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US 2026/0200560 A1Published application
Floater ballast system
AssigneeAker Solutions AS
InventorPETER CHRISTIAN LEITCH
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Abstract
A floater includes a hull which has ballast tanks. Each ballast tank has a ballast water pipe and a vent pipe which are fluidly connected to the ballast tank. The ballast water pipes are interconnected to permit ballast water to be moved from each one of the ballast tanks to another one of the ballast tanks. The vent pipes are interconnected to permit gas to be moved from each one of the ballast tanks to another one of the ballast tanks. The ballast tanks, the ballast water pipes, and the vent pipes are fluidly interconnected to define a closed ballast volume.
Claims18
1-16. (canceled)
A floater comprising:
- a hull comprising a plurality of ballast tanks, each ballast tank of the plurality of ballast tanks comprising a ballast water pipe and a vent pipe which are fluidly connected to the ballast tank,
- wherein,
- the ballast water pipes are interconnected so as to permit ballast water to be moved from each one of the plurality of ballast tanks to another one of the plurality of ballast tanks,
- the vent pipes are interconnected so as to permit gas to be moved from each one of the plurality of ballast tanks to another one of the plurality of ballast tanks, and
- the plurality of ballast tanks, the ballast water pipes, and the vent pipes are fluidly interconnected so as to define a closed ballast volume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.