Method for discharging liquid from a tank of a stricken ship
AssigneeJlmd Ecologic Group
InventorsGilles Longueve, Roch Hallopeau
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Abstract
This method for discharging liquid from a tank of a stricken ship that is partially out of the water and has at least one technical access includes the following steps: opening the technical access, introducing a rigid pipe into the interior of the tank through the technical access, and placing a lift pump or a suction pump inside the rigid pipe. The lift pump or suction pump can be without a delivery hose.
Claims8
A method for discharging liquid from a tank of a stricken ship that is partially submerged and having no pumping means, or having pumping means that are at least partially damaged, and/or requiring additional pumping means, said tank including at least one technical access, the method comprising the steps of:
- opening said technical access,
- introducing a rigid pipe into the interior of the tank through the technical access, wherein the rigid pipe has a diameter strictly smaller than that of the technical access,
- placing, inside this rigid pipe, a pump comprising at least one of a lift pump that is positioned in the lower portion of said pipe, and a suction pump that is positioned in the upper portion of said pipe, wherein the rigid pipe is inclined so as to pump the liquid at different points of the inside of the tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.