US 12,330,765 B1
Power and freshwater supply system for ocean integrated platform
Lixin Xu, Jiangsu (CN); Yajiao Liu, Jiangsu (CN); Peilin Dou, Jiangsu (CN); Xiu Li, Jiangsu (CN); Shuguang Zhang, Jiangsu (CN); Zhichao Hong, Jiangsu (CN); and Chaoshuai Han, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang (CN); and MARINE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER · YANGTZE DELTA, Nantong (CN)
Filed by Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Jiangsu (CN); and MARINE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER ⋅YANGTZE DELTA, Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/031,747.
Claims priority of application No. 202410606645.3 (CN), filed on May 16, 2024.
Int. Cl. B63J 1/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01)
CPC B63J 1/00 (2013.01) [B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 2035/446 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power and freshwater supply system for an ocean integrated platform, comprising a wind farm (1), an air compressor (3), a heat storage system (4), an air storage chamber (5), heat storage-heat exchange units (6), a warm seawater tank (7), a vortex tube (9), a freshwater tank (11), an expansion machine (12), and an energy management system (14), wherein
one end of the wind farm (1) is connected to an engine (2), the wind farm (1) is connected to one end of the air compressor (3) via the engine (2), the other end of the air compressor (3) is connected to one end of the heat storage system (4), a second end of the heat storage system (4) is connected to one end of the air storage chamber (5), the other end of the air storage chamber (5) is connected to one end of the vortex tube (9), and the other end of the vortex tube (9) is connected to one end of the freshwater tank (11);
a third end of the heat storage system (4) is connected to one end of the heat storage-heat exchange unit (6), the other end of the heat storage-heat exchange unit (6) is connected to one end of the expansion machine (12), and the other end of the expansion machine (12) is connected to a second end of the freshwater tank (11);
a third end of the expansion machine (12) is connected to a generator (13), the third end of the expansion machine (12) is connected to one end of the energy management system (14) via the arranged generator (13), and the other end of the energy management system (14) is connected to a second end of the wind farm (1);
a fourth end of the heat storage system (4) is connected to one end of the warm seawater tank (7), and the other end of the warm seawater tank (7) is connected to one end of the expansion machine (12);
a third end of the vortex tube (9) is connected to a third end of the warm seawater tank (7), and a fourth end of the warm seawater tank (7) is connected to the freshwater tank (11);
third ends of the heat storage-heat exchange units (6) are commonly connected to a working fluid pump (8), and the other end of the working fluid pump (8) is connected to a connection end between the heat storage system (4) and the warm seawater tank (7);
a condensation tube (10) is arranged inside the freshwater tank (11);
the vortex tube (9) comprises a cold end tube (92) and a hot end tube (93) connected to each other, a central nozzle (91) is disposed at one end of the vortex tube (9) near the air storage chamber (5), and a vortex chamber (94) is disposed at a corresponding position of the central nozzle (91) near one end of the freshwater tank (11);
a hot end regulation valve (95) is arranged at one end of the vortex tube (9) near the warm seawater tank (7);
the warm seawater tank (7) comprises an upper layer structure and a lower layer structure, with the lower layer structure storing surface seawater pumped by a seawater pump, and the upper layer structure holding a heating and evaporation device;
a raw material inlet (71) is disposed at an upper end of the warm seawater tank (7), and a heating steam inlet (72) connected to the heat storage system (4) and the working fluid pump (8) is disposed at a lower end;
a heating tube (73) is arranged inside the warm seawater tank (7), a lower end of the heating tube (73) is connected to a circulation tube (77) via an arranged pipeline, an evaporation chamber (75) is arranged at an upper end of the circulation tube (77), an upper end of the heating tube (73) is connected to the evaporation chamber (75) via an arranged pipeline, and a secondary steam outlet (76) connected to the expansion machine (12) is disposed at an upper end of the evaporation chamber (75);
a condensate water outlet (74) connected to the condensation tube (10) is disposed at a bottom end of the heating tube (73); and
the energy management system (14) comprises a human-machine interaction module (141), a data analysis module (142), and a prediction and decision-making module (143) connected each other.