A seawater intake riser (100) is configured for intake of water from a body of water including a riser pipe (106), a riser head (104) configured for connection to a water tank in a vessel and a riser inlet (102) configured for the intake of water. The riser head arranged at a proximal end of the riser pipe and the riser inlet arranged at a distal end of the riser pipe. The riser inlet includes a grid element (110) with openings allowing water to flow into the interior of the riser pipe while blocking objects floating in the flowing water to enter. The grid element includes a connector configured to attach a ballast (108) to the grid element. The ballast is a distributed plurality of ballast elements (120) in a string. The string at one end thereof connected to the connector. The ballast elements in the string are spaced apart from each other by intermediate lines.
SEAWATER INTAKE RISER
MEERWASSEREINLASSSTEIGROHR
COLONNE MONTANTE D'ADMISSION D'EAU DE MER
2025-01-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63J Hilfsanlagen auf Schiffen , AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS |