IP Library Granted Patent US 9,545,980
Granted Patent B2
US 9,545,980 · App. 14/323,570 · Granted Jan 17, 2017

Ultra large marine floating system

Inventor: Nobuyoshi Morimoto (Tokyo, JP)
B63B25/16B63B25/08B63B2207/02
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Patent No.
US 9,545,980
App. No.
14/323,570
Granted
Jan 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method to improve the safety and comfort of an ultra large marine floating system is provided. The ultra large marine floating system has a length of 350 to 550 m, a width of 45 to 80 m, and a depth of 25 to 35 m. The ultra large marine floating system has a tank zone and a plant zone that are visibly separated from one another. Additionally, the tank zone has LNG storage tanks, self-supporting spherical (MOSS type) tanks, a membrane tank arranged in a hold, and the plant zone includes a liquefied natural gas plant.

Claims (10)

1. An ultra large marine floating system that has an ultra large marine floating structure with a length of 350 to 550 m, a width of 45 to 80 m, and a depth of 25 to 35 m, the ultra large marine floating system comprising:

a tank zone having an LNG storage tank arranged in a hold; and

a plant zone including a liquefied natural gas plant,

wherein the tank zone and the plant zone are separated from each other such that entire plant zone is not located in the tank zone and is not arranged above the tank zone.

2. The ultra large marine floating system as described in claim 1 , wherein a plant facility for liquefying a natural gas, other than a piping system for storing and offloading LNG, is not arranged in the tank zone and is not arranged above the tank zone.

3. The ultra large marine floating system as described in claim 1 , wherein at least the tank zone and the plant zone adjacent to the tank zone in a length direction are individually constructed by a system of constructing a plurality of blocks in a unit of length and then the tank zone and the plant zone are connected to each other in the length direction.

4. The ultra large marine floating system as described in claim 1 , wherein in a front part, the plant zone and a power facility zone are arranged and in a rear part, the tank zone and an accommodation area are arranged and the accommodation area is located in a rearmost section in the rear part, and wherein the plant zone of the front part has a control room arranged on a deck in a rear portion of the plant zone of the front part, the control room being a room in which at least, a crew can visually observe or remotely monitor the plant zone, the tank zone and the power facility zone.

5. The ultra large marine floating system as described in claim 1 , wherein the LNG storage tank is selected from a self-supporting spherical tank, a membrane tank, or a self-supporting prismatic tank.

6. The ultra large marine floating system as described in claim 1 , wherein a transfer area to the outside is provided on a lee side of the marine floating system.

7. The ultra large marine floating system as described in claim 1 , wherein the plant zone includes not only the liquefied natural gas plant but also one or two or more additional facilities of a re-gasification facility, an electric power generation facility an aluminum smelting facility and a scrap recycling facility of aluminum or iron.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-139540 · Jul 3, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150007763A1 · Jan 8, 2015