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US 11,535,350 B2Granted
Anti-sedimentation system for marine vessels
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorMaher Ahmad Hamad
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Abstract
An anti-sedimentation system can implement a method in which a pump pumps seawater to a discharge nozzle positioned under the seawater and facing an under keel clearance of a marine vessel docked at a dock. Sediments are flowed away from the under keel clearance by the discharge nozzle discharging the seawater toward the under keel clearance.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- pumping, by a pump, seawater to a discharge nozzle positioned under the seawater and facing an under keel clearance of a marine vessel docked at a dock, wherein the seawater is pumped at a time of day selected based on sedimentation rates in the under keel clearance and tidal stream characteristics at the time of day;
- and
- flowing sediments away from the under keel clearance by discharging, by the discharge nozzle, the seawater toward the under keel clearance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.