Ventilation drag reduction device and marine ventilation drag reduction system including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12589833-B2
Application number	US-202318218623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2023
Priority date	Jul 8, 2022
Publication date	Mar 31, 2026
Grant date	Mar 31, 2026

Abstract

A ventilation drag reduction device includes a main housing, a first rectification assembly, a second rectification assembly, and a flow isolating assembly; the main housing is composed of a first segment, a second segment, a third segment, and a fourth segment; the first rectification assembly is composed of first rectification plates; the second rectification assembly is composed of at least one second rectification plate; the flow isolating assembly is arranged in a cavity of the third segment; the fourth segment is configured as an outlet end. On the premise that the total construction cost is not obviously increased, high-pressure gas is rectified in a cavity of the main housing, so that the turbidity of the high-pressure gas is reduced, and a stable insulating gas layer is formed at the bottom of a hull; in addition, the present invention further discloses a marine ventilation drag reduction system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A ventilation drag reduction device that is installed at a position flush with the bottom of a hull to form an insulating gas layer on the bottom of the hull, comprising a main housing, a first rectification assembly, a second rectification assembly, and a flow isolating assembly, wherein: along a direction from left to right, the main housing is composed of a first segment, a second segment, a third segment, and a fourth segment that are sequentially connected and communicated from end to end; along a direction from left to right, the longitudinal cross-sectional areas of the first segment and the third segment remain unchanged, while the longitudinal cross-sectional areas of the second segment and the fourth segment tend to be smaller; the first segment is configured as an inlet end, and a top wall thereof is provided with an air inlet; the first rectification assembly is composed of a plurality of first rectification plates vertically arranged in a cavity of the second segment and spaced apart in a left-right direction; a plurality of first ventilation holes are evenly distributed on the first rectification plate; the second rectification assembly is composed of at least one second rectification plate vertically arranged in a cavity of the third segment; a plurality of second ventilation holes are formed on the second rectification plate near a top wall thereof; the flow isolating assembly is arranged in a cavity of the third segment and located on the right left side of the second rectification assembly; the flow isolating assembly is composed of a plurality of flow isolating plates that are all parallel to the second rectification plate and are displaced from each other along the up-down direction; the fourth segment is configured as an outlet end, and a bottom wall thereof is provided with an air outlet;
the ventilation drag reduction device further includes a rectification filler; the rectification filler is embedded in the cavity of the third segment, and is provided with a rectification flow channel which completely penetrates along its length direction; along a gas flow direction, the rectification flow channel is sequentially composed of a contraction cavity, a horizontal constant section cavity, and a down-folded exhaust cavity; the ventilation drag reduction device further includes a deflection plate; the deflection plate is hinged in the rectification filler to communicate or block the horizontal constant section cavity and the down-folded exhaust cavity; in a working state, high-pressure gas is continuously supplied to the air inlet, and the deflection plate performs a deflection motion under the action of an external gas thrust to communicate the horizontal constant section cavity and the down-folded exhaust cavity; in a non-working state, the supply of high-pressure gas to the air inlet is suspended, and the deflection plate is reset under the action of gravity to block the horizontal constant section cavity and the down-folded exhaust cavity; corresponding to the horizontal constant section cavity, an inclined limit wall is formed in the down-folded exhaust cavity; the deflection angle of the deflection plate is controlled between 0° and 60°; and when the deflection plate is horizontal against the inclined limit wall, the deflection angle of the deflection plate is 60°; the top wall of the fourth segment is arc-shaped, and the arc radius r is controlled at 300-350 cm; and the ventilation drag reduction device further includes a flow stabilizing assembly; the flow stabilizing assembly is arranged in the cavity of the fourth segment, and consists of a plurality of first horizontal flow stabilizing plates, second horizontal flow stabilizing plates, and third horizontal flow stabilizing plates that are displaced from and parallel to each other in a left-right direction; the first horizontal flow stabilizing plate and the third horizontal flow stabilizing plate are both fixed on a right side wall of the second rectification plate, and are kept in a non-abutting state with the top wall of the fourth segment; and the second horizontal flow stabilizing plate is fixed on the top wall of the fourth segment, and is kept in a non-abutting state with the second rectification plate.

Assignees

• Univ Jiangsu Science & Tech
• Marine Equipment And Tech Institute Of Just
• China Merchants Jinling Shipbuilding Jiangsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gu Jiayang
• Liu Weifa
• Zhang Zhongyu
• Li Guorong
• Huang Tao
• Qu Jishun
• Tao Yanwu
• Zhou Ji

Classifications

• B63B2001/387

  using means for producing a film of air or air bubbles over at least a significant portion of the hull surface · CPC title

• Y02T70/10

  Measures concerning design or construction of watercraft hulls · CPC title

• B63B1/38 Primary

  using air bubbles or air layers {gas filled volumes (waterborne vessels travelling on air cushions B60V3/06)} · CPC title