Heating a cargo barge using recovered energy from another vessel using an umbilical

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9555870
APP PUB NO 20160214697A1
SERIAL NO

15090235

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A method for heating a cargo on a watergoing vessel using an energy source (such as a heat source) on another watergoing vessel. The vessels may be underway. The energy may be transferred to the cargo via energy umbilicals configured to carry energy in a transfer fluid. The transfer fluid may be circulated in a cargo heat exchanger configured to move energy into the hot cargo. The energy 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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