Gull wing door-type dangerous article storage apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hazardous material container systems with gull wing doors face challenges in efficiently loading and unloading intermediate bulk containers while minimizing the loss of cold air, leading to increased working time and risk of temperature fluctuations, which can cause organic peroxides to explode.
Innovation Solution
A gull wing door-type hazardous material container system with independently operable gull wing doors, a partition plate dividing the loading space into two separate areas, and cooling units in each area, allowing for independent temperature control and sealing to prevent cold air loss, along with securing arrangements to stabilize containers and a sub-door for easy worker access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If gull wing doors are opened to unload cargoes, then cargo unloading is enabled, but cold air uniformly filled in the entire loading space rapidly flows outside causing cooling efficiency to decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The loading space is divided into multiple independent compartments by partition plates, allowing selective opening of only the necessary door(s) for unloading specific cargoes. This segmentation prevents cold air loss from the entire loading space when only part of the cargo needs to be accessed.
2Loss of energy
If main doors and sub-door are used to close loading space, then cold air retention is improved, but cargo loading time increases due to sequential loading requirement
Solution Approach 1:
The loading space is divided into multiple independent compartments by partition plates, allowing simultaneous access to different cargo areas through separate doors. This enables parallel loading operations, significantly reducing total loading time while maintaining cold air retention in each sealed compartment.
3Ease of operation
If all cargoes must be unloaded from rear part to access front part, then cargo accessibility is achieved, but working time increases and cold air loss increases
Solution Approach 1:
The loading space is divided into multiple independent compartments by partition plates with separate doors for each compartment. This allows direct access to any cargo location without requiring sequential unloading of other cargoes, significantly reducing working time and minimizing cold air loss to only the specific compartment being accessed.
4Ease of operation
If gull wing doors are opened during summer, then cargo unloading is enabled, but temperature of loading space rapidly increases
Solution Approach 1:
The loading space is divided into multiple independent compartments by partition plates, allowing selective opening of only the necessary door(s) for unloading specific cargoes. This minimizes the exposure of the entire loading space to external heat, preventing rapid temperature increases during hot weather operations.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This design enables efficient loading and unloading of hazardous materials, maintains temperature stability during selective unloading, reduces cold air loss, and prevents rapid temperature increases, ensuring safe handling and transportation of sensitive materials.
Implementation Method 1
cooling units that are provided in the first loading space and the second loading space, respectively, to independently supply cold air
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AI summary
A gull wing door-type hazardous material container system allowing for easy loading and unloading of intermediate bulk containers is provided. The container system minimizes a loss of cold air fully filling the inside for safe work when only some of a plurality of intermediate bulk containers is selectively loaded. The container system includes a body that has a loading space to load airtight containers containing hazardous material and is opened at both sides and a pair of gull wing doors independently operated to open/close both sides of the body. Additionally, the system includes a partition plate longitudinally disposed in the body and divides the loading space into independent spaces of first and second loading spaces respectively. Cooling units are disposed in the first and second loading spaces, respectively, to independently supply cold air, in which the first and second loading spaces can be independently sealed by the gull wing doors.