Foreign-object offshore processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9303378-B2
Application number	US-201114002394-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2011
Priority date	Mar 2, 2011
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

Provided is foreign-object offshore processing system, including foreign-object inflow prevention devices configured to prevent inflow of foreign object into water intake and provided at interval. Each device includes: collecting pontoon serving as inlet of foreign object and provided to float on sea surface of pool defined by curtain wall, the pool being for drawing cooling sea water from sea toward water intake; bottom net spreading toward sea bottom on upstream side of water intake channel in triangular shape with collecting pontoon as vertex; longitudinal net fixed to two floating chains in suspended manner to spread out in surface area of sea, the two floating chains extending on sea surface from collecting pontoon in correspondence with two sides extending from vertex of triangular shape forming bottom net; and lateral net spreading between bottom net and at least portion of longitudinal net, wherein horizontal net cover covers interval between adjacent devices.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A foreign-object offshore processing system, comprising:
a plurality of foreign-object inflow prevention devices that are configured to prevent inflow of a foreign object into a water intake and that are provided at an interval, wherein the water intake is downstream of the foreign-object processing system, each of the plurality of foreign-object inflow prevention devices including:
a collecting pontoon that is configured to serve as an inlet of the foreign object and that is provided to float on a sea surface of a pool defined by a curtain wall, the pool being for drawing cooling sea water from sea toward the water intake;
a bottom net provided to spread out toward a sea bottom on an upstream side in a triangular shape with the collecting pontoon as a vertex;
a longitudinal net fixed to each of two floating chains in a suspended manner so as to be spread out in a surface area of sea, the two floating chains being provided to extend on the sea surface from the collecting pontoon in correspondence with two sides extending from the vertex of the triangular shape forming the bottom net; and
a net provided to spread out between the bottom net and at least a portion of the longitudinal net; and

a substantially horizontal net is provided so as to cover an interval between adjacent ones of the plurality of foreign-object inflow prevention devices.

2. The foreign-object offshore processing system of claim 1 , which satisfies the following condition:
0< L<Z−Q/ (0.2× h )

where L (m) represents a spread length of the substantially horizontal net, Z (m) represents an entire length of an offshore line determined by extending a line along which the substantially horizontal net is provided, Q(m 3 /s) represents an amount of water intake in an effective water-intake section, and h (m) represents a height of the substantially horizontal net.

3. The foreign-object offshore processing system of claim 2 , wherein an opening is provided on a sea bottom side of the longitudinal net on at least one end side of the foreign-object offshore processing system.

4. The foreign-object offshore processing system of claim 2 , wherein a bubble tube configured to discharge air bubbles is provided in a lower portion of the bottom net.

5. The foreign-object offshore processing system of claim 1 , wherein an opening is provided on a sea bottom side of the longitudinal net on at least one end side of the foreign-object offshore processing system.

6. The foreign-object offshore processing system of claim 5 , wherein a bubble tube configured to discharge air bubbles is provided in a lower portion of the bottom net.

7. The foreign-object offshore processing system of claim 1 , wherein a bubble tube configured to discharge air bubbles is provided in a lower portion of the bottom net.

Assignees

• Ishikawa Shinya
• Saito Takashi
• Shimizu Kyoichi
• Suzuki Masaki
• Shioda Kota
• Ieyasu Masaru
• Tohoku Electric Power Co
• Kanae Corp
• Himeji Ecotech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishikawa Shinya
• Saito Takashi
• Shimizu Kyoichi
• Suzuki Masaki
• Shioda Kota
• Ieyasu Masaru

Classifications

• E02B5/08

  Details, e.g. gates, screens · CPC title

• E02B5/085

  Arresting devices for waterborne materials, e.g. gratings (fish barrages E02B1/006; removing sediments E02B3/023; arresting oil or similar polluants E02B15/08; for waste water purification E02F; in sewers E03F5/14) · CPC title

• E03B1/02

  for public or like main supply {for industrial use} · CPC title

• E02B8/023

  Arresting devices for waterborne materials (E02B1/003 takes precedence; in artificial watercourses E02B5/085; arresting oil or the like E02B15/08; sieving devices for waste water purification C02F; in sewers E03F5/14) · CPC title

• E02B1/006 Primary

  Arresting, diverting or chasing away fish in water-courses or water intake ducts, seas or lakes, e.g. fish barrages, deterrent devices (E02B8/085 takes precedence); Devices for cleaning fish barriers · CPC title