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Retrofitting Small Watercraft as Collection Boats for Sargassum Seaweed
A module for retrofitting a boat for collection of floating biomass has a telescoping beam that spans the width of the boat and connects to aft-ends of levers that rest on the gunwales. The telescoping beam extends beyond both gunwales such that outboard net holders can be disposed thereon. Nets are attached to and held open by the net holders. The nets are at least partially submerged and fill with sargassum as the boat moves forward. Longitudinal drag forces are resisted by chains that connect the levers to the bow. Torsion around the telescoping beam is resisted by pretensioned straps that pass under the boat and over the aft-ends of the levers, which extend towards the bow to minimize strap tension and reaction force against gunwales. Horizontal moments in the outboard portions of the telescoping beam are absorbed by the inboard portion of the telescoping beam.
Retrofitting Small Watercraft as Collection Boats for Sargassum Seaweed
A module for retrofitting a boat for collection of floating biomass has a telescoping beam that spans the width of the boat and connects to aft-ends of levers that rest on the gunwales. The telescoping beam extends beyond both gunwales such that outboard net holders can be disposed thereon. Nets are attached to and held open by the net holders. The nets are at least partially submerged and fill with sargassum as the boat moves forward. Longitudinal drag forces are resisted by chains that connect the levers to the bow. Torsion around the telescoping beam is resisted by pretensioned straps that pass under the boat and over the aft-ends of the levers, which extend towards the bow to minimize strap tension and reaction force against gunwales. Horizontal moments in the outboard portions of the telescoping beam are absorbed by the inboard portion of the telescoping beam.
Retrofitting Small Watercraft as Collection Boats for Sargassum Seaweed
GRAY LUKE (author) / SLOCUM ALEXANDER (author)
2023-03-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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