Safeguarding arrangement for collecting a fluid escaping into a body of water

摘要

The invention relates to a protective device for preventing fluids, either gaseous or liquid, from escaping into a body of water in an unforeseen or uncontrolled manner, e.g. from a fault 14 in the bottom 15 of the body of water or from the defective riser 16 of a wellbore. The protective device has a dome-shaped membrane 12 that is impervious to the fluid. Further, it has individually navigable flotation devices 17 that are attached to the membrane 12 for the purpose of positioning and stabilizing the membrane 12. An outlet hose 102 for extracting the fluid is mounted on the membrane. The outlet hose also has individually navigable flotation devices 17 for positioning and stabilizing the outlet hose.

主权项

1. A protective device for collecting a fluid escaping into a body of water, wherein the density of the fluid is equal to or less than the density of water,
wherein the protective device comprises a) a dome-shaped membrane that is impervious to the fluid; b) individually navigable flotation devices that are attached to the membrane for the purpose of positioning and stabilizing the membrane; c) at least one outlet hose for extracting the fluid, a first end of the at least one outlet hose being attached to the membrane; and d) individually navigable flotation devices that are attached to the at least one outlet hose for the purpose of positioning and stabilizing the at least one outlet hose; e) wherein the individually navigable flotation devices that are attached to the membrane are comprised of at least one of a remotely operated vehicle and an autonomous underwater vehicle and are navigable in all directions by remote control.