Abrégé

The present invention relates to a method for producing high-purity quartz from iron ore waste or tailings. More specifically, the present invention relates to obtaining quartz having a purity of more than 99.00%, wherein the starting material is waste made up of approximately 89% to approximately 92% quartz and approximately 8% to approximately 11% impurities, or quartzite made up of approximately 96% quartz and approximately 4% impurities. In addition, the present invention also relates to the high-purity quartz product obtained in this way, and to the use thereof for applications that require high-purity quartz such as, for example, for the production of electronic-grade silicon and solar-grade silicon.

Classes IPC  ?

• B03B 7/00 - Combinaisons de procédés ou d'appareils opérant par voie humide, avec d'autres procédés ou appareils, p. ex. pour la préparation des minerais ou cendres
• B03B 9/06 - Disposition générale d'un atelier de séparation, p. ex. schéma opératoire spécialement adapté aux ordures
• C03C 1/02 - Ingrédients pré-traités

Abrégé

The present invention is a system for treating effluent from robotic equipment used to remove marine biofouling, primarily targeting organisms such as orange cup coral, which collect on hulls of floating units for transporting oil and derivatives thereof, or on production and exploration platforms. The system involves separating the flow into two elemental phases: solid and liquid. In the solid-phase flow, treatment is carried out in steps essentially comprising particle-size reduction, direct oxidation, oxidation residence, separation, drying, temporary hermetic storage, packaging, and automatic transportation for final storage. The liquid phase includes a step of centrifuging, adsorption, inerting, and discharge of treated effluent into the sea in accordance with environmental law. The entire system is automated to minimize manual actions and interventions, and is programmed to run without interruption as a function of the flowrate of raw effluent.

Classes IPC  ?

• C02F 9/00 - Traitement en plusieurs étapes de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout
• C02F 1/00 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout

Abrégé

The present invention was designed as a technological package capable of implementing the removal of up to 30 cm of biofouling, normally originating from sun coral, on support vessels of ships and oil platforms, without the need for help from divers. The integration of the solution consists of a robotic platform containing a robot for flat areas and a robot for recessed areas, which sends the waste originating from the removal, capturing and crushing to a modular waste-treatment system (MSET). The operations center enables the functioning of all of the integrated systems, being housed in a support vessel, which also has a system for automatically launching and recovering the robot, the control of the robotic platform containing a software architecture capable of allowing the operator to view, plan and record the missions.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 59/08 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques des parties immergées à flot
• B63G 8/00 - Navires submersibles, p. ex. sous-marins
• B63G 8/39 - Disposition des instruments de veille sonique, p. ex. basse fréquence, sonar
• B25J 9/16 - Commandes à programme

Abrégé

The present invention relates to a remotely operated underwater robot device for removing marine biofouling, mainly aimed at organisms such as sun coral, settled on hulls of floating units for transporting oil and derivatives thereof, or on exploration and production platforms. The system comprises a remotely operated robot that removes the marine biofouling from said hulls, without damaging the hull, containing and capturing the waste. It is an intelligent device that is capable of operating in two modes: as an ROV to allow it to travel through the water, and as a crawler to perform the actual functions of removing the macrofouling containing sun coral and the functions resulting therefrom. It has non-georeferenced reference systems using acoustic elements to facilitate location by the operator. It uses computer vision to enter the parking areas without human assistance. It contains thrusters for controlling aquatic movements and self-levelling systems with control of the centre-of-buoyancy dynamics, and has wheels for movement, which can be electromagnets or a set of wheels that works in conjunction with a magnetic fastening system, both with variation in the coupling force. It has either a system for removing, containing, capturing and crushing the biofouling or a removal system using cavitation and mechanical impact that can have an approximate height of 30 centimetres, normally applied to sun coral.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 59/08 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques des parties immergées à flot
• B63G 8/00 - Navires submersibles, p. ex. sous-marins
• B63G 8/39 - Disposition des instruments de veille sonique, p. ex. basse fréquence, sonar
• B63G 8/38 - Disposition des instruments de veille optique ou électronique, p. ex. périscopes ou radars
• B63G 8/14 - Commande de l'assiette ou de la profondeur
• B62D 55/265 - Éléments ou maillons en contact avec le sol à adhérence magnétique ou pneumatique
• B63G 8/08 - Propulsion

Abrégé

The present invention describes a device for pelletizing materials (10) comprising a tiltable pelletizing disc (3) configured for rotation, and a plurality of adjustable scraping modules (7) attachable to the pelletizing disc (3), wherein each adjustable scraping module (7) of the plurality of adjustable scraping modules (7) includes a scraping blade (16) and is configured to rotate the scraping blade (16) in three angular directions.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 2/14 - Procédés ou dispositifs pour la granulation de substances, en généralTraitement de matériaux particulaires leur permettant de s'écouler librement, en général, p. ex. en les rendant hydrophobes sur des disques ou plateaux rotatifs

Abrégé

The present invention was designed as a technological package capable of implementing the removal of up to 30 cm of biofouling, normally originating from sun coral, on support vessels of ships and oil platforms, without the need for help from divers. The integration of the solution consists of a robotic platform containing a robot for flat areas and a robot for recessed areas, which sends the waste originating from the removal, capturing and crushing to a modular waste-treatment system (SMTE). The operations centre enables the functioning of all of the integrated systems, being housed in a support vessel, which also has a system for automatically launching and recovering the robot, the control of the robotic platform containing a software architecture capable of allowing the operator to view, plan and record the missions.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 59/08 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques des parties immergées à flot
• G05D 1/10 - Commande de la position ou du cap dans les trois dimensions simultanément
• B63C 11/52 - Outillage spécialement adapté au travail sous l'eau, non prévu ailleurs
• B08B 7/04 - Nettoyage par des procédés non prévus dans une seule autre sous-classe ou un seul groupe de la présente sous-classe par une combinaison d'opérations
• C02F 1/32 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout par irradiation par la lumière ultraviolette
• B25J 9/16 - Commandes à programme
• G05B 19/00 - Systèmes de commande à programme
• G01S 5/00 - Localisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de direction ou de ligne de positionLocalisation par coordination de plusieurs déterminations de distance
• H04N 5/225 - Caméras de télévision

Abrégé

The present invention was designed as a technological package capable of implementing the removal of up to 30 cm of biofouling, normally originating from sun coral, on support vessels of ships and oil platforms, without the need for help from divers. The integration of the solution consists of a robotic platform containing a robot for flat areas and a robot for recessed areas, which sends the waste originating from the removal, capturing and crushing to a modular waste-treatment system (SMTE). The operations centre enables the functioning of all of the integrated systems, being housed in a support vessel, which also has a system for automatically launching and recovering the robot, the control of the robotic platform containing a software architecture capable of allowing the operator to view, plan and record the missions.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 59/08 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques des parties immergées à flot

Abrégé

The present invention is a system for treating effluent from robotic equipment used to remove marine biofouling, primarily targeting organisms such as orange cup coral, which collect on hulls of floating units for transporting oil and derivatives thereof, or on production and exploration platforms. The system involves separating the flow into two elemental phases: solid and liquid. In the solid-phase flow, treatment is carried out in steps essentially comprising particle-size reduction, direct oxidation, oxidation residence, separation, drying, temporary hermetic storage, packaging, and automatic transportation for final storage. The liquid phase includes a step of centrifuging, adsorption, inerting, and discharge of treated effluent into the sea in accordance with environmental law. The entire system is automated to minimize manual actions and interventions, and is programmed to run without interruption as a function of the flow rate of raw effluent.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 59/06 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques
• C02F 1/00 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout
• C02F 1/32 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout par irradiation par la lumière ultraviolette
• C02F 1/38 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout par séparation centrifuge

Abrégé

The present invention relates to a remotely operated underwater robot device for removing marine biofouling, mainly aimed at organisms such as sun coral, settled on hulls of floating units for transporting oil and derivatives thereof, or on exploration and production platforms. The system comprises a remotely operated robot that removes the marine biofouling from said hulls, without damaging the hull, containing and capturing the waste. It is an intelligent device that is capable of operating in two modes: as an ROV to allow it to travel through the water, and as a crawler to perform the actual functions of removing the macrofouling containing sun coral and the functions resulting therefrom. It has non-georeferenced reference systems using acoustic elements to facilitate location by the operator. It uses computer vision to enter the parking areas without human assistance. It contains thrusters for controlling aquatic movements and self-levelling systems with control of the centre-of-buoyancy dynamics, and has wheels for movement, which can be electromagnets or a set of wheels that works in conjunction with a magnetic fastening system, both with variation in the coupling force. It has either a system for removing, containing, capturing and crushing the biofouling or a removal system using cavitation and mechanical impact that can have an approximate height of 30 centimetres, normally applied to sun coral.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 59/08 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques des parties immergées à flot
• B62D 55/265 - Éléments ou maillons en contact avec le sol à adhérence magnétique ou pneumatique
• B63B 59/06 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques

Abrégé

The present invention is a system for treating effluent from robotic equipment used to remove marine biofouling, primarily targeting organisms such as orange cup coral, which collect on hulls of floating units for transporting oil and derivatives thereof, or on production and exploration platforms. The system involves separating the flow into two elemental phases: solid and liquid. In the solid-phase flow, treatment is carried out in steps essentially comprising particle-size reduction, direct oxidation, oxidation residence, separation, drying, temporary hermetic storage, packaging, and automatic transportation for final storage. The liquid phase includes a step of centrifuging, adsorption, inerting, and discharge of treated effluent into the sea in accordance with environmental law. The entire system is automated to minimize manual actions and interventions, and is programmed to run without interruption as a function of the flow rate of raw effluent.

Classes IPC  ?

• C02F 1/00 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout
• B63B 59/06 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques
• C02F 1/38 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout par séparation centrifuge
• C02F 1/32 - Traitement de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout par irradiation par la lumière ultraviolette

Abrégé

The present invention relates to a remotely operated underwater robot device for removing marine biofouling, mainly aimed at organisms such as sun coral, settled on hulls of floating units for transporting oil and derivatives thereof, or on exploration and production platforms. The system comprises a remotely operated robot that removes the marine biofouling from said hulls, without damaging the hull, containing and capturing the waste. It is an intelligent device that is capable of operating in two modes: as an ROV to allow it to travel through the water, and as a crawler to perform the actual functions of removing the macrofouling containing sun coral and the functions resulting therefrom. It has non-georeferenced reference systems using acoustic elements to facilitate location by the operator. It uses computer vision to enter the parking areas without human assistance. It contains thrusters for controlling aquatic movements and self-levelling systems with control of the centre-of-buoyancy dynamics, and has wheels for movement, which can be electromagnets or a set of wheels that works in conjunction with a magnetic fastening system, both with variation in the coupling force. It has either a system for removing, containing, capturing and crushing the biofouling or a removal system using cavitation and mechanical impact that can have an approximate height of 30 centimetres, normally applied to sun coral.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 59/08 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques des parties immergées à flot
• B63B 59/06 - Dispositifs de nettoyage des coques
• B63B 59/00 - Protection de la coque spécialement adaptée aux naviresAppareils de nettoyage spécialement adaptés aux navires
• B63C 11/52 - Outillage spécialement adapté au travail sous l'eau, non prévu ailleurs
• B62D 55/265 - Éléments ou maillons en contact avec le sol à adhérence magnétique ou pneumatique

Abrégé

An autonomously or teleoperated robotic device for multi-terrain inspection having a robot body, a quick reconfigurable locomotion module and a mapping unit capable of modelling the inspected environment through a 3D colored point cloud. The different, quickly replaceable locomotion mechanisms change the robot mobility characteristics. When in teleoperated mode, an operating assist module provides relevant locomotion information to the operator including a map that shows areas where the robot may not transpose or may tip-over. This module also suggests to the operator other locomotion configurations to overcome obstacles presented on the map. When in autonomous mode, the navigation module provides a strategy to explore unknown environments and trace optimal locomotion paths considering the traveled distance, tipping-over risk and energy consumption. The device is capable of performing inspections of confined and risk areas, i.e., caves, sewer and dam spillway galleries, and areas with risk of collapse.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60W 60/00 - Systèmes d’aide à la conduite spécialement adaptés aux véhicules routiers autonomes
• B25J 5/00 - Manipulateurs montés sur roues ou sur support mobile
• B25J 9/18 - Commandes à programme électriques
• B62D 57/02 - Véhicules caractérisés par des moyens de propulsion ou de prise avec le sol autres que les roues ou les chenilles, seuls ou en complément aux roues ou aux chenilles avec moyens de propulsion en prise avec le sol, p. ex. par jambes mécaniques