Subsea device and method for installing a seal
AssigneePetroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
InventorsLivia Monique Ribeiro De Sousa RABELO, Caio Julio Cesar Do Vale Fernandes DA SILVA, Douglas Oliveira Correa DE SOUZA, Fabiano Hespanhol VIANA
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a subsea device for installing a seal and a corresponding method. More precisely, the seal referred to in an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an elastomeric seal temporarily installed, until a definitive repair is possible to solve the leak of fluids, such as oil, identified, for example, in large-sized vessel structures.
Claims18
A subsea device for installing a seal, and to be operated by a remotely operable equipment, the subsea device comprising:
- a chassis structure comprising a handle, whereby the remotely operable equipment handles the subsea device;
- two magnets arranged in parallel on the chassis structure;
- a sealing element positioned in the subsea device together with a plate, wherein a movement of the plate is caused by the rotation of a spindle through torque by the remotely operable equipment, the movement causing the positioning of the sealing element on an identified damage to the hull of the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.