US 10,919,757 B1 · Gas supply floating refueling facility

Abstract

A gas supply marine vessel and a refueling facility are described. The gas supply marine vessel includes a hull with an upper deck having an elongated cargo cavity formed therein. Gas interface modules are disposed in the cavity and extend between hull sides, each module having a plurality of fuel vessel docking stations. A plurality of stacked fuel container assemblies are fluidically coupled to the docking stations, A gantry, is movable along the length of the cavity, straddles the cargo cavity between hull sides. An articulating crane is mounted on the gantry and it utilized to move fuel container assemblies to a fuel container depression formed in the deck of a floating refueling facility. The floating refueling facility includes a concave side to facilitate mooring adjacent a shoreline, the concave side forming angled extensions at corners of the deck with a linkspan extending from each of the angled extensions.

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Dependent claims

A floating refueling facility comprising a deck having an elongated first side;

an elongated second side opposite the first side where the second side is parabolic in shape;
a first end;
a second end;
an upper deck surface extending between the sides and the ends;
at least one float supporting the deck;
one or more gas interface modules positioned on the deck, each gas interface module having an elongated frame and a plurality of spaced apart fuel vessel docking stations disposed along the length of at least one frame side;
and a plurality of fuel container assemblies adjacent the gas interface module and fluidically coupled to the gas interface module via separate fuel vessel docking stations.

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A the floating refueling facility comprising a deck having an elongated first side, an elongated second side opposite the first side, a first end intersecting the second side to form a first corner, a second end intersecting the second side to form a second corner, an upper deck surface extending between the sides and the ends, the upper deck surface including a first angled extension projecting away from first corner and a second angled extension projecting away from the second corner;

at least one float supporting the deck;
a rectangular enclosure defined by a perimeter and having a blast wall extending along at least a portion of the perimeter closest to the second side;
one or more fuel dispensers disposed along the blast wall between the blast wall and the second side of the deck;
one or more gas interface modules positioned in the enclosure, each gas interface module having an elongated frame and a plurality of spaced apart fuel vessel docking stations disposed along the length of at least one frame side;
and a plurality of fuel container assemblies adjacent the gas interface module and fluidically coupled to the gas interface module via separate fuel vessel docking stations.

2 more elements

A floating refueling facility comprising a deck having an elongated first side, an elongated, parabolic shaped second side opposite the first side, a first end intersecting the second side to form a first corner, a second end intersecting the second side to form a second corner, an upper deck surface extending between the sides and the ends, the upper deck surface including a first angled extension projecting away from second side and a second angled extension projecting away from the second side;

at least one float supporting the deck;
an enclosure defined by a perimeter and having perimeter barrier extending around at least a portion of the perimeter of the enclosure;
a fuel container depression formed in the upper deck surface within the perimeter of the enclosure;
and at least two fuel container assemblies each movably secured within the fuel container depression.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Gas supply floating refueling facility

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Gas supply floating refueling facility

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Abstract

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