is communicated with the first gas pipeline (26) by independent branch pipeline (242), and the diving bell console (52) controls part of separation cavities (241) in the separation cavities (241) to be selectively inflated according to the attitude information of diving bell, so that the diving bell body (21) is adjusted in attitude during hoisting or underwater operation.

2. The mobile saturation diving system of claim 1, wherein, The helium cylinder (61) is provided with a first helium branch (611) and a second helium branch (612) on the gas discharge pipeline, the first helium branch (611) is connected with a high-pressure helium gas supply unit, the oxygen cylinder (62) is provided with a first oxygen branch (621), a second oxygen branch (622) and a third oxygen branch (623) on the gas discharge pipeline, the second helium branch (612) and the first oxygen branch (621) are mixed in an automatic gas distribution device, and the mixed gas in the automatic gas distribution device is connected to the gas filling pipeline of a mixed gas cylinder (63) through a gas booster device.

3. The mobile saturation diving system of claim 2, wherein, The third oxygen branch (623), the gas discharge pipeline of the mixed gas cylinder (63) and the gas discharge pipeline of the compressed air cylinder (64) are connected to a multi-element mixed gas distribution device, the multi-element mixed gas distribution device is connected with a multi-element gas supply unit, the multi-element gas supply unit is connected with a living cabin control console (51) and a diving bell console (52), and compressed air, helium-oxygen mixed gas or helium-nitrogen-oxygen mixed gas is provided for the living cabin module (1) and the diving bell module (2) according to the working depth.

4. The mobile saturation diving system of claim 3, wherein, The liquid nitrogen Dewar (65) and the liquid oxygen Dewar (66) are also connected to the multi-element gas supply unit, the gas booster device is also connected to an emergency gas cylinder (22) for charging, and the second oxygen branch (622) is connected to an oxygen gas supply unit.

5. The mobile saturation diving system of claim 4, wherein, A helium recovery device is further included for recovering helium from the patrol gas or cabin decompression gas, and the helium recovery device is connected with the gas booster device.

6. The mobile saturation diving system of claim 1 wherein, The seawater heating device (41) is used for heating and pressurizing the seawater provided by the mother ship to provide hot seawater with required pressure level, flow rate and temperature for the divers and the seawater radiator in the bell, the power distribution cabinet (44) is used for modulating two power sources input from the main power distribution board and the reliable power distribution board of the mother ship to supply power to the hydraulic device (36), the domestic water supply device (43) and the seawater heating device (41), the main environmental control engine and the centralized operation control module (5).

7. The mobile saturation diving system of claim 1 wherein, The environmental control system cabin external engine (42) adopts a cold and hot water unit, uses 30% ethylene glycol water solution as the heat medium and cold medium water to form a heat medium water loop and a cold medium water loop for driving the environmental control engine in the No.1 saturated living cabin and the No.2 saturated living cabin.

8. The mobile saturation diving system of claim 1 wherein, The door type hanger (35) is a foldable hanger, which provides the structure and space required for displacement support for the deployment and recovery of the diving bell module (2) and the cable guide ballast (34), the bell hoist winch (31) is a main winch, the cable guide winch (32) is a vice winch, the diving bell main umbilical is wound on the umbilical winch (33), the umbilical winch (33) can lift the diving bell module (2) to its main lifting point to expose the water surface in an emergency working condition, and the bell hoist winch (31), the cable guide winch (32) and the umbilical winch (33) are all driven by the hydraulic device (36).

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