EP4161827A1 - Installation de manipulation de pieux - Google Patents

Installation de manipulation de pieux

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EP4161827A1
EP4161827A1 EP21731440.0A EP21731440A EP4161827A1 EP 4161827 A1 EP4161827 A1 EP 4161827A1 EP 21731440 A EP21731440 A EP 21731440A EP 4161827 A1 EP4161827 A1 EP 4161827A1
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pile
winch
tension
crane
handling facility
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Jon HØVIK
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MacGregor Norway AS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/003—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for for transporting very large loads, e.g. offshore structure modules
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/08—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of winches
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/10—Assembly of wind motors; Arrangements for erecting wind motors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/20—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors
    • F03D13/25—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors specially adapted for offshore installation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/10—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of cranes
    • 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
    • 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
    • E02B2017/0056—Platforms with supporting legs
    • E02B2017/0065—Monopile 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
    • E02B2017/0091—Offshore structures for wind turbines
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D13/00—Accessories for placing or removing piles or bulkheads, e.g. noise attenuating chambers
    • E02D13/04—Guide devices; Guide frames
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00—Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32—Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/42—Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys
    • E02D27/425—Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys specially adapted for wind motors masts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2230/00—Manufacture
    • F05B2230/60—Assembly methods
    • F05B2230/61—Assembly methods using auxiliary equipment for lifting or holding
    • F05B2230/6102—Assembly methods using auxiliary equipment for lifting or holding carried on a floating platform
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/95—Mounting on supporting structures or systems offshore
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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    • Y02E10/727—Offshore wind turbines
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
    • Y02P70/50—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a pile handling facility for tilting an elongated object / pile from a laying orientation on a deck of a floating vessel to a vertical orientation outside an outer boundary of the deck and methods thereof.
  • the MPs are normally transported horizontally on a deck of a vessel to their installation site.
  • the MP is tilted to a vertical position and then lowered down to the seabed, typically by use of a heavy lift crane and a dedicated up-ending tool (UET).
  • UDT dedicated up-ending tool
  • a j ack-up rig or jack-up vessel is typically employed.
  • Patent publication WO 2019/231329 Al describes a pile handling facility and a method for controlled tilting of an MP from a parking position on deck to a vertical position outside the deck.
  • Yet another objective of the invention is to perform a successful tilting of a pile with a minimum amount of human interference.
  • Yet another objective of the invention is to perform a successful tilting of a pile where the required control of the crane tension to ensure sufficient stability is kept at a minimum.
  • the invention concerns a pile handling facility suitable for tilting a pile from a laying orientation at least partly within a deck of a vessel to an upright orientation outside an outer boundary of the deck, wherein the laying and upright orientations are defined as the orientation parallel and perpendicular to the deck respectively.
  • a pile shall be interpreted as any elongated obj ect such as a monopile or a plurality of parallelly attached monopiles.
  • a deck is defined as an exterior plane of the vessel onto which the vessel’s superstructure is arranged.
  • the pile handling facility of the first aspect comprises during operation, one or more piles having longitudinal center axes C, a vessel comprising a deck suitable for storing the one or more piles, a lifting crane fixed to the vessel and dimensioned to lift a pile, an up-ending tool for supporting the pile during tilting from the laying orientation to the upright orientation and a winch system, preferably arranged on the deck.
  • the up-ending tool is rotatably fixed to the outer boundary of the deck via one or more pivot hinges around a rotational axis oriented parallel to the deck and perpendicular to the pile’s longitudinal center axis C.
  • the upending tool comprises a contacting face configured to abut against a circumferential surface of the pile during tilting and an end-support configured such that a lower pile end of the pile may be supported on the end support.
  • the lifting crane comprises a crane cable having, during tilting, a suspended end fixed, preferably removable, to or near an upper pile end of the pile.
  • the suspended end may be indirectly attached to the upper pile end via a suspending structure removably fixed to the upper pile end during tilting.
  • both the suspended end of the crane cable and the end of the winch cable may be fixed to the suspending structure.
  • the crane cable should preferably be at any time in an upright orientation.
  • a crane arm of the lifting crane (for example an outermost crane arm in case of several arms) must be raised coherent with the pile angle, thereby following the pile’s tilting path. This may be achieved by adjusting the position of the fixation point between an outer crane tip of the lifting crane’s outermost arm and the attached end of the crane cable both in direction parallel and perpendicular to the deck.
  • any adjustments in order to keep the crane cable in an upright orientation will depend on the state of geometry of the crane and the pile. It may be done by visual inspection of the crane cable and/or by use of an inclinometer arranged on the crane cable. However, it is considered most advantageous to install a suitable crane motion sensor such as an accelerometer that allows measurements of the fixation point position during tilting. Such a sensor may for example be arranged at or near the outer crane tip. A combination of inclinometer, motion sensor and visual inspection may also be envisaged.
  • the winch system comprises a winch cable being fixed, during tilting, at an end to or near the upper pile end and a winch tension controller being configured to control a winch tension T w in the winch cable.
  • the attachment of the winch cable to the pile is, as for the crane cable, preferably removable. Moreover, the fixation may be indirectly via the suspending structure mentioned above.
  • the winch tension controller comprises a drum onto which the winch cable is spooled. The drum is preferably arranged on the deck of the vessel via suitable support(s), more preferably near or at the upper pile end when the pile is laying in a horizontal orientation on the deck.
  • the controller may comprise a winch tension sensor configured to measure (continuously and/or at set time intervals) the winch tension T w within the winch cable during the tilting operation.
  • the winch tension sensor may also be configured to transmit the measured tension data, wirelessly and/or wired, to a control system.
  • the winch tension may be determined by the winch tension sensor directly or by indirect measurements such as measuring the force acting on the winch cable and the geometry of the winch cable and the pile.
  • Said winch tension sensor may be a load cell interconnecting the end of the winch cable to the upper pile end, optionally via a suspending structure.
  • the winch tension controller may further comprise a drum motor configured to rotate the drum around a rotational axis perpendicular to the orientation of the winch cable.
  • the winch tension controller may be configured to control (wireless and/or wired via signal communication lines) operation of the drum motor during operation.
  • Such a drum motor may be configured to control the rotational velocity of the drum during rotation, and thereby to control an angle velocity of the upper pile end (tilting velocity). This again ensures continuous, or near continuous, abutment against the contact face.
  • control may be achieved by including in the winch tension controller means (such as one or more processors, located locally and/or remotely) suitable for calculating, using a software stored therein, a desired rotational velocity as function of the measured winch tension T w.
  • the means may also be made suitable for regulating the drum motor to achieve the desired rotational velocity as well as the position of the pile during tilting.
  • the latter may alternatively, or in addition, be measured and/or estimated based on geometrical parameters (length of spooled winch cable, average angle of winch cable from drum to upper pile end or angles at specific locations, variation of winch cable length due to measured tension and physical properties, etc.).
  • the desired rotational velocity is herein defined as a time averaged rotational velocity obtained by accelerating / decelerating the drum speed and/or turning off / on the operation of the drum.
  • This time averaged desired rotational velocity is preferably set such that the actual winch tension T w during tilting remains above a predetermined minimum tension, for example a minimum tension that ensures continuous abutment between the contacting face and the circumferential surface of the pile.
  • the measurement of the winch tension T w may be achieved directly by one or more dedicated winch tension sensors and/or more indirectly by geometric measurements (length / angle) of the winch cable(s) and measurement of another physical property such as the force acting on the winch cable(s).
  • the lifting crane may further comprise a crane tension sensor configured to measure a crane tension 7c in the crane cable.
  • the measured tension data may be sent to a crane operator who may regulate the lifting force to ensure a minimum crane tension during the tilting operation.
  • the winch tension controller may comprise means to receive the measured crane tension Tc and to calculate the desired rotational velocity as function of both the measured winch tension TV and the measured crane tension Tc.
  • the means may be a suitable receiver and the same processor as mentioned above.
  • the upending tool may also comprise a pivot base fixed to the at least one pivot hinge.
  • the end support may protrude from or near a lower end of the pivot base.
  • the pivot base has preferably an elongated shape with a longitudinal axis oriented parallel, or near parallel, to the longitudinal axis C of the pile during tilting.
  • the pivot base, the at least one pivot hinge and the end support are mutually arranged such that the lower pile end of the pile may be supported on the end support during tilting in order to prevent movement of the pile along its longitudinal center axis C.
  • the upending tool further comprises an upper support protruding from or near an upper end of the pivot base, wherein said contacting face forms part of this upper support.
  • Tower and ‘upper’ refer herein to a vertical orientation relative to global coordinate system.
  • the ratio of an end support distance D es between the end support and the pivot hinge and an upper support distance D us between the upper support and the pivot hinge is preferably at least 1, more preferably at least 1.5, for example 2, 2.5 or 3.
  • the optimal ratio should be verified by simulations and/or model testing and depends inter alia on the pile’s length and weight. For example, it is considered advantageous to obtain a pivot point close to the pile’s center of gravity.
  • the upending tool and the pile’s length may be set such that the pile’s lower end is submerged into the sea at a desired stage of the tilting operation since the added mass of the water will increase the overall stability of the installation procedure.
  • the upper support is pivotably fixed to the pivot base such that the upper support may pivot (at least when the pile is in an upright orientation) between a contacting position where continuous contact is ensured between the contacting face and the circumferential surface of the pile and a release position displaying a horizontal spacing between the contacting face and the circumferential surface of the pile.
  • the contacting face is preferably located above the upending tool’s center of gravity COG when the pile is in the upright orientation.
  • the shape of the contacting face when seen along the longitudinal center axis C of the pile may be concave with a radius equal, or near equal, to the radius of the relevant area of the pile, i.e. at the positions along the pile’s length where such contact is established.
  • the winch system comprises a drum, preferably arranged onto the deck, and a plurality of winch cables spooled thereon.
  • the winch system may include one single drum arranged on the deck, two winch cables spooled onto the drum and a drum motor operably connected the drum to regulate e.g. the drum’s rotational velocity (and thereby the winch tension TV of the two winch cables when the free ends of the winch cables are connected at least indirectly to, or near, the upper pile end).
  • the winch system comprises a plurality of drums and a corresponding plurality of winch cables, i.e. an equal number as for the drums.
  • the winch system may include two drums with winch cables spooled thereon. The end of each of the plurality of winch cables is in this configuration fixed to, or near, the upper pile end, for example via the above- mentioned suspending structure.
  • the plurality of drums may be arranged with spacings along a direction perpendicular to a tilting plane of the pile. At least two of the plurality of winch cables may be connected to the same winch tension sensor.
  • each of the drums should preferably be rotated relative to its base (usually the deck) such that a minimum length straight line oriented perpendicular to the spooling area of the drum is intersecting in, or near, the longitudinal center axis of the pile during tilting.
  • the pile handling facility may further comprise a pile motion sensor (such as an accelerometer) for measuring horizontal position of the upper pile end relative to corresponding global horizontal coordinates from the global position system.
  • the winch tensions TV from each of the plurality of winch cables (e.g. measured by at least one winch tension sensor) may then be transmitted to the winch tension controller for further control / analyzes, for example calculating and setting a new desired winch tension T wd to ensure that the horizontal position of the upper pile end is within a threshold range from the corresponding global horizontal coordinates.
  • a higher stability in the upper pile end’s horizontal plane may be achieved.
  • the upending tool constitutes part of a handling tool which also comprises a pile gripper PG.
  • the pile gripper comprises at least one receiving arm, preferably at least two, configured to enclose the outer circumference of the pile within an enclosing space.
  • the receiving arm(s) is/are movable between an open position forming a pile receiving opening into the enclosing space equal or larger than an outer diameter of the pile and a closed position wherein the pile receiving opening is at least partly closed.
  • the pile gripper may further comprise a pile gripper positioning system configured to re-position horizontally the pile and a control system configured to regulate the pile gripper positioning system based on received measurement data from a vessel motion sensor and received measurement from a pile motion sensor.
  • the purpose of the re positioning may be to stabilize movements of the pile during a vertical lowering towards the seabed within a predetermined horizontal tolerance range from a target pile position.
  • Both the vessel motion sensor and the pile motion sensors may be accelerometers.
  • the invention concerns method for tilting a pile from a laying orientation at least partly within a deck of a vessel to an upright orientation outside an outer boundary of the deck by use of a pile handling facility in accordance with any of the features mentioned above.
  • the vessel is floating in a body of water.
  • the method comprises the following steps:
  • the winch tension controller may include a winch tension sensor such as a load cell mounted in the fixation point to the upper pile end / suspending structure and/or measuring / estimating the length and angle of the winch cable.
  • a winch tension sensor may be mounted anywhere on the winch system as long as the winch tension T w is achieved, for example within the winch cable or at the drum.
  • the method may also comprise one or both of the following steps: prior and/or during step C, measuring a crane tension in the crane cable by use of a crane tension sensor and, during step C, regulating the lifting crane in order to maintain the tension in the crane cable above a minimum crane tension value mm.
  • the measured crane tension may for example be transmitted to an operator which may regulate the lifting crane in order to ensure a minimum crane tension during tilting.
  • the method may further comprise the steps: measuring the winch tension T w by use of the winch tension sensor, calculating, using for example a processor within the winch tension controller, operational instructions for the drum motor(s) as function of the measured winch tension(s) T w to achieve desired winch tension(s) T wd in the winch cable(s) and setting the drum motor(s) in accordance with the calculated operational instructions.
  • the setting of the drum motor(s) may be performed wireless via transmitter(s) and/or wired via signal communication line(s).
  • the method may further comprise the steps: measuring the crane tension Tc by use of the crane tension sensor and calculating, for example by a processor within the winch tension controller, operational instructions for the drum motor as function of the measured winch tension T w and the measured crane tension Tc to achieve the desired winch tension T W j in the winch cable.
  • step C The step of regulating the operation of the drum (step C) is performed at least during time periods of the tilting where an absolute value of an inboard directed torque M d induced by the pile’s weight, length and distance between the upper pile end and the abutting circumferential surface area, as well as the vessel’s movements due to environmental forces, is equal to, or near equal (for example ⁇ 20 %) to, an absolute value of a corresponding outboard directed torque M s ) within the same range (for example ⁇ 20 %).
  • the rotating direction of M s is opposite of M d and due to similar parameters. Both the inboard directed torque M d and the outboard directed torque M s may be determined / estimated by a combination of measurements and calculation.
  • the method may further comprise the following steps during tilting: calculating a new desired winch tension T wd , for example by use of a processor within the winch tension controller, to ensure that the horizontal position of the upper pile end stays within a threshold range from the corresponding global horizontal coordinates mentioned above and setting the new winch tension T wd by use of one or more of the drums.
  • the choice drum(s), and the subsequent regulations, is determined by the outcome of the calculations.
  • the method is preferably also comprising the step of measuring a position of the upper pile end relative to an initial position in the laying orientation by measuring and/or calculating a length of the winch cable between the drum and a fixation point of the winch cable on the upper pile end and a length of the crane cable between a fixation point on the lifting crane and a fixation point of the upper pile end.
  • the fixation point of both the winch cable and the crane cable may either be directly on the upper pile end or indirectly via the suspending structure.
  • the invention concerns a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions to execute the above- mentioned stabilization method steps of the second aspect.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a pile handling facility in accordance with the invention including a vessel, a plurality of piles arranged side-by-side on the vessel’s deck and a handling tool for transferring a pile from the vessel to the sea.
  • Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a handling tool constituting part of a pile handling facility in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the handling tool of fig. 2, wherein fig. 3a and fig. 3b shows the handling tool in a transport position and in a pile receiving position, respectively.
  • Figure 4 shows a perspective view of a pile arranged within a handling tool constituting part of the pile handling facility in accordance with the invention, wherein fig. 4A shows an arrangement of the handling tool in a pile receiving position into which a pile is installed, and fig. 4B shows coupling of a winch system to an upper end of the pile.
  • Figure 5 shows a side view of handling tool in a pile receiving position into which a pile is installed parallel to the vessel’s deck.
  • Figure 6 shows a side view of the handling tool in fig. 5, wherein a lifting crane has tilted the pile an angle ai relative to the orientation of the deck.
  • Figure 7 shows a side view of the handling tool in figs. 5 and 6, where the lifting crane has tilted the pile an angle i > on relative to the orientation of the deck.
  • Figure 8 shows a side view of the handling tool in figs. 5-7, where the lifting crane has tilted the pile to a upright orientation relative to the deck.
  • Figure 9 shows a side view similar to fig. 7, where various geometrical parameters and force / momentum vectors are indicated.
  • Figure 10 shows a perspective view of part of the handling tool and a vertically oriented pile arranged therein, where figs. 10A and 10B show a pile gripper in an open position and in a closed position, respectively, and an upending tool in contact position with the pile.
  • Figure 11 shows a side view of a pile handling facility in accordance with the invention with a vertically oriented pile arranged within a handling tool, wherein an upper support of an up-ending tool constituting part of the handling tool has been retracted from the pile wall.
  • Figure 12 shows another side view of the pile handling facility of fig. 11, where an end-support of the up-ending tool has been retracted from the lower end of the pile.
  • Figure 13 shows a perspective view of the pile handling facility in fig. 1, wherein a upright oriented pile is arranged within the handling tool, and where the pile gripper is arranged in a closed position around the pile and the up-ending tool has been retracted.
  • Figure 14 show a side views of a pile handling facility in accordance with the invention, wherein figs. 14A-14I shows different tilting stages of the pile and wherein figs. 14G-I also shows the up-ending tool in further details.
  • the invention concerns a pile handling facility 100 suitable for transporting piles 10 to an installation sites and installing these piles 10 into the sea.
  • the piles 10 may be adapted for arrangement on a seabed 30 or on floating platforms.
  • the inventive pile handling facility 100 comprises a vessel 200 having an aft part 201, a bow part 202 and a deck 205, a lifting crane 400, a plurality of pile cradles 12 for accommodating the piles 10 in transport position, a height adjustable pile bench 11 for lifting the pile 100 perpendicular to the deck 205, a handling tool 1 for providing support when the pile 10 is tilted from a laying orientation parallel to the deck 205 to an upright orientation U perpendicular to the deck 205 and outside the deck boundaries and a winch system 5-8 for stabilizing the pile 10 within the handling tool 1 during the tilting.
  • FIG. 2 An exemplary configuration of a handling tool 1 is depicted in further details in fig. 2.
  • the main parts of the handling tool 1 comprises an upending tool 3 chiefly responsible for supporting the pile 10 during tilting from the laying orientation to the upright orientation U and a pile gripper 2 chiefly responsible for aligning the pile in a horizontal plane after the upright orientation U is achieved.
  • the pile gripper 2 may also be configured to allow vertical lowering of the pile 10 while horizontal alignment is maintained.
  • the pile gripper 2 comprises receiving arms 2a configured to embrace the circumference of the pile 10 when in upright position, - two linear support structures 2b supporting the receiving arms 2a and a pivot structure 2c coupled to the deck 205 and the linear support structures 2b to allow the latter to pivot along planes along the deck 205 and perpendicular to the deck 205.
  • receiving arms 2a and the linear support structures 2b are configured such that the arms 2a may displace the pile 10 away from the deck 205.
  • the upending tool 3 is arranged between the linear support structures 2b and comprises pivot base / elongated base 3c rotatably fixed to or near the deck boundary via one or more pivot hinges 3d having a rotational axis parallel to the deck 205 and perpendicular to a longitudinal center axis C of the pile 10 during tilting, an end-support 3a extending out from a lower end of the elongated base 3c and configured to allow support of a lower pile end 10b, an upper support 3b rotationally coupled to an upper end of the elongated base 3c and configured to provide contact support to a circumferential part of the pile 10 during tilting via a contacting face 3e and a control hydraulic cylinder or linear actuator 3f to inter alia ensure positional control of the elongated base 3c.
  • the longitudinal orientation of the elongated base 3c is parallel, or near parallel, to the longitudinal center axis C. Moreover, both the upper support 3b and the end- support 3a is oriented away from the deck 205.
  • the process of tilting the pile 10 from the laying orientation L into the upright orientation V outside the outer boundary of the deck 205 can be divided into the following five operational phases:
  • FIG. 3 An initial preparation phase where the pile gripper 2 and a lower part of the up-ending tool 3, both constituting part of the handling tool 1 (see fig. 2), are rotated from a transport position perpendicular to, or near perpendicular to, the deck 205 to a receiving position parallel, or near parallel, to the deck 205.
  • FIGs. 4-5 A second loading phase where a pile 10 is transferred from the pile cradle 12 on the deck 205 into the handling tool 1 via the height controllable pile bench 11 . After transfer the longitudinal center axis C of the pile 10 intersects a center axis of the pile gripper 2 and the longitudinal axis of the upending tool 3. The pile 10 is then displaced in a direction along the elongated base 3c of the upending tool 3 until the lower pile end 10b is supported onto or into the lower end-support 3a protruding from the lower end of the elongated base 3c.
  • the upper support 3a protruding from the upper end of the elongated base 3c is oriented such that the circumferential part of the pile 10 is resting onto the contacting face 3e of the upper support 3a.
  • the transfer of the pile 10 from the pile cradle 12 to the pile bench 11 may for example be performed by the lifting crane 400.
  • FIGs. 6-7 A third up-ending phase where the pile 10 is tilted by use of the lifting crane 400 from the laying position where at least a part of the pile length is arranged within the boundaries of the deck 205 to the upright position where the pile 10 is perpendicular to the laying position / the vessel’s deck 205 and where the entire pile length is arranged fully outside the deck boundaries.
  • the tilting of the up-ending tool 3 around the rotational axis perpendicular to the pile’s longitudinal axis C and parallel to the deck 205 is achieved by the one or more pivot hinges 3d rotatably connecting the up-ending tool 3 to the vessel 200.
  • Fig 8-9 A fourth upright phase where the receiving arms 2a of the pile gripper 2 is moved from an open position forming an opening in the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal pile axis C that is larger than the diameter OD if the pile 10 at that height to a closed position closing, or near closing, said opening.
  • the upright orientation U perpendicular to the deck 205) may be different from the vertical orientation V (relative to a global coordinate system) due to e.g.
  • a fifth release phase where the upper support 3b is retracted from a position abutting against the circumferential part of the pile 10 and where either a lower end-support 3a is retracted from a lower pile end 10b of the pile 10 or the pile gripper 20 is moving the pile 10 away from the deck 205 by use of the linear support structures 2b or a combination thereof. Both retractions may be performed by rotations. In fig.
  • the hydraulic control cylinder 3f may be fixed at one end to the vessel’s deck 205 and the other end to the elongated base 3c above the pivot hinge 3d.
  • Such a configuration ensures that the elongated base 3c do not fall uncontrolled towards the vessel’s hull when the upper support 3b is detached from the pile 10.
  • it may aid the tilting of the upending tool 3 and the pile 10 by regulating its pushing force onto the elongated base 3c.
  • the tilting (up-ending) of the pile 10 from a laying position parallel to the deck 205 to an upright position outside the deck 205 takes place in a dedicated up-ending tool 3 in order to allow enough pile support.
  • the force required for carrying out the tilting process are chiefly provided by the lifting crane 400 mounted onto the vessel 200.
  • This lifting crane 400 is connected via one or more crane cables 403 to a suspending structure / plate 4 on an upper pile end 10a of the pile 10.
  • the lower pile end 10b is supported on the lower end-support 3a of the upending tool 3 to prevent undesired vertical pile movements during upending to the upright orientation.
  • the suspended end of the crane cable(s) 403 is in the depicted configurations fixed to the plate 4 via a crane tension sensor 407, thereby enabling continuous and/or on-demand measurements of the crane tension 7c.
  • Fig. 4 shows an exemplary configuration of a lifting crane 400 with only one crane arm 404.
  • the crane cable(s) 403 is/are preferably fixed to the outermost arm 404.
  • a configurati on where the crane cable(s) 403 is/are fixed to another crane arm 404, located further towards the lifting crane’s 400 upright column 405, may also be envisaged.
  • a typical pile weight is between 1000 and 3000 tons and a typical pile size is between 50 and 120 meters in length and between 8 and 16 meters in diameter.
  • Handling of such a massive weight and size of the pile 10 and its related installation equipment necessitates a high degree of control and a low risk of failure during tilting.
  • the outboard torque Ms of the pile 10 i.e. forcing the pile 10 to rotate clockwise towards the sea
  • the pile 10 may become equal or similar to the opposite directed inboard torque M d.
  • the pile 10 remains firmly supported in the up-ending tool 3. With other words, any rotation causing the pile 10 to lose contact with the contacting face 3e, and/or falling below a certain minimum abutment pressure, should be avoided or at least significantly suppressed.
  • the handling tool 1, and in particular the upending tool 3, is preferably adapted to allow arrangement of piles 10 having varying diameters, i.e. the handling tool 1 should provide sufficient support for a set of piles 10 parked on the vessel’s deck 205 that have inequal average pile diameters OD.
  • the handling tool 1 may preferably also be adapted to allow support for a single pile 10 shaped with varying diameters along its pile length.
  • a specific example of the latter is a conical shaped pile 10 having its largest diameter at the lower pile end 10b.
  • Construction of such a general-purpose handling tool 1 will affect the configuration of at least the contacting face 3e and the end-support 3a.
  • this suppression of rotation away from the up-ending tool’s contacting face 3e is achieved by installing a winch system 5-8 to the upper pile end 10a.
  • a winch cable 8 spooled onto a motorized drum 5 has a free end fixed to the suspending structure / plate 4, which again is removably fastened onto the upper pile end 10a.
  • the drum 5 is operatively coupled to a programmable drum motor 6 (see fig. 13d).
  • the free end of the winch cable 8 is connected to the plate 4 via a load cell 7, thereby allowing real-time measurement of the winch tension Tw during the tilting process.
  • the winch tension Tw may be measured directly via e.g. one or more load cells 7 and/or indirectly via geometrical considerations and e.g. measurement of forces acting on the winch cable 8.
  • the pile inclination angle a is measured when rotating the pile 10 through the rotating point Rp by an inclinometer, e.g. arranged in or near Rp.
  • an inclinometer e.g. arranged in or near Rp.
  • the vessel’s deck 205 is considered as the ground base.
  • the pile 10 and the up-ending tool 3 is geometrically fixed as a closed system.
  • This closed system is rotating around the pile’s rotation point Rp fixed to the ground base, and the winch cable 8 are connected between the deck 205 and the upper pile end 10a / suspending structure 4.
  • the rotation point Rp is coincident with the rotating point of the up-ending tool’s rotating axis / pivot hinge 3d.
  • Both the pile’s center of gravity Gpile and the up-ending tool’s center of gravity GUET do not change. Furthermore, the position of the pile 10 relative to the upending tool 3 does not change.
  • R radius between center of drum 5 and outermost point of the winch cable 8 still spooled onto the drum 5
  • GUET center of gravity for up-ending tool 3 a: distance between Rp and G p ,i e b: distance between G p n e and attachment point of winch cable 8 to upper pile end 10a c: distance between said attachment point and center of drum d: distance between Rp and GUET e: distance between GUET and lower pile end 10b / end-support 3a
  • At least an approximate value of the winch tension Tw may be calculated based on momentum balance:
  • Tw ( GPILE * a Tc * (a + b f) GUET * d )*( 1/s)
  • winch cable 8 per drum 5
  • an alternative configuration having two or more winch cables 8 spooled on the same drum 5 may be envisaged.
  • the drum 5 with the multiple winch cables 8 is preferably operated by a single programmable drum motor 6.
  • the winch system 5-8 Independent of the pile’s 10 abutment against the contacting face 3e, the winch system 5-8 contributes (together with the lifting crane 400) control of the pile’s 10 angle velocity.
  • the upending tool 3 may be of any size as long as it provides sufficient support for the pile 10 during the tilting from the laying to the upright orientation.
  • the overall size, and in particular its length along the pile’s 10 longitudinal center axis C is advantageously adapted such that the lower pile end 10b is submerged below the water surface 20 well before the upright orientation has been reached.
  • the length of the elongated base 3c and the position of the pivot hinge 3d along the length can be determined based on model simulation and/or model tests. Typical parameters that enter into these kinds of simulations are pile properties such as pile length, pile diameter and weight distribution. Further, environmental parameters such as expected average and maximum significant wave height at the installation site may also prove important.
  • the results of such simulations / tests are a ratio of an end support distance D es between the end support 3a and the pivot hinge 3d and an upper support distance D us between the upper support 3b and the pivot hinge 3d.
  • this ratio is preferably at least 1 or probably better at least 1.5. Ratios of 2, 2.5 or 3 are envisaged.
  • the upending tool and the pile’s length may be set such that the pile’s lower end 10b is submerged into the sea at a desired stage of the tilting operation since the added mass of the water will increase the overall stability of the installation procedure.
  • the receiving arms 2a are rotatably connected to fixed supports and extends in a common pile gripper plane Ape (see fig. 9).
  • the receiving arms 2a are in closed positions, they form an enclosing space having a diameter equal or larger than the relevant outer diameter OD of the pile 10, i.e. the outer diameter OD at the position along the longitudinal center axis C being in vertical alignment with the pile gripper plane Ape.
  • a pile receiving opening going into the enclosing space is formed having a size in the pile gripper plane APG equal or larger than the outer diameter OD.
  • PSDs pile supporting devices
  • Each of these vertical displacement wheels has a horizontally oriented rotational axis, thereby enabling both vertical displacement and horizontal restriction of the pile 10 (see fig. 9).
  • orientations ‘horizontal’ and ‘vertical’ are herein defined relative to global positioning coordinates, while ‘laying’ and ‘upright are defined relative to the orientation of the vessel’s deck 205.
  • the pile 10 is fully suspended in the lifting crane 400, and the lowering towards the seabed 30 may commence.
  • the desired alignment precision by use of the pile griper 20 towards a global verticality is preferably increased during lowering, i.a. when time of contact of the lower pile end 10b with the seabed 30 is approaching.
  • the winch cable 8 is shown with no or insignificant winch tension T w since the full weight of the pile 10 is handled by the lifting crane 400.
  • the winch system 5-8 is actively aiding the adjustment of the upper pile end 10a towards vertical orientation during the lowering of the pile 10.
  • the winch system 5-8 may comprise two drums 5, each with winch cables 8 spooled thereon.
  • the end of each winch cable 8 is fixed to the above-mentioned suspending structure / plate 4.
  • the two drums 5 are arranged on the deck 205 with a separating spacing along a direction perpendicular to the tilting plane of the pile 10. The length of the spacing depends inter alia on the horizontal alignment force required set up by the two drums 5 on the upper pile end 10a.
  • the two winch cables 8 may be connected to the same load cell 7, alternatively to separate load cells 7.
  • the drums 5 should be arranged on the deck 205 with an angle in the deck place to ensure that a straight line perpendicular from the drum surface may be drawing between the drum 5 and the connection point on the suspending structure 4.
  • One or more pile motion sensors 9 for measuring horizontal position of the upper pile end 10a relative to corresponding global horizontal coordinates from the global position system can be installed either on the suspending structure 4 or on the pile 10 itself or both.
  • a pile motion sensor 9 is particularly useful for the configuration with a winch system including more than one drum 5.
  • the winch tensions Tw from both winch cables 8 measured by attached load cells 7 are transmitted to a control system forming part of the winch system 5-8 for further control / analyzes.
  • a processor may calculate a new desired winch tension T wd to ensure that the horizontal position of the upper pile end 10a is within a threshold range from the corresponding global horizontal coordinates .
  • this new winch tension T W j is transmitted to the drum motors 6 which regulate the drums 5 accordingly.
  • a higher stability in the upper pile end’s 10a horizontal plane may be achieved.
  • the vessel 200 comprises one or more vessel motion sensors 13 allowing measurements of the vessel’s 200 movements at sea such as rotational motions (roll, pitch, yaw) and translational motion (heave, sway, surge).
  • vessel motion sensors 13 are preferably of type accelerometers allowing measurements of velocity vectors and acceleration vectors. Positional data may thus be obtained by single integration or by double integrations of the measurement data.
  • the vessel motion sensor 13 constitutes part of a dynamic positioning system (DP) on the vessel 200, enabling access of continuous or on-demand information concerning vessel dynamics for control systems of the handling tool 1, the winch system 5-8 and the lifting crane 400.
  • DP dynamic positioning system
  • measurement data from the winch tension sensor 7, the crane tension sensor 407, the vessel motion sensor(s) 13 and/or the pile motion sensor 9 may be fed as input parameters to a control system comprising a processor. Based on these parameters, a desired winch tension TV and/or a desired crane tension Tc may be calculated, thus forming instructional data to the drum motor 6 and the lifting crane 400, respectively.
  • calculating and setting new movement patterns of the upending tool 3 and/or the pile gripper 2 are feasible, for example by setting new pressures on various hydraulic cylinders responsible for the movements of the handling tool 1.
  • the pile handling facility 100 may also comprise one or more crane motion sensors 406 such as an accelerometer and/or an inclinometer that are configured to measure the exact position of the fixation point between the suspended end of the crane cable 403 and the upper pile end 10a / plate 4, relative to global horizontal positioning coordinates.
  • the crane motion sensors 406 are preferably accelerometers allowing measurements of velocity vectors and/or acceleration vectors of the fixation point. The position of the fixation point is thus achieved by single integration or double integration.
  • a pile handling facility 100 which includes such a crane motion sensor 406 is advantageous, in particular if the lifting crane 400 may perform controlled movements of the fixation point.
  • a lifting system 400 that allows sensor-controlled movements in horizontal directions and/or in vertical direction (heave compensation) may be envisaged.
  • Fig. 13A-F shows different stages in the tilting process from the second loading phase (fig. 13 A), via the third up-ending phase (figs. 13B-E) and the fourth upright phase (fig. 13F) and to the fifth release phase (figs. 13G-I).
  • the inboard torque MD and the outboard torque Ms are of equal or similar size, thereby creating a potentially hazardous situation since the pile 10 may start rotating in outboard direction without sufficient aid by the lifting crane 400.
  • the winch tension TV is in this situation significantly larger than the corresponding crane tension Tc in order to minimize the risk that the pile 10 loses its steady abutment against the contacting face 3e of the upending tool 3.
  • the upending tool 3 is reproduced with enlarged drawings in figs. 13G-I for clarity reasons.
  • a dedicated upper support cylinder 3g is shown which allows pivot moments of the upper support 3b between a contacting position and a release position relative to the pile 10.
  • a locking mechanism 3h is indicated which allows the contacting face 3e to lose its abutment towards the pile 10 without causing a sudden (and most likely undesired) rotation towards the vessel 400.
  • Configurations where such sudden rotation is prevented without the locking mechanism 3h may be envisaged, for example by setting a sufficiently high retraction force on the control cylinder 3f.
  • the end -support 3b of the upending tool 3 experiences the full weight of the pile 10 during operation (see upward vertical line from the end-support in fig. 13G), the amount of force necessary to keep the angle of the elongated base 3c in position may be too high for a typical, reasonable prized hydraulic cylinder to ensure the required control of the operation.
  • the locking mechanism 3h may for example comprise a protruding structure fixed to the vessel’s outer hull side, alignable holes going through the elongated base 3c and the protruding structure and a suitable bolt that may be inserted into the alignable holes.
  • the locking mechanism 3h may be unlocked by removing the bolt from the through-going holes.
  • a second locking mechanism 3h may be activated to keep the elongated base 3c into this position while the pile 10 is lowered towards the seabed 30.
  • This second mechanism 3h may be at or near the same position as the first locking mechanism 3h and may for example comprise second alignable holes through the protruding structures and the elongated base 3c for insertion of another bolt or the same bolt used for the first locking mechanism 3h.
  • the control cylinder 3f also act as a locking mechanism for the elongated base 3c, either alone or in combination.

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La présente invention concerne une installation de manipulation de pieux (100) pour incliner un pieu (10) d'une orientation de pose au moins partiellement à l'intérieur d'un pont d'un navire (200) jusqu'à une orientation verticale à l'extérieur d'une limite externe du pont et un procédé associé. L'installation de manipulation de pieux (100) comprend un pieu (10), un navire (200) comprenant un pont (12) approprié pour le pieu, une grue de levage (400) fixée au navire, un outil en attente (1) pour supporter le pieu pendant le basculement de l'orientation de pose à l'orientation verticale et un système de treuil.
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