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OIL SPILL RESPONSE SUBMARINE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF

  • US 20140319076A1
  • Filed: 04/22/2014
  • Published: 10/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A manned, fully autonomous, self-sufficient, self-propelled apparatus, more particularly a submarine for the recovery of oil and other polluting chemicals disposed within the body of water, on and/or beneath the surface including in the presence of ice, comprising:

  • a body comprising a deck, a sail rising above the deck, a bottom;

    a body comprising at least a pressure hull and a outer hull;

    a body comprising a radar and a sonar system to navigate and to locate objects and oil spills under the surface of the ice-infested waters;

    a body having a propulsion system operative to position the body within the body of water, below or partially bellow the surface, adjacent to or reasonably distant from, below, above or amid the oil and/or other polluting chemicals;

    a system operative to control the position of the apparatus within the body of water;

    a plurality of suction means mounted within the body of the apparatus operative to remove the water or/and ice containing oil and/or other polluting chemicals from the body of water adjacent to and/or reasonably distant from the apparatus, above or/and below the apparatus;

    a plurality of intake means operatively mounted within the body of the apparatus to remove the stationary located or moving oil and/or water or/and ice containing oil and/or other polluting chemicals from the body of water adjacent to and/or reasonably distant from the apparatus, above or/and below the apparatus;

    a plurality of store or/and processing tanks operative to contain or/and process the water to remove chemical pollutants;

    a boiler operative to produce high pressure heat and/or hot water and supply it to the intake means;

    a plurality of conduits operative to transfer water containing oil and/or polluting chemicals from intake means to store and/or processing tanks;

    at least one bottom suction compartment comprising intake means operative to remove the polluting chemicals adjacent to or within a reasonable distant from the bottom of the apparatus;

    at least one deck suction compartment operative to contain a telescopic suction device mounted within the body of the apparatus;

    at least one sail suction compartment comprising intake means mounted within the body of the apparatus and operative to remove and/or process ice or/and water containing polluting chemicals within a reasonable distance above the apparatus;

    a deck serving as the common elongated base platform for a plurality of the deck intake means operatively mounted within the deck to remove chemical pollutants from the body of water;

    a plurality of ballast tanks operative to serve as supplementary storage tanks for polluting chemical or/and polluting chemicals and water mix;

    a system operative to control and adjust buoyancy and stability of the body during operation;

    a system operative to provide control of simultaneous and/or a separate operation of all suction and intake means within one control room;

    a system operative to offload chemical pollutants processed and/or stored on board;

    a plurality of underwater lights and camera assemblies mounted within the body and operative to provide real time visual control in various directions over the body of apparatus and over the environment at a reasonable range;

    a plurality of underwater lights and camera assemblies mounted within the intake means and operative to provide real time visual control in various directions over the working area at a reasonable range;

    a system operative to control the plurality of lights and camera assemblies.

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