| 发明名称 |
Natural Gas Transport Vessel |
| 摘要 |
A lightweight transport vessel transports compressed natural gas underwater without needing to liquefy the gas for transport. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2017021903(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.01.26 |
| 申请号 |
US201615282583 |
申请日期 |
2016.09.30 |
| 申请人 |
Elwha LLC |
发明人 |
Cheatham, III Jesse R.;Driscoll Tom;Hyde Alexander Galt;Hyde Roderick A.;Ishikawa Muriel Y.;Kare Jordin T.;Myhrvold Nathan P.;Pan Tony S.;Petroski Robert C.;Smith David R.;Tegreene Clarence T.;Touran Nicholas W.;Urzhumov Yaroslav A.;Whitmer Charles;Wood, JR. Lowell L.;Wood Victoria Y.H. |
| 分类号 |
B63G8/00;B63G8/08;F17C5/06;B63B25/12;F17C11/00;B63G8/14;B63G8/36 |
主分类号 |
B63G8/00 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A vessel suitable for transporting compressed natural gas (CNG) underwater, comprising:
a flexible container configured to hold CNG at an operating pressure; and a buoyancy control system configured to adjust a buoyancy of the vessel by moving CNG into or out of the flexible container; and a propulsion system configured to move the vessel through the water, wherein the propulsion system is at least partially powered by burning CNG stored in the flexible container. |
| 地址 |
Bellevue WA US |
