Methods and means of transporting fresh water across oceans

Details Methods and means of transporting fresh water across oceans Methods and means of transporting fresh water across oceans

1995-10-06

1997-08-19

Avila, Stephen

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Floating or semi-submersible storage vessel

114242, B65D 8878

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056577141

ABSTRACT:
The method of moving fresh water via the sea, that includes providing a bag to float in the sea, and filling fresh water into the bag at a fill location; towing the bag in the sea, to a fresh water removal location; providing an apparatus floating in the sea at the location and having a sump, and transferring fresh water from the bag to the sump; providing a floating fresh water transfer duct to extend from the location to a water-receiving point, and transferring fresh water from the sump to the water-receiving point by flowing the fresh water through the floating transfer duct; and towing the bag from which fresh water has been transferred away from the water removal location for reuse as by fresh water refilling into the bag.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3067712 (1962-12-01), Doerpinghaus
patent: 3750723 (1973-08-01), Schirtzinger
patent: 3779196 (1973-12-01), Knaus et al.
patent: 4399768 (1983-08-01), Alkner et al.
patent: 5355819 (1994-10-01), Hsia et al.

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