Offload system
AssigneeEcheneidae Inc.
InventorsJulia Stuart, Eric Harding
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Abstract
An offload system is provided. The offload system is configured to offload a target species stored in an onboard volume positioned onboard a vehicle to an offboard volume. In one aspect, the offload system includes an onboard system positioned onboard the vehicle and an offboard system positioned offboard the vehicle. The onboard system selectively allows the target species stored in the onboard volume to flow downstream to the offboard system, which includes the offboard volume. The onboard system, the offboard system, or both, include features that facilitate efficient and safe offloading of the target species from the onboard volume to the offboard volume.
Claims20
An offload system for offloading a target species stored in one or more storage vessels of a mobile capture system positioned onboard a vehicle, the offload system comprising:
- an onboard system positioned onboard the vehicle and being configured to selectively allow the target species stored in the one or more storage vessels to flow downstream along an offload flowpath;
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- an offboard system positioned offboard the vehicle and having an offboard tank defining an offboard volume, the offboard system being selectively fluidly coupled with the onboard system so that, when fluidly coupled with one another, the offload flowpath extends at least from the one or more storage vessels to the offboard volume to allow the target species to be offloaded from the one or more storage vessels to the offboard volume, wherein the offboard system includes an offboard breakaway assembly comprising:
- a breakaway mount;
- an offboard breakaway coupling;
- and
- a pivot assembly pivotably coupling the offboard breakaway coupling with the breakaway mount.
A method of using an offload system to offload a gas containing a target species stored in an onboard volume positioned onboard a vehicle to an offboard volume positioned offboard the vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling an onboard system of the offload system with an offboard system of the offload system to define an offload flowpath extending at least between the onboard volume and the offboard volume, wherein the offboard system includes an offboard breakaway assembly comprising:
- a breakaway mount,
- an offboard breakaway coupling, and
- a pivot assembly pivotably coupling the offboard breakaway coupling with the breakaway mount;
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- causing the gas containing the target species to flow along the offload flowpath from the onboard volume to the offboard volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.