SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF PERSONNEL OF OFFSHORE PLATFORMS IN ICE CONDITIONS Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC B63B27/36 B63C9/01 

FIELD: means of evacuation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to means of emergency evacuation of offshore platforms personnel in ice conditions. System for emergency evacuation of personnel of offshore platforms in ice conditions comprises collective rescue equipment: evacuation bridges with sleeves for lowering personnel to ice and water surface, inflatable rescue rafts and lifeboats for lowering onto water surface and survival standby vessel. On lower deck of offshore platform there additionally arranged are turning in direction along board and perpendicular to it cargo booms, forming slip in working position. Section of deck between booms is made in form of tilting platform, on which in initial state by means of locks rescue module with flat bottom is fixed, which end sections by means of verb-hooks are connected with cargo carriages of booms and cables of deck winches. In the fore end of the module there is additionally fixed a mousing-hook permanently connected to the running end of the tow line of the rescue standby vessel.

EFFECT: higher reliability at evacuation of personnel of offshore platforms to ice and quick departure to safe distance.

1 cl, 3 dwg