Heating a hot cargo barge using recovered heat from another vessel using an umbilical

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9302562
APP PUB NO 20140151016A1
SERIAL NO

14174832

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A system and method for heating a hot cargo on a watergoing vessel using a heat source on another watergoing vessel. The heat may be transferred to the hot cargo via heat umbilicals configured to carry heat in a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid may be circulated in a hot cargo heat exchanger configured to move heat into the hot cargo. The heat source on the another watergoing vessel may be a propulsion motor, exhaust heat, or non-propulsion heat source. The method may include heating the hot cargo. The method may also include switching between heat sources when both vessels are configured to heat the hot cargo.

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U S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONU S BANCORP CENTER 800 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Grimm,, III Edward Henry Houston, US 4 2

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