EP4087980A1 - Procédé d'installation d'un support pour supporter une structure de charge, telle qu'une éolienne, sur, par exemple, un fond marin - Google Patents

Procédé d'installation d'un support pour supporter une structure de charge, telle qu'une éolienne, sur, par exemple, un fond marin

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EP4087980A1
EP4087980A1 EP21700096.7A EP21700096A EP4087980A1 EP 4087980 A1 EP4087980 A1 EP 4087980A1 EP 21700096 A EP21700096 A EP 21700096A EP 4087980 A1 EP4087980 A1 EP 4087980A1
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pile
jacket
pile holding
holding section
bed
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Paul Marius Antonius Vernimmen
Stefan Petrus Hendrik ERENTS
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Van Oord Offshore Wind BV
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B17/02—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor placed by lowering the supporting construction to the bottom, e.g. with subsequent fixing thereto
    • E02B17/027—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor placed by lowering the supporting construction to the bottom, e.g. with subsequent fixing thereto steel structures
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B2017/0039—Methods for placing the offshore structure
    • E02B2017/0043—Placing the offshore structure on a pre-installed foundation structure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B2017/0039—Methods for placing the offshore structure
    • E02B2017/0047—Methods for placing the offshore structure using a barge
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B17/00—Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs or offshore constructions; Construction methods therefor
    • E02B2017/0091—Offshore structures for wind turbines

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  • the present invention relates to a method of installing a support for supporting a load structure, such as a wind turbine or transformer platform or an oil or gas platform, thereon on bed, floor or bottom of, for instance, a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river.
  • the invention further relates to the offshore support and components thereof, and a method of providing such load structure on the bed, floor or bottom.
  • a commonly used form of offshore support structure consists of a stand-alone multi-legged unit, the offshore jacket, made of steel which is stabbed onto pre-driven or otherwise embedded piles or having post-driven piles and then grouted to fixate it to the sea bed.
  • Jackets are produced and assembled on land and, subsequently, transported to the offshore site and thereby installed.
  • considerable size of the jackets which can reach tens of meters of height, considerable resources and extensive costs are involved in the production, assembly, stocking, logistics and load-out, transportation and installation of these structures.
  • the invention provides for a method of installing a support for supporting a load structure, such as a wind turbine or a transformer platform or an oil or gas platform, thereon on a bed, floor or bottom of, for instance a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river.
  • a load structure such as a wind turbine or a transformer platform or an oil or gas platform
  • the method comprises positioning a pile guiding frame on the bed, floor or bottom, wherein the pile guiding frame comprises at least three pile holding sections, optionally at an outside perimeter of the pile guiding frame, each pile holding section allows guiding and maintaining a pile along a pile guiding direction in a substantially vertical orientation, and neighbouring and/or opposing pile holding sections are interconnected by mutually crossing diagonal cross-beams; driving a pile through each pile holding section of the pile guiding frame into the bed, floor or bottom such that each pile projects in an upward direction out of the bed, floor or bottom and out of its associated pile holding section over a projection length from each pile holding section, and providing a jointly rigid structure of the pile holding frame and the piles driven through each pile holding section in the bed, floor or bottom, wherein the projection length is in the range of 1 - 10 times, optionally in the range of 2 - 5 times, a diameter of the piles; and providing a jacket on the piles projecting out of the pile holding sections, and securing the jacket to the piles so that the piles
  • each pile is secured to its associated pile holding section to provide the jointly rigid structure.
  • each pile is secured to its associated pile holding section at positions at which a diagonal cross-beam is connected to the associated pile holding section.
  • each pile is secured to its associated pile holding section at each position at which a diagonal cross-beam is connected to the associated pile holding section.
  • each pile is secured to its associated pile holding section of the pile holding frame at a top end and a bottom end of the respective pile holding section.
  • neighbouring and/or opposing pile holding sections are interconnected by two mutually crossing diagonal cross-beams, each connected at a top end and a bottom end of a respective pile holding section.
  • a longitudinal direction of each respective diagonal cross-beam and the pile guiding direction of a pile holding section to which the respective cross-beam is connected enclose an angle in the range of 25 - 65 degrees, optionally in the range of 35 - 55 degrees.
  • a horizontal beam is arranged in between neighbouring and/or opposing pile holding sections and connected to the respective pile holding sections at positions at which a diagonal cross-beam is connected to the pile holding sections.
  • a bottom end of the jacket is provided on the piles.
  • the bottom end of the jacket comprises downward projecting stabbing projections, optionally at an outside perimeter of the jacket, each stabbing projection being provided to couple with a top end of an associated pile of the jointly rigid structure.
  • each stabbing projection is inserted into an inner circumference of the associated pile.
  • each pile is inserted into an inner circumference of the stabbing projection, wherein the stabbing projection has a hollow cylindrical shape.
  • the jacket comprises jacket supporting skirts, each stabbing projection being associated with a jacket supporting skirt, and wherein the jacket is provided onto the piles so that each jacket supporting skirt bears on the associated pile.
  • the pile holding sections comprise hollow columns, optionally fitted with centralizer fittings and an upward tapered pile stabbing cone at a top end of each pile holding section providing a guidance for the associated pile when stabbing the associated pile into a respective pile holding section during piling operations.
  • the pile guiding frame is provided with a footing at each pile holding section for supporting the pile guiding frame on the bed, floor or bottom, optionally the footing including a system for adjusting a vertical position of each pile holding section in order to achieve verticality of all pile holding sections.
  • a pile driven into the bed, floor or bottom is secured to the associated pile holding section of the pile guiding frame by means of at least one of a grouted connection or a mechanical connection.
  • At least one stabbing projection of the jacket is secured to its associated element by at least one of a grouted connection or a mechanical connection.
  • the invention provides for a method for providing a load structure, such as a wind turbine or transformer platform or an oil or gas platform on a bed, floor or bottom of, for instance, a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river, the method comprising the method of installing an offshore support according to any one of the preceding claims, and providing the load structure onto the jacket of the offshore support structure.
  • a load structure such as a wind turbine or transformer platform or an oil or gas platform on a bed, floor or bottom of, for instance, a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river
  • a jacket for supporting a load structure such as a wind turbine or transformer platform or an oil or gas platform, on a bed, floor or bottom of, for instance a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river, and for use in a method referred to above for installing a support
  • the jacket is configured to be provided on a jointly rigid structure of a pile guiding frame, that comprises at least three pile holding sections, optionally at an outside perimeter of the pile guiding frame, each pile holding section allows guiding and maintaining a pile along a pile guiding direction in a substantially vertical orientation, and neighbouring and/or opposing pile holding sections are interconnected by mutually crossing diagonal cross-beams; and of piles driven through each pile holding section of the pile guiding frame in the bed, floor or bottom such that each pile projects in an upward direction out of the bed, floor or bottom and out of associated pile holding sections over a projection length from each pile holding section, wherein the projection length is in the range of 1 - 10 times
  • the jacket comprises at least three, optionally inclined, interconnected pillars, optionally at its outside perimeter, each pillar being configured for providing onto an associated pile driven in the bed, floor or bottom such that the load of the jacket is supported on the piles driven in the bed, floor or bottom.
  • the jacket comprises a stabbing projection provided at a bottom end of each pillar, optionally the stabbing projections being at an outer perimeter of the jacket, wherein each stabbing projection is configured to be provided on a top end of an associated pile or on a top of an associated pile holding section.
  • At least one stabbing projection of the jacket is configured to be secured to the associated pile driven into the bed, floor or bottom by at least one of a grouted connection or a mechanical connection.
  • the stabbing projections are configured to fit into an inner circumference of the associated pile.
  • the stabbing projections have a hollow cylindrical shape and are configured to allow the insertion of an upper portion of the associated pile therein, such that each one of the piles fits into an inner circumference of the associated stabbing projection.
  • at least one stabbing projection comprises a jacket supporting skirt protruding from at least a part of an outer perimeter of the at least one stabbing projection in a substantially radial direction and configured to couple with the associated pile.
  • the jacket is configured to, in its mounted configuration, to project at least partially out of a water surface of a mass of water, such as a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river, above the bed, floor or bottom.
  • the jacket is configured to, in its mounted configuration, remain totally under a water surface of a mass of water, such as a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river, above the bed, floor or bottom.
  • the invention provides for a pile guiding frame for use in a method referred to above of installing a support, wherein the pile guiding frame comprises pile holding sections, optionally at an outside perimeter of the pile guiding frame, each pile holding section allows guiding and maintaining a pile along a pile guiding direction in a substantial vertical direction, and neighbouring and/or opposing pile holding sections are interconnected by mutually crossing diagonal cross-beams.
  • the pile holding sections comprise hollow columns, optionally fitted with centralizer fittings and an upward tapered pile stabbing cone at a top end of each pile holding section configured to guide the associated pile when stabbing the associated pile into a respective pile holding section during piling operations.
  • the pile guiding frame comprises at least three pile holding sections arranged such that a perimeter constituted by each pile holding section forms a polygonal shape.
  • neighbouring and/or opposing pile holding sections are interconnected by two mutually crossing diagonal cross-beams, each connected at a top end and a bottom end of a respective pile holding section.
  • the pile holding sections have substantially the same length and wherein bottom ends of the pile holding sections are configured to be coplanar with a plane formed by the bed, floor or bottom.
  • a longitudinal direction of each respective diagonal cross-beam and the pile guiding direction of a pile holding section to which the respective cross-beam is connected enclose an angle in the range of 25 - 65 degrees, optionally in the range of 35 - 55 degrees.
  • a horizontal beam is arranged in between neighbouring and/or opposing pile holding sections and connected to the respective pile holding sections at positions at which a diagonal cross-beam is connected to the pile holding sections.
  • the bottom end of at least one pile holding section is out of a plane formed by the bottom ends of the remaining pile holding sections other than the at least one pile holding section, in order to accommodate unevenness of the bed, floor or bottom.
  • the pile guiding frame is provided with a footing at each pile holding section for supporting the pile guiding frame on the bed, floor or bottom, optionally the footing including a system for adjusting a vertical position of each pile holding section in order to achieve verticality of all pile holding sections.
  • a pile for use in a method referred to above of installing an offshore support structure, the pile having a substantially cylindrical shape and being configured to support the load of an jacket and of any structure mounted thereon.
  • the invention provides for a support for supporting a load structure, such as a wind turbine or a transformer platform or an oil or gas platform, thereon on a bed, floor or bottom of, for instance a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river.
  • the support structure comprises a pile guiding frame, wherein the pile guiding frame is provided on the bed, floor or bottom, and comprises at least three pile holding sections, optionally at an outside perimeter of the pile guiding frame, each pile holding section allows guiding and maintaining a pile along a pile guiding direction in a substantially vertical orientation, and neighbouring and/or opposing pile holding sections are interconnected by mutually crossing diagonal cross-beams.
  • the support structure also comprises piles, wherein each pile is provided through a respective one of the pile holding sections of the pile holding frame into the bed such that each pile projects in an upward direction out of the bed, floor or bottom and out of its associated pile holding section over a projection length from each pile holding section, and the projection length is in the range of 1 - 10 times, optionally in the range of 2 - 5 times, a diameter of the piles, and wherein the pile holding frame and the piles driven through each pile holding section in the bed, floor or bottom providing a jointly rigid structure.
  • the support structure comprises a jacket, wherein the jacket is provided on the piles driven in the sea bed, floor or bottom, and is secured to the piles, such that the piles will bear the load of the jacket and of the load structure supported on the jacket.
  • Figure 2A shows an isometric view of the support of figures 1 A and 1 B, while figures 2B, 2C and 2D show the isometric views of the jacket, the piles and the pile guiding frame, respectively, of the support depicted in Figure 2A;
  • Figures 3A, 3B and 3C show steps of an embodiment according to the invention of a method to install a support on a sea bed
  • FIGS 4A and 4B show alternative embodiments of details of the support.
  • a support structure 100 for supporting a load structure such as a wind turbine or a transformer platform or an oil or gas platform, thereon on a bed, floor or bottom of, for instance a sea, ocean, lake, harbor or river.
  • a load structure such as a wind turbine or a transformer platform or an oil or gas platform
  • the embodiments will be described with reference to a “sea bed” but generally apply to ocean, lake, harbor, river beds or floors or bottoms as well, or any other relevant bed, bottom or floor or the like.
  • the embodiments will further be described with reference to “offshore” but generally apply to an inshore location, a port, a harbor or equivalents, or any other relevant location as well.
  • FIGs 1A, 1 B and 2B schematically show top and front views ( Figures 1 A and 1 B) and an isometric view ( Figure 2A) of an embodiment of an offshore support 100 which can be installed by using the method to which this invention relates.
  • the offshore support structure 100 comprises an offshore jacket 10, a pile guiding frame 20 and a plurality of piles 30 passing through pile holding sections 21 of the pile guiding frame 20.
  • the piles are configured to support the load of the offshore jacket 10 and of any load structure, such as a wind turbine, mounted on it.
  • the offshore jacket 10 includes at least three pillars 12 interconnected by a plurality of beams (or bracings).
  • the pile guiding frame 20 comprises, at its outside perimeter, a same number of pile holding sections 21 as the number of pillars of the offshore jacket 10, interconnected by diagonal cross-beams 25 and horizontal beams 26.
  • Each of the plurality of the pile holding sections 21 is configured to confine a pile 30 in a horizontal direction, so that the pile is held in a substantially vertical orientation.
  • each pile holding section 21 comprises a pile stabbing cone 22 at the top of each pile holding section providing a guidance of the associated pile 30 when stabbing the associated pile into a respective pile holding section during piling operations.
  • the elements of the offshore support structure 100 i.e. the pile guiding frame 20, the piles 30 and the offshore jacket 10, are transported on vessels or barges to the offshore installation site and there set down on the sea bed by means of cranes or equivalents.
  • the pile guiding frame 20 is lowered onto the sea bed.
  • the pile guiding frame 20 comprises at least three interconnected pile holding sections 21 at an outside perimeter of the pile guiding frame 20 in the embodiment shown, wherein the perimeter constituted by the bottom ends of the pile holding sections, proximal to the sea bed, may have a form of any regular or irregular polygonal shape, reflecting the shape of the offshore jacket to be positioned onto the piles.
  • the pile holding sections 21 are interconnected by diagonal cross-beams 25 and horizontal beams 26 in order to maintain a mutually fixed position and parallelism between the pile holding sections and to provide rigidity.
  • the pile guiding frame 20 is used during piling operations to eliminate the use of a removable piling template.
  • the pile guiding frame 20 provides stiffness and strength to the piles.
  • the use of such a permanent pile guiding frame 20 allows the customization of the spacing of the plurality of piles used to support the offshore jacket 10 to suit the water depth and seabed situation at each individual location.
  • the pile guiding frame 20 comprises a footing 23 configured to contact the sea bed and to give stability to the pile guiding frame 20.
  • the footing 23 includes a system for adjusting the vertical position of each pile holding section 21 in order to achieve verticality of the piles 30 and ultimately the support structure 100, depending on the unevenness of the seabed at the installation location.
  • the footing 23 may be placed in correspondence to each one of the pile holding sections 21 or may be positioned outside or inside the perimeter formed by the bottom ends of the pile holding sections. In these cases, the footing 23 is connected to the pile guiding frame 30 by means of bracings or equivalents.
  • This invention encompasses all embodiments in which the number of pile holding sections is larger than two, i.e. this invention is not limited to three, as shown for the embodiment in Figures 1A to 2D, or to four, as shown for the embodiment in Figures 3A to 4B, pile holding sections 21.
  • the pile holding sections 21 are substantially of the same length and are configured such that their bottom ends, proximal to the seabed, are coplanar with the plane formed by the sea bed.
  • the pile holding sections can be of different lengths in an alternative embodiment.
  • Each pile holding section 21 is configured to allow the guidance of a pile 30 and its maintaining along a guiding direction G in a substantially vertical orientation.
  • the pile holding sections 21 comprise a hollow column, configured to receive the pile and fitted with a centralizer fitting to guide the associated pile when stabbing the associated pile into a respective pile holding section during piling operations.
  • the pile holding sections 21 are fitted with a system for permanent fixation to the pile by means of grout or an alternative mechanical means of fixation such as by using wedges or hydraulic pistons to clamp the pile within a respective pile holding section.
  • the piles 30 are secured to the pile holding sections 21 at the top end and bottom end of the pile holding sections and at positions A at which the diagonal cross-beams 25 are connected to the associated pile holding sections to provide strength and rigidity to the structure of the pile guiding frame 21 and the piles 30 driven through and secured to the pile holding sections.
  • Strength and rigidity is further provided by having the diagonal cross-beams 25 connected at the top end and the bottom end of the respective pile holding sections, and to have a longitudinal direction of each respective diagonal cross-beam 25 and the pile guiding direction G of a pile holding section 21 to which the respective cross-beam is connected enclose an angle a in the range of 25 - 65 degrees, especially in the range of 35 - 55 degrees.
  • the pile guiding frame 21 further has horizontal beams 26 connected in between pile holding sections at those locations where the diagonal cross-beams 25 are connected as well to further add to the strength and rigidity of the jointly rigid structure.
  • the piles 30 are driven into the sea bed so as to extend considerably above the sea bed and to also extend above the pile guiding frame 20, thus, allowing the use of a shorter offshore jacket 10 than the commonly used ones. It also allows a constant and selected distance of the top of the offshore jackets with respect to the surface of the sea with varying sea depth and spread locations of the supports of pile guiding frames, piles and offshore jackets over the sea bed.
  • the projection length P (or stickup length) of the piles above the pile holding sections 21 of the pile guiding frame 20 can be, dependent on the specific application and circumstances, in the range of 1 - 10 times the diameter D of the piles, especially 2 - 5 times the diameter of the piles.
  • the piles stick out over a projection length P of about 3.5 times the pile diameter D above the pile holding sections 21 in the embodiment shown.
  • the jointly rigid structure of the pile guiding frame and the piles secured to the frame allow for a large upward stick out of the piles from the pile guiding frame.
  • the piles can have any diameter but typically will be in the range of 2 - 3 meter, which implies that projection or stickup length P can be up to 20 - 30 meter under favorable conditions. Generally, the projection length P will be in the range of 2 - 10 meter.
  • a pile guiding frame 20 can have a height of, for instance, 20 meter for application at a water depth of, for instance, 45 meter.
  • the fact that piles extend well above the sea bed implies the additional advantage that no emptying of the piles is required before providing the offshore jacket 10 onto the piles.
  • the offshore jacket 10 in the embodiment shown comprises a plurality of legs or pillars 12 interconnected by beams, bracings or equivalents which are configured to maintain a mutually fixed position between the plurality of legs.
  • the offshore jacket 10 may further comprise stabbing projections 11 on its outer perimeter in correspondence to the bottom end of each leg 12.
  • the pile guiding frame 20 and the piles 30 driven through the pile holding sections 21 of the pile guiding frame 20 together form a jointly rigid structure confining movement of the piles.
  • the offshore jacket 10 is lowered from the vessel towards the piles 30 driven through the pile holding sections 21 such that each one of the stabbing projections 11 is provided onto and secured to an associated pile 30 driven into the sea bed and such that the offshore jacket 10 projects at least partially out of the water surface W.
  • Each stabbing projection 11 is connected by means of a grouted connection or a mechanical connection to its associated pile 30.
  • the offshore jacket 10 may be installed in a position below the water surface W.
  • the offshore jacket 10 may be secured to the piles 30 by means of at least one of a grouted connection or a mechanical connection.
  • the piles 30 provide support forthe load of the offshore jacket 10 and of any structure mounted on it.
  • each one of the stabbing projections 11 fits into an inner circumference of the associated pile 30.
  • at least one of the stabbing projections 11 may comprise a jacket supporting skirt 13 protruding from at least a part of an outer perimeter of the stabbing projection 11 in a substantially radial direction and configured to couple with the associated pile 30 and, optionally, to transfer the load of the offshore jacket 10.
  • the stabbing projections 11 have a hollow cylindrical shape and are configured to allow the insertion of an upper portion of the associated piles 30, such that each one of the piles 30 fits into an inner circumference of the associated stabbing projection 11 .

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un procédé d'installation d'un support pour supporter une structure de charge, telle qu'une éolienne, une plate-forme de transformateur ou une plate-forme de forage pétrolier ou gazier au fond d'une mer, d'un océan, d'un lac, d'un port ou d'une rivière. Le procédé consiste à positionner, sur un fond, un cadre de guidage de pile comprenant au moins trois sections de soutien de piles, chaque section de soutien de piles permettant le guidage et le soutien d'une pile le long d'une direction de guidage de la pile dans une orientation verticale, et des sections de soutien de piles adjacentes et/ou opposées sont interconnectées grâce au croisement mutuel de poutres transversales diagonales; à enfoncer une pile dans chaque section de soutien de piles dans le fond, de telle sorte que chaque pile fasse saillie vers le haut hors du fond et hors de sa section de soutien de piles associée sur une longueur de projection équivalant à une plage comprise entre 1 et 10 fois le diamètre des piles, et à former une structure mutuellement rigide du cadre de soutien de piles et des piles; et à installer une chemise sur les piles faisant saillie hors des sections de soutien de piles.
EP21700096.7A 2020-01-10 2021-01-07 Procédé d'installation d'un support pour supporter une structure de charge, telle qu'une éolienne, sur, par exemple, un fond marin Active EP4087980B1 (fr)

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