Vessel having a compartment for containing water

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018312231-A1
Application number	US-201615771011-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 19, 2016
Priority date	Oct 28, 2015
Publication date	Nov 1, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vessel has a compartment ( 34 ) for containing water, which compartment ( 34 ) has at least one opening ( 31 ) in a wall ( 30 ) thereof for allowing water to pass therethrough. The compartment ( 34 ) comprises an assembly ( 1 ) of a grating ( 10 ) and at least one anti-biofouling source ( 20 ), the grating ( 10 ) being positioned in the opening ( 31 ) for blocking items from passing through the opening ( 31 ) along with the water, and comprising a number of elements and spaces between the elements, and the anti-biofouling source ( 20 ) being configured to emit ultraviolet light during operation thereof for realizing anti-biofouling of at least a portion of the grating ( 10 ). At least one of the elements of the grating ( 10 ) is at least partially transparent to the ultraviolet light, enabling a design of the assembly ( 1 ) in which anti-biofouling of the entire grating ( 10 ) may be guaranteed.

First claim

1 . A vessel having a compartment for containing water, which compartment is delimited by a portion of the vessel's hull and an interior wall arrangement of the vessel connecting to the hull and which compartment has at least one opening in a wall thereof for allowing water to pass therethrough, wherein the compartment comprises an assembly of a grating and at least one anti-biofouling source, the grating being positioned in the opening for blocking items from passing through the opening along with the water, and comprising a number of elements and spaces between the elements, and the anti-biofouling source being configured to emit ultraviolet light during operation thereof for realizing anti-biofouling of at least a portion of the grating and wherein at least one of the elements of the grating is at least partially transparent to the ultraviolet light.

2 . The vessel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one anti-biofouling source of the assembly is integrated in the grating.

3 . The vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly comprises a plurality of anti-biofouling sources which are integrated in the grating.

4 . The vessel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one anti-biofouling source of the assembly is positioned inside the compartment.

5 . The vessel according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one anti-biofouling source which is positioned inside the compartment is associated with a wall of the compartment.

6 . The vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the grating comprises a carrier frame and portions which are transparent to the ultraviolet light, the transparent portions being distributed over the carrier frame.

7 . The vessel according to claim 6 , wherein at least one anti-biofouling source of the assembly is integrated in the carrier frame.

8 . The vessel according to claim 6 , wherein the assembly comprises a plurality of anti-biofouling sources which are integrated in the carrier frame.

9 . The vessel according to claim 6 , wherein the carrier frame of the grating is made of a material which is non-transparent to the ultraviolet light.

10 . The vessel according to claim 6 , wherein the carrier frame of the grating is made of metal.

Assignees

• Koninklijke Philips Nv

Inventors

• Hietbrink Roelant Boudewijn
• Salters Bart Andre
• Janssen Esther Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda
• Visser Cornelis Gerardus

Classifications

• B63B13/00 Primary

  Conduits for emptying or ballasting; Self-bailing equipment; Scuppers (draining means for hatches B63B19/26; centrifugal bilge-water separators B04; {arrangements of installations for treating ballast water B63J4/002; } pipes in general F16L) · CPC title

• B63B59/04 Primary

  Preventing hull fouling (anti-fouling paints C09D5/16) · CPC title

• A61L2103/05

  Living organisms or biological materials · CPC title

• A61L2/02

  using physical processes · CPC title

• B63J4/00

  Arrangements of installations for treating {ballast water,} waste water, sewage, {sludge, or refuse}, or for preventing environmental pollution not otherwise provided for; ({centrifugal bilge-water separators B04; discharge of refuse, e.g. for ash B63B17/06; arrangements on tanks for fuel or the like for minimizing pollution by accidents B63B17/0036, associated with cargo tanks B63B25/082; vessels for collecting pollution from open water B63B35/30;} soil-water discharges B63B29/16; {treating waste water, sewage, or sludge, in general, C02F; cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water, in general E02B15/00}) · CPC title