475 results about "Cargo vessel" patented technology

Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting freshwater from atmospheric humidity in extremely hot and humid climates and supplying freshwater to a small group of people, a building, a farm, or forestation area. The freshwater is treated to provide drinking water by disinfecting to eliminate microorganisms and filtration to remove suspended particulates from air, erosion or corrosion products, and disinfected waste. Compact units provide drinking water for individuals, passengers in cars, vans, trucks, or recreational boats, or crewmembers on a seagoing cargo ship whether from atmospheric humidity or from moisture-laden gases. Furthermore, systems are disclosed for the ample supply of freshwater with minimal treatment for small- to large-sized buildings in a manner that alleviates the heat load on buildings. Collection of freshwater from hot humid ambient air is also provided for other uses, such as irrigation and farm animal drinking. Various methods are used for condensation of water vapor suspended in the air as alternative to conventional refrigeration cycles using CFC refrigerants. Devices are disclosed using naturally occurring brackish cold water, circulation of cooling water cooled by thermoelectric cooling or thermoacoustic refrigeration as well as evaporative cooling and transpiration cooling. Water produced by the systems may flow under gravitational forces entirely or with the assistance of boasting pumps.

A system and method for automated handling, transferring and storing conventional cargo storage containers on a cargo ship wherein the containers are stored in a multi-tier cell system and are manipulated by powered transfer units which are selectively moveable along an intersecting overhead track system such that containers may be simultaneously retrieved from, moved or placed within any of the cells of the ship. The transfer units are equipped both with hoists, which control spreader beams which are selectively secured to the cargo containers, and guide stabilizers, which prevent undesirable movement of the cargo containers when they are elevated above the cell structures such that the containers may be manipulated even during rough sea conditions such that the system is essentially continuously operable as a floating supply distribution system.

A cargo carrier is disclosed for the efficient delivery of cargo to space, such as to support the International Space Station (ISS). Both pressurized and unpressurized cargo may be delivered into space on an expendable launch vehicle, such as the Delta-IV rocket. The cargo carrier may utilize a slightly modified Delta-IV second stage to provide on-orbit station keeping of the payload until it is transferred to the ISS. The cargo carrier can include an unpressurized section having a rigid central structure supporting a frame to which unpressurized cargo modules are coupled. In addition, a pressurized cargo section may be coupled to the unpressurized section. The cargo carrier may utilize existing on-orbit assets such as the European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to transfer the ISS cargo from a rendezvous orbit to the ISS.

According to one embodiment, a cargo container monitoring system includes components located on a cargo ship for collecting cargo container status information for a plurality of cargo containers. The components include at least one combination data logger and gateway device. The combination device includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is configured to receive first wireless communications signals transmitted by a plurality of tags at a first frequency. Each tag is associated with a particular one of the cargo containers and the first wireless communications signals received from each tag include cargo container status information for the associated cargo container. The second antenna is configured to transmit second wireless communications signals to an access point at a second frequency. The second wireless communications signals include the cargo container status information received from the plurality of tags and the first frequency is different from the second frequency.

A modular tank unit for utilizing vessels of opportunity to serve as carriers for transportation and handling of specialty liquids or flowable particulate products or to serve as a terminal ashore receiving and dispensing to truck, rail, barge or other receiving facilities. The modular tank unit has a rectangular intermodal framework of predetermined dimension and tare weight permitting its transportation by cargo vessel, hopper barge and by rail for positioning inland or at shore facilities. A tank may be adapted for other modes of transportation and may be removably secured within the rectangular framework. The modular tank unit in its smaller dimension can be transported empty by rail and can be positioned in the field by portable crane. The modular tank unit defines a pump compartment having a pumping and draining manifold and portable pump and valve assembly for fluid handling, enabling the modular tank unit to be “active” for power energized pumping or “passive” for gravity discharge.

According to one embodiment, a cargo container monitoring system includes components located on a cargo ship for collecting cargo container status information for a plurality of cargo containers. The components include at least one combination data logger and gateway device. The combination device includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is configured to receive first wireless communications signals transmitted by a plurality of tags at a first frequency. Each tag is associated with a particular one of the cargo containers and the first wireless communications signals received from each tag include cargo container status information for the associated cargo container. The second antenna is configured to transmit second wireless communications signals to an access point at a second frequency. The second wireless communications signals include the cargo container status information received from the plurality of tags and the first frequency is different from the second frequency.

The invention relates to a comprehensive inventory management method for production materials. The comprehensive inventory management method comprises the following steps of: uniformly coding vessels; performing changeable digitalized registration on cargo vessels; performing intelligent counting prompt; adjusting storage locations and the like. According to the comprehensive inventory management method, all the tools for placing objects or handling equipment in a factory are taken as the vessels; the vessels are uniformly coded according to a certain kind of coding rule; the cargo quantity in each vessel, the mutual nest relation among the vessels, and the placing places of the vessels are counted and updated in time by means of mobile or stationary terminals; the counting strength on different cargos is regulated according to counting historical records; and the placement layout of cargos and transport tools is regulated on the basis of the statistical analysis of the delivery frequencies and modes of different vessels and different objects, so that the aim of optimizing inventory management is fulfilled. According to the method, the phenomenon of management security holes is prevented, historical records are difficult to lose, and the phenomena of shutdown and sabotage caused by the lack of materials are prevented.

A system and method for cleaning sulfur and other pollutants from bunker oil to be used for fuel in large cargo ships is described. Preferably, the system includes two or more stages having a mixer to create an emulsion of oil and water. One or more treatment chemicals are added to the water before it is mixed with the oil in order to assist in separating the sulfur from the oil and freeing it up so that it can combine with various other molecules present in the water or be dissolved in the water. The emulsion may pass through a microcavitation chamber as well as an electrolysis reactor chamber in order to further clean the fuel oil by removing additional sulfur content. The clean fuel is sent to a fuel service tank for use in a diesel engine combustion cycle.

The invention discloses automatic collision avoidance system and method of a port cargo ship unloader. The system comprises an ultrasonic wave unit, a storage unit and a control unit, wherein the ultrasonic wave unit comprises an ultrasonic wave transmitter and a receiver; the storage unit is used for storing the geographical position data of a ship unloader system; and the control unit calculates the space distance between a hold cleaning machine and the cab of the ship unloader according to the time of the ultrasonic wave unit for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, determines the space positions of the hold cleaning machine and the cab of the ship unloader and sends control signals to the grab buckets of the hold cleaning machine and the ship unloader in due time according to the preset safety rules. The ultrasonic wave is not influenced by climates of light, rain, snow, mist and the like and can not cause fine ores to fly when transmitted in air, and therefore, the invention can rapidly and effectively determine the position of the hold cleaning machine in the cabin, and the position is displayed in a manner of graphical representation for driver's reference.

The invention relates to a method for operating a ship, in particular a cargo ship, with at least one Magnus rotor, comprising a step of detecting the direction of a wind. Furthermore, the at least one Magnus rotor is operated with one direction of rotation, so that by means of the interaction between the wind and the Magnus rotor a force is generated which is directed substantially opposite the forward direction of the ship.

The invention relates to a loading and unloading machine for port cargos and equipment thereof, in particular to a shipping device for the port cargos. The shipping device comprises a platform, a portal frame, a rotary sliding plate, an extension sliding plate, a winding device, a control room and the like; the rotating range of the rotary sliding plate is controlled by using the winding device for driving steel wire ropes on pulley blocks so as to be suitable for cargos with different specific weights and port conditions with different water levels; and the extension distance of the extension sliding plate is adjusted by controlling the extension movement of an oil cylinder so as to adapt to cargo ships with different tonnages and the movement requirements of stacking points of the cargo ships. The shipping device can meet the high efficiency and energy saving requirements of ship-loading operation of bulk cargos such as ores, coals and sands in the field of port transportation.

The invention relates to a method for shipping and unshipping sacked goods at a wharf and a ship loader and a ship unloader. A belt conveyor, a gantry crane, a cantilever hanger, a pivoting support, a telescopic girder and other equipment are combined according to a certain mode so as to enable the ship loader/unloader to reciprocate on a barge and realize various different functional actions of stretching, lifting and rotating through devices thereof to satisfy different spatial position requirements in an operation period, thus overcoming the defects of a traditional unloading mode, realizing rapid loading or unloading on cargo ships at any position and any height, greatly reducing the quantity of operators and improving the operation efficiency. The invention has reasonable structure, convenient operation and use and easy manufacture and implementation.

A lashing bridge (1) for a cargo ship for supporting containers (2) during transport, which lashing bridge (1) is installed on the deck of the cargo ship in the transverse direction of the cargo ship, and which lashing bridge (1) comprises fixing points (5) for fixing lashing bars (3) to it, which lashing bars (3) are fixed at their other end to the containers (2). The invention is implemented in such a way that at least one tension bar (9) is fixed to the lashing bridge (1) for conveying essentially only the upward forces exerted on the lashing bridge (1) by the lashing bars (3) to the hull of the cargo ship.

The present invention relates to a system for handling cargo on board and to/from a vessel, wherein said system includes a cargo vessel with a plurality of cargo decks, a number of side doors, a cargo elevator located inside each side door communicating with said cargo decks, and a crane located inside each side door, the system further includes a number of standardized cargo load platforms with legs, the cargo load platforms being adapted to store cargo, the cargo load platforms being stored on the cargo decks in slots along the sides of the vessel and transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vessel and with a passageway between the slots along the longitudinal axis of the vessel, the system further includes a number of trolleys adapted to transport the load platforms between the slots and the cargo elevators.

The invention discloses a bilge mechanism of a bulk cargo ship and relates to the technical field of shipbuilding, wherein a top side tank and a bottom side tank are connected by a ship side frame, the bottom side tank is connected with a double-layer bilge, the middle part of the double-layer bilge is respectively provided with a plurality of rib plates, an upper stool is arranged on the top side tank, the upper stool is connected with the lower stool by a transverse bulkhead, the bottom of the upper stool is arranged in a bilge way, the top of the lower stool is arranged in a glide path, both sides of the upper and lower stools are respectively provided with a clamping block, and the middle parts of the upper and lower stools are respectively provided with a height detector; the bilge mechanism adopts the fixing rib plate so as to greatly increase bearing capacity of the bilge, the flexibility of the bilge is improved by the movable internal structure and the upper and lower stools and the triangular bottom side tank has the excellent steadiness.

The present invention provides a self discharging bulk carrier and a self-discharging method capable of automatic discharging balk cargo from cabin and transporting to the prescribed place or ashore, the bulk ship cabinet is composed of a godown and a lower hold, the lower hold is set with a row or two rows or multiple-row having multiple controlled discharge openings lengthways or widthwises, the lower of the controlled discharging opening is a power conveying mechanism. The advantages of the invention is the cabinet design of the self-discharging bulk of the bulk ship, saving work, time and having high efficiency, lower cost, further javomg a quickly discharging speed, no port congestion and lower ship cost.

A cargo vessel is provided to easily load long-cargos by moving a movable pillar and prevent loaded cargos from being fallen down by mounting the movable pillar after loading. A cargo vessel includes a plurality of supporting pillars(13) and a lifting deck(30). The pillars are perpendicularly mounted between peripheries of a side end of a hatch of an upper deck(5) and a side end of a hatch of a second deck(3). The lifting deck is arranged between the supporting pillar and a vessel frame(12) and is lifted between middle and upward positions. The supporting pillars are composed of fixed pillars(14) and movable pillars(15). The fixed and movable pillars are spaced apart from each other at a horizontal interval. The movable pillar has a lower end part inserted in a lower supporting frame formed at the periphery of the side end of the hatch of the second deck and an upper end part inserted in an upper supporting frame of the periphery of the side end of the hatch of the upper deck.

The invention relates to a self- propulsion type concrete mixing ship. In the invention, the front part of an inner cabin of a deep-cabin cargo ship is provided with an aggregate bin, and the back side of the aggregate bin is provided with a grappling bucket hanger; the middle part of the inner bin of the deep-cabin cargo ship is provided with a proportioning machine, a water storage tank, a concrete stirrer, a water reducing agent tank and a concrete transportation pump; and the back part of the inner bin of the deep-cabin cargo ship is provided with an integral type steel sealed filler bin, a discharge port at the bottom of the steel sealed filler bin is connected with a feeding mechanism of a first spiral conveyer, a discharge pipe at the back end of the first spiral conveyer is connected with a feed pipe at the front end of a second spiral conveyer, and a discharge pipe at the back end of the second spiral conveyer is positioned above a measuring hopper at the top part of the concrete stirrer. The invention reasonably arranges various kinds of concrete mixing equipment in the deep-cabin cargo ship, is an integrative self-propelled type mixing ship integrating the storage, the metering, the transportation, the stirring and the pumping of raw materials, such as aggregates, powder, water, an admixture and the like, can meet the basic requirement that stock preparation of one time can pour for large square quantity, and has the characteristics of overwater maneuvering flexibility, independent voyage, quick positioning, large production capacity of concrete, good stability, low cost input and the like.

The invention discloses a method and a system for automatically balancing the ship body of a large cargo ship with a ballast function. At least four mutually independent balance cabins are arranged on the periphery of the bottom of the ship body; the tilt angle of the ship body after cargo loading is detected; water inside the balance cabins positioned at lower positions is pumped into the balance cabins at higher positions, and the pumping of the water is stopped until the ship body is horizontal. According to the system implementing the method, the balance cabins are connected through pipelines, a water pump is mounted on each pipeline, each water pump is controlled by a balance controller respectively, and when cargo loaded in the ship body is out of balance, the water amount inside each balance cabin is adjusted to keep the ship body balance. The method has the advantage that when the weight at one end of the ship body is higher, water can be automatically supplemented into the opposite balance cabins to keep the integral horizontality of the ship body. Meanwhile, the balance cabins further play roles of ballast cabins. The system is simple in structure and easy to implement.

The invention discloses an energy-saving and environment-friendly domestic waste treatment device for a cargo ship. The energy-saving and environment-friendly domestic waste treatment device for the cargo ship comprises a drying box and a treatment box, wherein supporting legs are arranged at the lower ends of the drying box and the treatment box, and bases are arranged at the lower ends of the supporting legs; a water filter screen is arranged in the drying box; an air heater is arranged at the left end of the drying box; the inner portion of the treatment box is divided into a water cavity and a crushing cavity through a partition board; the crushing cavity communicates with the drying box through a first discharging port; an exhaust pipe is arranged at the upper end of the drying box; aheat exchange pipe arranged in the water cavity is arranged at the other end of the exhaust pipe, and the other end of the heat exchange pipe is connected with an air outlet pipe; a drainage pipe isarranged at the lower end of the drying box, and the lower ends of the exhaust pipe and the drainage pipe are connected with the same treatment pipe; and the treatment pipe is connected with a purification box through a pipeline, the purification box is connected with a water storage tank through a pipeline, and an extrusion box is arranged at the lower end of the crushing cavity. The energy-saving and environment-friendly domestic waste treatment device for the cargo ship has the advantages of simple structure, convenient use, good treatment effect, energy conservation and environmental protection, and is very suitable for the cargo ships.

The invention discloses a hydraulic drive centrifugal liquid cargo pump used for barging media for a liquid cargo ship. The hydraulic drive centrifugal liquid cargo pump comprises a centrifugal pump, a pump shaft, a hydraulic system of a hydraulic motor and a drive hydraulic motor, a pump body braced frame, a braced frame and a bearing body; the inside of the braced frame is provided with an upper seal cavity and a lower seal cavity, and the hydraulic motor is fixed inside the upper seal cavity; the bearing body is fixedly arranged inside the lower seal cavity and divides the lower seal cavity along the longitudinal direction into a first seal cavity and a second seal cavity, and the bearing body is provided with a bearing body inner cavity and filled with lubricating oil; and an upper bearing and a lower bearing are respectively arranged at the matched place of the pump shaft and the bearing body, and the pump shaft which is arranged inside the second seal cavity is respectively provided with an upper mechanical seal and a lower mechanical seal, as well as the bearing body inner cavity, the second seal cavity and the bottom part of the second seal cavity. In the hydraulic drive centrifugal liquid cargo pump, the hydraulic motor is fixed inside the upper seal cavity which is fully isolated from the first seal cavity, thus avoiding the problem of cross infection of hydraulic oil and goods.