Cooling System for a Water-Borne Vessel
AssigneeOceanvolt Oy
InventorJanne Kjellman
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Abstract
A cooling system for a water-borne vessel (1) is disclosed. The system comprises a strut (5) for supporting a propeller shaft (4) of the vessel, the strut (5) comprising a fluid inlet (8), a fluid outlet (9), and a channel (10) inside the strut (5) for transporting fluid between the fluid inlet and fluid outlet, one or more fluid conduits coupling the fluid inlet and outlet to a component to be cooled, and a pump for circulating a fluid through the conduits and said channel.
Claims5
A cooling system for a water-borne vessel comprising a propeller shaft extending from a bow end at which the shaft is driven by an inboard electric motor to a stern end at which a propeller is fixed to the propeller shaft, the cooling system comprising:
- a strut in the form of a highly thermally conducting structure for attachment to the bottom of the vessel's hull, at the stern end, for supporting the propeller shaft of the vessel, the strut comprising a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a channel or channels within the strut for transporting fluid between the fluid inlet and fluid outlet:
- one or more fluid conduits for location inside the vessel's hull for coupling the fluid inlet and fluid outlet to the inboard electric motor and/or batteries thereof to be cooled:
- and a pump for circulating a fluid through the conduits and said channel(s),
- wherein cooling of a fluid of the cooling system is provided substantially only as it flows through the strut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.