Patent EP-2634080-A1 (EP)
Inventor: PARK SANG PYO
IPC: B63B35/32
Filed: 2011-04-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to a ship for processing marine waste into a resource for collecting marine waste at sea, preprocessing, and supplying power to island regions, and provides a ship for processing marine waste into a resource comprising: A) a marine waste collection device for collecting marine waste which is accumulated on the coast into the ship; B) a first bunker, which is a storage tank for depositing the marine waste that is transported by the marine waste collection device, for preliminarily removing sea water substances in the marine waste which is transported; C) a crushing device for crushing the marine waste which is deposited in the first bunker; D) a sorting device for sorting by type the crushed marine waste which passes through the crushing device; E) a sorted product storage tank, which is a storage tank for storing by type the products through the sorting device according, including a sorted metal storage tank, a sorted non-metal storage tank, and sorted combustible product storage tank; F) a drying device for secondarily removing moisture from combustible products in the sorted combustible product storage tank; G) a second bunker for storing the sorted combustible products which are dried by the drying device; H) a first crane for dropping into an incinerator the combustible products which are deposited into the second bunker; I) the incinerator for creating a heat energy source by burning in the second bunker the sorted combustible products which are transported and dropped by the first crane; J) a collection/processing device for collecting and storage-processing the ashes of the sorted combustible products created from the incinerator; K) a boiler for using the heat energy source generated from the incinerator for power generation (and accumulation) for sailing the ship; L) a generator for producing power by means of the steam which is produced from the boiler; and M) a power transmission device including a power transmission cable for delivering the power which is generated by the generator, by connecting to submarine cables installed in island regions. The present invention can not only reduce the cost of land transportation required to process marine waste which is accumulated in the sea but also can effectively and fundamentally prevent environmental problems that occur in the process of transporting, because the marine waste is processed on the sea by the ship of the present invention. Also, the present invention can fundamentally resolve secondary environmental problems, such as securing reclaimed land and soil pollution due to conventional burying of marine waste in the land, and transforms the problem of simply burning marine waste, which emits high heat, into creating energy by means of burning. In addition, by using the converted energy for sailing the ship to the locations where marine waste is accumulated, the use of crude oil traditionally required for sailing can be dramatically reduced to cut costs, and furthermore, the converted energy source is high-quality electricity that can be supplied to island regions, which are marginalized areas in terms of power supply, thereby effectively reducing costs for building an additional power generating facility in the island regions and contributing to facilitating access to the energy source.