Method and device for biofouling prevention on vessels by means of UV radiation and surface modification
US10780466B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B59/04
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention provides an object (10), that during use is at least partly submerged in water, wherein the object (100) is selected from the group consisting of a vessel (1) and an infrastructural object (15), the object (10) further comprising an anti-biofouling system (200) comprising an UV emitting element (210), wherein the UV emitting element (210) is configured to irradiate with UV radiation (221) during an irradiation stage one or more of (i) a first part (111) of an external surface (11) of said object (10) and (ii) water adjacent to said first part (111) of said external surface (11) of said object (10), wherein the object (10) further comprises protruding elements (100) with the UV emitting element (210) configured between the protruding elements (100) and configured depressed relative to the protruding elements (100).
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.