Feng Chenyi originally had the idea of environmentally friendly treatment of rock debris waste, but due to funding and design requirements, it has never been realized.
After all, for some owners, spending huge sums of money to do this is not as effective as the existing treatment methods in a short period of time.
Now the Blue Whale not only has such a huge platform that can accommodate this kind of design, but the most important thing is that the Blue Whale produces an amazing amount of rock chips every day.
The Blue Whale's operating area is in the deep sea far away from the coastline. All waste generated needs to be recycled by environmentally friendly ships. Over time, this will undoubtedly lead to huge waste of resources and financial losses.
If these cuttings can be stored on-site on the Blue Whale, dependence on the outside world can be reduced to the greatest extent possible.
In addition, typhoons often pass through the South China Sea, the target sea area of the Blue Whale. Once a big storm occurs, the environmental protection ship will most likely not be able to arrive on time. If the original method is followed, once too much debris accumulates on the deck, it will exceed
If the permission range is exceeded, the drilling speed will be affected, which will have a certain impact on the entire operation plan.
The hoisting of a large number of cuttings collection boxes is a threat to the platform and workers. The hoisting process is time-consuming and labor-intensive, affecting the work efficiency of the platform.
"What did you think about it?" Zhou Yan has been engaged in the design and development of offshore drilling platforms for so many years. He naturally knows the problem of these waste materials. It is also due to various reasons that he has not been able to continue to delve deeper.
This time Feng Chenyi proposed a brand-new idea to deal with these cuttings, which is also crucial to improving the environmental quality of the Blue Whale and ensuring that the subsequent production and life of the future owner can reach a new level.
"This is what I was thinking. Can we open up a space within the platform and build several large storage tanks? After simple processing, the drilled cuttings can be stored in the tanks through pipelines. When they are shipped out, they can be stored in the tanks.
It is transported to the environmentally friendly ship through pipelines, so that we can extend the working time and efficiency of the Blue Whale as much as possible without delaying production due to the generation of these polluting wastes!"
Zhou Yan is very clear about what level of debris waste the Blue Whale can produce in a day based on its current design capabilities. According to the International Convention on the Law of the Sea, all these wastes need to be harmlessly treated before they can be discharged. It is true that
If it cannot be processed, it can only be transported to land for strict treatment using a dedicated environmentally friendly ship.
As a seventh-generation drilling platform, the Blue Whale must not only reach the world's advanced ranks in terms of technological level, but also must meet very high standards in environmental protection. This is not only legal compliance, but also a commitment to marine protection.
an attitude.
"Also, if we have these storage facilities, we can also solve the transportation cost of environmentally friendly ships, which is also more cost-effective for owners!"
Operating in deep sea far away from the coastline, each arrival of a supply ship costs a lot of money. If we can reduce dependence on the outside world as much as possible and make the Blue Whale in a self-sufficient state, this will also save costs for the owner.
After all, the distance of hundreds of nautical miles is not only a long journey, but also a waste of a lot of money.
"This is a good idea, but have you considered other issues?" Zhou Yan asked, "The cuttings waste produced by the drilling system is a viscous mixture. Once it is not processed properly, it will block the pipeline and cause problems.
More unnecessary trouble!"
Adding a few large tanks is an easy task for the Blue Whale, but the storage and transportation of cuttings is a huge problem.
"I have already thought of this!" Feng Chen magically took out a picture, which was a photo of a concrete mixer truck. "We can refer to the principle of the concrete mixer truck to keep these waste materials in a constant state of movement.
In this way, we can ensure that it will not dry out and solidify, and when the environmental protection ship arrives, we can transfer it out very smoothly, reducing the operation time of the environmental protection ship and achieving a relatively high cost-effectiveness ratio!"
After listening to Feng Chenyi's detailed explanation, Zhou Yan very much agreed with this design, "Very good! Now you can go back and draw this design, and then see how much space it can occupy according to the demand, and where it should be placed.
This all requires careful calculation, and the cuttings separation device also needs to be modified, and the processing of various pipelines needs to be taken care of!"
"Okay! I'll start designing as soon as I get back!" Feng Chen, who was recognized again, immediately realized that the Blue Whale had become the best place to realize his ideals.
He can present the knowledge he has learned and the designs he can think of. This is also a designer's biggest dream and the most glorious moment!
Since the twin tower structure was established, designers have been cheating and coming up with ideas one after another. Although some may be unrealistic, some can better push the Blue Whale to the forefront of technology.
Under the whims of many designers in the design department, and in the calculation, discussion and research of designers day and night, new technologies, new equipment and new methods representing the field of today's offshore engineering equipment have been gathered bit by bit.
Arrived on the Blue Whale.
As the primary goal of the Whale Dream Plan, Fuhai Group finally has the power to independently select service providers. They can design and transform the equipment on the platform according to their own needs, select the best, and include the equipment that is most suitable for them.
You don’t have to look at other people’s faces, this is the huge benefit of independent design.
Designers and engineers are discussing enthusiastically that the Blue Whale requires more than 20,000 sets of equipment. They all need to select the best, shop around three, four or even more, and select the equipment that best suits the Blue Whale. Of course, there are
The first thing is that if domestically produced equipment has the same quality, then you must choose domestically produced equipment.
Because this is the blue whale that belongs to the Chinese!
In the four-leaf clover office building that is brightly lit day and night, drawings showing a bright future are drawn one after another. Various pipelines, equipment, and electrical engineers focus all their attention on this huge blue whale.
Various equipment was added, various pipelines were extended bit by bit, and the blue whale, which originally had only a skeleton, began to gradually become fuller, showing a strong aura on the drawings, showing a world-leading aura.
Just as the designers were working intensively on the all-round design, the shipyard also began intensive actions. Various technical backbones also began to familiarize themselves with the design drawings in advance. After the final review of the drawings, the construction of the Blue Whale can start immediately.
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While the people in the Whale Dream Project were working day and night to design the Blue Whale, a few people quietly set out from Xiaobailou. They were charged with an important task, a task that must be completed no matter what.
In the eyes of Lu Zhengtao and Zhang Yujie, the tasks of these people are as important as Clover, or even more urgent.