EP0016080A1 - Methode et dispositif de protection de structure sous-marine fixe - Google Patents

Methode et dispositif de protection de structure sous-marine fixe

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EP0016080A1
EP0016080A1 EP79900755A EP79900755A EP0016080A1 EP 0016080 A1 EP0016080 A1 EP 0016080A1 EP 79900755 A EP79900755 A EP 79900755A EP 79900755 A EP79900755 A EP 79900755A EP 0016080 A1 EP0016080 A1 EP 0016080A1
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fronds
fixed
undersea
protecting
devices
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Thomas Hilal Aldridge
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Moat Ltd
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Moat Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00—Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/22—Piles
    • E02D5/226—Protecting piles
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B3/00—Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering works in general
    • E02B3/04—Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours
    • E02B3/043—Artificial seaweed
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D31/00—Protective arrangements for foundations or foundation structures; Ground foundation measures for protecting the soil or the subsoil water, e.g. preventing or counteracting oil pollution
    • E02D31/06—Protective arrangements for foundations or foundation structures; Ground foundation measures for protecting the soil or the subsoil water, e.g. preventing or counteracting oil pollution against corrosion by soil or water

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  • This invention relates to a method of protecting a fixed undersea structure , such as an oil platform for example , and to devices for use in the method.
  • the invention relates particularly to inhibiting fouling of the structure by marine life, and to reducing corrosion.
  • the fronds can be in the form of any suitable strips or lengths of material.
  • Fig 1 is a sectional view through a hole in a breakwater provided with an anti-fouling device in accordance with the invention
  • Fig 2 is a perspective broken-away view of the device
  • Fig 3 is a perspective view of the end of the device , with the flange removed;
  • Fig 4 is a detail showing the flange
  • Fig 5 and 6 are respectively a sectional and a perspective broken-away view of an alternative device ;
  • Fig 7 and 8 are views similar to Figs 5 and 6 of a further device ;
  • Fig 9 and lO are views similar to Figs 5 and 6 of the device of Fig 1 , and are included for purposes of comparison ;
  • Fig 11 is a perspective view similar to Fig 3 showing an improved form of fixing for the device ;
  • Fig 12 is a section through the device of Fig 11;
  • Fig 13 shows the device bf Fig 11 in the locked position;
  • Fig 14 illustrates an anti-fouling device applied to the leg of an oil platform
  • Fig 15 is a diagrammatic sectional view of the device of Fig 14
  • Fig 16 is a sectional view through a device embodying the invention
  • Fig 17 is a sectional view through an alternative device
  • Fig 18 is a sectional view through the leg of an oil platform to which the device of Fig 17 is about to be applied;
  • Fig 19 is a detail illustrating how the parts of the device of
  • Tie anti-fouling device shown in Figs 1 to 4 , 9 and 10 is designed to fit in the Jalan holes of an underwater breakwater.
  • One hole 10 in a breakwater 12 is shown in Figs 1 , 2 and 9 , a further adjacent hole 10 can be seen in Fig 10.
  • the device consists essentially of a sleeve portion 14 which is slit , as shown in Fig 3 , so that it can be rolled xsp sufficiently to fit through the hole , where it can expand to bear against the inner surface 16 of the hole.
  • Each end of the device carries a flange 18 shown in Figs 2 and 4 , which, when the sleeve is expanded in the hole , together restrain the device against further movements in the axial direction, these are not shown in Figs 3 , 9 and 10.
  • each frond is fixed at one end to the sleeve while the other end is free .
  • the fronds taper towards the free ends .
  • the fronds are sufficiently flexible to move with the water currents in the manner shown in Figs 1, 9 and 10, and are of such length and number that they sweep across the whole of the inner surface 22 of the sleeve 14.
  • the fronds can be formed of a so-called artifical weed which is made commercially for anti-scouring purposes , that is , to stop sand shifting. In such use it can for example be dropped to either side of an undersea pipeline where this passes over a sandy area, and will sink into the sand giving it resistance against scouring by the sea. In such use it is not placed where it moves over the pipeline surface , and instead is submerged in the sand to either side of the pipeline.
  • Figs 5 and 6 an alternative device is illustrated, in which the fronds 20A are fixed at both their ends , at respective ends of the sleeve 14A. Again, the flanges 18 are omitted for clarity.
  • the device shown in Figs 7 and 8 is preferred, in which fronds 20B extend throughout the length of the inner surface of the device 14B.
  • the particular shape of the fronds is not of great importance providing they have the necessary flexibility. They can conveniently be of differing lengths.
  • One of the virtues of the system is its simplicity, in initial construction , in fitting, and in operation. Nevertheless , with the use of the devices described it is anticipated that the requirements for cleaning will be significantly reduced.
  • the fronds are being fitted in a concrete structure as it is being made, they can simply be embedded in the concrete , in which case the sleeve becomes unnecessary.
  • FIG. 11 A modification of the sleeve is shown in Figs 11 to 13.
  • the sleeve has ridges or teeth on the facing overlapping surfaces of the sleeve which form a ratchet, so that once the sleeve is opened up in the hole it will not collapse again.
  • Figs 14 and 15 illustrate the use of a method embodying the invention on the steel leg of an oil platform.
  • the fronds are woven into a mat 30 which is secured around the leg 32 of the platform.
  • the fronds 20 again can be arranged in many different ways but are preferably distributed over the whole surface to be protected. They then move freely in the water as indicated diagram matically in Fig 15.
  • the size of the fronds can vary as required by the particular circumstances.
  • the thickness of the fronds at their fixed ends is 5 or 6 mm by 1 to 2 mm, and they may conveniently be in the range 15 to 30 cm long.
  • the fronds 20B are at a density of tip to about 20 per sq cm.
  • the base layer 40 is a non-woven mixed polymix fibre sold under the Trade Mark "Terram" of Imperial
  • ICI Chemical Industries Limited
  • ICI Chemical Industries Limited
  • a layer of a water- impermeable material 42 such as the polythene sheeting sold by ICI under the Trade Mark “Visqueen”
  • the outer layer 44 may consist of a teylene-reinforced alkathene such as sold by ICI under the Trade Mark “Paraweb” , to which are attached fronds 46 of a toughened nylon such as that sold by ICI under the Trade Mark “Melinex” .
  • the impermeable sheet 42 is intended to minimise corrosion beneath the device by reducing the movement of water over the surface of the structure.
  • the base layer 40 protects the device from abrasion during fitting and from puncturing caused by irregularities on the metal surface.
  • the fronds 46 are of strip form being about 1 cm wide , 75 Aim thick and up to 10 cm long. However fronds of lengths up to about 50 cm could be useful. They are threaded into tiie mat 44 and secured (if necessary) with a pressure-sensitive adhesive . Although the use of adhesives with polythene is generally unsatisfactory this adhesive will secure the nylon fronds to the polythene sufficiently well to make installation of the device possible ; once the device is in position and tightened up , the adhesive is no longer important. Attachment the device should be as simple as possible to minimise underwater work in fitting it. Blocks of gunmetal can be mounted on stainless steel rods which are themselves threaded through the mat 44. "Xylan" fluoropolymer-coated mild steel T-bolts can be used to secure opposite ends of the mat and can be snapped into place before tightening.
  • the device comprises a base layer of polyethylene foam 50 of about 5 cm thidcness when unstressed and an outer sheet 54 of flexible polypropylene or similar material of about
  • the fronds 56 are attached to the outer sheet as in the previous example.
  • the impermeable middle sheet could optionally be included.
  • the device is formed in three sectors 60 as shown in Fig 18 to surround a circular leg 62. Adjacent sectors are attached as indicated in Fig 19 by means of nylon webbing 64 which passes through slots 66 near the edges of the sectors. The webbing is tightened until the foam layer is about half its original thickness.
  • Such corrosion is of two types, a. electrolytic corrosion, the result of placing a metal (steel) in an electrolyte (seawater) and b. bacterially-induced corrosion arising from the metabolic products of certain microorganisms, notably organic acids and hydrogen sulphide. Both these forms of corrosion are enhanced by the continual movement of seawater over the metal surface which replenishes electrolyte and provides substrate for bacterial growth. By preventing movement of seawater close to the metal surface, the device reduces corrosion from these two sources.
  • fronds of hollow section are used. The overall density of the fronds can be more suitable and provide more surface area for the weight.
  • the devices described do not necessarily stop all fouling of the structure to which they are attached. They do, however, produce a useful reduction in the fouling and last for a sufficient period of time to make their use of considerable value.

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  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Revetment (AREA)
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  • Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)

Abstract

Pour empecher l'envahissement par la vie marine d'une structure sous-marine, la partie de la structure a proteger(32) est pourvue d'une pluralite de lanieres allongees (20) en materiau plastique flexible, pouvant bouger les unes contres les autres sous l'influence des courants d'eau de maniere a creer une surface constamment mobile. De preference le dispositif est protege par une couche de mousse (50) qui empeche le mouvement de l'eau contre la surface de la structure, reduisant ainsi la corrosion.
EP79900755A 1978-07-24 1980-02-25 Methode et dispositif de protection de structure sous-marine fixe Withdrawn EP0016080A1 (fr)

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GB3092178 1978-07-24
GB7830921 1978-07-24

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DK (1) DK106680A (fr)
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WO (1) WO1980000262A1 (fr)

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GB8328986D0 (en) * 1983-10-31 1983-11-30 Henderson Thomas Underwater growth inhibition
US4923730A (en) * 1988-08-04 1990-05-08 Dai-Ichi High Frequency Co. Ltd. Anti-fouling surface structure, anti-fouling covering material and method of planting ribbons for producing anti-fouling surface structure and covering material
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