Device for transferring fluid from a marine mounting
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B67D-009/02
B63B-027/24
B63B-027/34
B67D-009/00
출원번호
US-0988840
(2011-11-24)
등록번호
US-9919911
(2018-03-20)
우선권정보
FR-10 59911 (2010-11-30)
국제출원번호
PCT/EP2011/070977
(2011-11-24)
§371/§102 date
20130522
(20130522)
국제공개번호
WO2012/072499
(2012-06-07)
발명자
/ 주소
Hallot, Raymond
Bruguier, Cedric
Mauries, Benjamin
출원인 / 주소
Saipem S.A.
대리인 / 주소
Cozen O'Connor
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초록▼
A device for transferring fluid from a support installed at sea and fitted with a device for storing flexible pipes having the first ends of a plurality of flexible pipes fastened thereto, the pipes preferably extending between said support and an offloading ship. The pipe device having a first conn
A device for transferring fluid from a support installed at sea and fitted with a device for storing flexible pipes having the first ends of a plurality of flexible pipes fastened thereto, the pipes preferably extending between said support and an offloading ship. The pipe device having a first connection and valve device, the pipes being connected to one another at their seconds ends by a the first connection and valve device having n first pipe portions and suitable for being connected to a second connection and valve device, preferably installed on board an offloading ship.
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1. A fluid transfer device for transferring fluid from a support installed at sea, in grounded or floating manner, to a ship which is arranged alongside said support or in tandem adjacent to said support, said fluid transfer device comprising a plurality, n, of flexible pipes that are suitable for b
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A fluid transfer device for transferring fluid from a support installed at sea, in grounded or floating manner, to a ship which is arranged alongside said support or in tandem adjacent to said support, said fluid transfer device comprising a plurality, n, of flexible pipes that are suitable for being stored on said support by means of a flexible pipe storage device to which a first end of each of said flexible pipes is suitable for being fastened, said flexible pipes being suitable for extending between said support and said ship arranged alongside or in tandem adjacent to said support, the fluid transfer device comprises a first connection and valve device, said flexible pipes being connected together at their second ends by said first connection and valve device, said first connection and valve device having n first pipe portions held in fixed positions relative to one another, n being an integer not less than 3, each said first pipe portion comprising: at a first end, a first pipe coupling element;at a second end, a second coupling element, assembled to the second end of one of said flexible pipes;each of said first pipe portions including, between its two ends, a number (n−1) of branch connections enabling said first pipe portion to communicate with respective ones of the n−1 other ones of said first pipe portions, each of said branch connections including a first communication valve;a first connection valve situated between said first pipe coupling element and one of said branch connections;said first pipe portions being held by a first rigid support to which said first pipe portions are secured; wherein said support is installed at sea, fitted on a surface of said support with a storage device for storing and guiding flexible pipes and which said flexible pipe storage device is suitable for storing and guiding a plurality of said flexible pipes, said flexible pipe storage device comprising:a first carrier structure resting on or secured to a deck of said support close to a side of said support, said first carrier structure supporting a plurality of circular turntables arranged one above another; andeach of said turntables being suitable for being driven in rotation in powered manner by a first motor about a vertical central axis ZZ′ independently of one another, each turntable having a central orifice surmounted by a central cylinder against and around which at least one of said flexible pipes can be wound in concentric juxtaposed spiral turns of increasing diameter resting on the top face of said turntable, said central orifice of said turntable being fitted with a rotary joint coupling suitable for providing coupling between firstly a first end that is closest to said central cylinder of a flexible pipe wound around said flexible cylinder, said first pipe end being suitable for being driven in rotation together with said turntable, and secondly an end of a stationary transfer pipe having an other end of said stationary transfer pipe in communication with at least one first tank within said support. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said support is installed at sea, in a grounded or a floating manner, and said ship is arranged alongside said support or in tandem adjacent to said support; andsaid flexible pipe storage device is arranged on said support; andsaid flexible pipes that are fastened at said first end to said flexible pipe storage device extend between said floating support and said ship. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said flexible pipes is wound, at least in part, against and around said central cylinder in concentric juxtaposed spiral turns of increasing diameters resting on said turntable, said central cylinder presenting a radius greater than the minimum radius of curvature of said flexible pipe. 4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of guide means, wherein each guide means is arranged at a different height facing a respective one of each of said turntables so as to be suitable for supporting an intermediate curved pipe portion between a downstream portion of said pipe in a substantially vertical position beside said side and said upstream pipe portion leaving the turntable in continuity with the wound pipe portion resting on said turntable, said upstream pipe portion leaving the turntable extending on a virtual plane P that is substantially tangential to the surface of the top face of said turntable on which said wound pipe portion is wound, the various downstream pipe portions in substantially vertical positions beside said side being arranged in positions that are offset relative to one another in a direction Y2Y2′ parallel to said side on leaving said sheaves. 5. The device according to claim 4, wherein: each said guide means comprises a sheave mounted to revolve about a horizontal first axis of rotation Y1Y1′, said sheave also being suitable for swiveling about a vertical second axis of rotation Z1Z1′ extending along a diameter of the sheave;the various sheaves are arranged offset side by side relative to one another in said horizontal direction Y1Y′1 parallel to said side at different heights; and whereineach sheave is supported by a second carrier structure arranged outside said floating support and fastened to a common side at a different position in said horizontal direction Y1Y1′ parallel to said side, each sheave being mounted to swivel about said vertical second axis of rotation Z1Z1′ relative to a portion of its second carrier structure fastened to said side. 6. The device according to claim 4, wherein each said guide means being suitable for guiding the portion of said pipe leaving a respective one of each of said turntables in continuity with the portion of pipe wound on said turntable such that the various ones of said pipe portions leaving the various turntables are arranged in straight lines, being offset in different positions along a horizontal direction Y1Y1′ parallel to said side, at different heights, and capable of adopting different orientations for vertical axial planes of said pipe portions relative to said horizontal direction Y1Y1′parallel to said side. 7. The device according to claim 1, wherein each said turntable includes or co-operates on its under face with wheels suitable for co-operating with or respectively supported by elements of said first carrier structure, and each said turntable including a bearing at said central orifice, the bearing being secured to said first carrier structure and being suitable for enabling said turntable to rotate relative to said first carrier structure. 8. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one said turntable presents a top face that is plane and horizontal. 9. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one said turntable presents a top face of convex frustoconical shape. 10. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one said turntable presents a top face of concave frustoconical shape. 11. The device of claim 1, wherein said first communication valves are butterfly valves and said second connection valves are ball valves. 12. The device of claim 1, wherein said first and second pipe portions are rigid and each of them is held parallel to one another by said respective first and second rigid supports. 13. The device according to claim 1, comprising a second connection and valve device suitable for being arranged on board said ship, said first connection and valve device being connected to said second connection and valve device, said second connection and valve device comprising: n rigid second pipe portions;each said second pipe portion communicating or being suitable for communicating at one of its ends with a second tank inside said ship, and including at its other end a first complementary pipe coupling element, said first complementary pipe coupling element being suitable for co-operating in reversible coupling with said first pipe coupling element, said first complementary pipe coupling element being a female or male automatic connector portion;said second pipe portions being held in positions relative to one another so as to enable said first complementary coupling element to be coupled with said first coupling element;each said second pipe portion having a second connection valve suitable for allowing or preventing fluid from flowing in said second pipe portion towards or from said first complementary coupling element when open or closed, respectively;said second pipe portions being held by a second rigid support to which said second pipe portions are secured. 14. The device according to claim 13, wherein: said support is installed at sea, in a grounded or a floating manner, and said ship is arranged alongside or in tandem adjacent to said support; andsaid flexible pipe storage device is arranged on said support; andsaid flexible pipes are fastened at a first end to said flexible pipe storage device, said flexible pipes extending between said floating support and said ship. 15. The device according to claim 13, comprising said support, said storage device, and at least two said flexible pipes, extending between said support and said ship, arranged alongside or in tandem adjacent to said floating support, at least some of said flexible pipes being stored with the help of said flexible pipe storage device, said flexible pipes being fitted with said first connection and valve device, connected to said second connection and valve device arranged or suitable for being arranged on board said ship. 16. The device according to claim 15, wherein said flexible pipes are floating pipes, floating on the surface over at least a fraction of the distance between said support and said ship. 17. The device of claim 13, wherein said first communication valves are butterfly valves and said second connection valves are ball valves. 18. The device of claim 13, wherein said first and second pipe portions are rigid and each of them is held parallel to one another by said respective first and second rigid supports. 19. A method of transferring a liquid petroleum fluid from a support installed at sea, in grounded or floating manner, between said support and a ship, arranged alongside said support or in tandem adjacent to said support by means of a fluid transfer device and a plurality, n, of flexible pipes that are stored on said support by means of a flexible pipe storage device to which a first end of each of said flexible pipes is fastened, said flexible pipes extending between said support and said ship, wherein the fluid transfer device comprises: a first connection and valve device, said flexible pipes being connected together at their second ends by said first connection and valve device, said first connection and valve device having n first pipe portions held in fixed positions relative to one another, n being an integer not less than 3, each said first pipe portion comprising:at a first end, a first pipe coupling element, which is a male or a female portion of an automatic connector;at a second end, a second coupling element, assembled to the second end of one of said flexible pipes;each said first pipe portion including, between its two ends n−1 branch connections enabling said first pipe portion to communicate with respective ones of the n−1 other said first pipe portions, each of said branch connections including a first communication valve;a first connection valve situated between said first pipe coupling element and said branch connection;said first pipe portions being held by a first rigid support to which said first pipe portions are secured; and a second connection and valve device arranged on board said ship, said first connection and valve device being connected to said second connection and valve device, said second connection and valve device comprising:n rigid second pipe portions;each said second pipe portion communicating at one of its ends with a second tank inside said ship, and including at its other end a first complementary pipe coupling element, said first complementary pipe coupling element being suitable for co-operating in reversible coupling with said first pipe coupling element, said first complementary pipe coupling element being a female or male automatic connector portion;said second pipe portions being held in positions relative to one another so as to enable said first complementary coupling element to be coupled with said first coupling element;each said second pipe portion having a second connection valve suitable for allowing or preventing fluid from flowing in said second pipe portion towards or from said first complementary pipe coupling element when open or closed, respectively;said second pipe portions being held by a second rigid support to which said second pipe portions are secured; wherein said liquid petroleum fluid is transferred in two said flexible pipes comprising a first flexible pipe and a second flexible pipes, and then said first and second flexible pipes used for transferring the liquid petroleum fluid are purged by performing the following successive steps:a. closing said first and second connection valves, and disconnecting said first and second connection and valve devices from each other;b. injecting a purge gas into the first end of said first flexible pipe from said support and opening at least one said first communication valve between said first flexible pipe and said second flexible pipe assembled to the same said first connection and valve device, the other said first communication valves being closed; and thenc. closing said first communication valve between said first flexible pipe and said second flexible pipe when said first flexible pipe has been emptied at least in part. 20. The method according to claim 19, wherein said flexible pipes comprise at least two said first and second flexible pipes for transferring liquefied gas therein between said floating support and at least one second tank of said ship, and a third flexible pipe, within which gas corresponding to the gas ceiling of the second tank is transferred from said second tank to a first tank within said floating support or to a liquefaction unit on said support prior to the gas being transferred to said first tank. 21. The method according to claim 19, wherein after step c), said second flexible pipe is completely by performing the following successive steps: d. injecting said purge gas from the support into said first end of said second flexible pipe and opening said first communication valve between said second flexible pipe and a third flexible pipe of smaller diameter than said second flexible pipe so that the flow rate of purge gas is such that the speed of said gas is greater than 1.5 m/s, said other first communication valves being closed; ande. closing said first communication valve between said second and third flexible pipes when said second flexible pipe has been emptied at least in part. 22. The method according to claim 19, wherein said flexible pipe storage device comprises a plurality of turntables arranged one above another on which, when all of said flexible pipes have been purged sufficiently, said flexible pipes are rewound until the second ends of all of said flexible pipes are above water. 23. The method according to claim 22, wherein said first flexible pipe is wound on said turntable having a top face of convex frustoconical shape. 24. The method according to claim 22, wherein at least one of said second flexible pipes used for transferring liquid, is wound on said frustoconical turntable of concave shape.
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