EP0157864A1 - Heave compensation for a pipeline hoisting system. - Google Patents
Heave compensation for a pipeline hoisting system.Info
- Publication number
- EP0157864A1 EP0157864A1 EP84903767A EP84903767A EP0157864A1 EP 0157864 A1 EP0157864 A1 EP 0157864A1 EP 84903767 A EP84903767 A EP 84903767A EP 84903767 A EP84903767 A EP 84903767A EP 0157864 A1 EP0157864 A1 EP 0157864A1
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- Prior art keywords
- yoke
- pipes
- auxiliary
- line
- chains
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
- E21B19/08—Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables; Apparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling tool; Apparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods
- E21B19/09—Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables; Apparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling tool; Apparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods specially adapted for drilling underwater formations from a floating support using heave compensators supporting the drill string
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
- E02F9/00—Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups E02F3/00 - E02F7/00
- E02F9/06—Floating substructures as supports
- E02F9/067—Floating substructures as supports with arrangements for heave compensation
Definitions
- the invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out operations at a point deep under water, such as carrying out dredging operations on a seabed, consisting of a floating apparatus having on it a suspension system with hoisting devices for lowering and raising a line of pipes, said devices being combined with a passive and an active swell compensation of the type in which the active part controls the spring action of the passive part-
- Such an apparatus is known, for example, from Dutch Patent Application 7,413,233, which has been laid open for inspection.
- This known apparatus is in particular a floating drilling station, in which the drill line suspended from the suspension system is linked with a passive swell compensator, to which is added an active compensation part to permit changing of the force which acts upwards on the drill line with the intervention of the compensation system, through which adjustment to the swell result and to the weight of the line is possible.
- part of the weight of the line is taken by the ground and produces the vertical downward force necessary for drilling.
- the derrick is also provided with hoisting devices in the form of a tackle, by means of which the drill line can be lowered and raised, and by means of which pipe sections can be added to or removed from the drill line.
- the object of the invention is to produce an apparatus with which it is possible to carry out the movements which are necessary for carrying out the operations in conjunction with the swell compensation, and with which it is in particular possible to carry out operations where a very great weight is suspended from the suspension system, and to which another separate movement which is independent of the ground can be given, in other words, where there is no support by the ground to take part of the weight.
- the derrick of the suspension system having a number of vertical guide tracks disposed at intervals from each other, and on which a horizontal yoke positioned between the guide tracks is guided, said yoke being movable up and down vertically in the guides by means of pinions which are driven by hydraulic motors and engage with a number of pulling elements bearing the load of the yoke and from which the latter is suspended, and the hydraulic system of the hydraulic motors contains both the passive and the active part of the swell compensation, while there is also the possibility of giving the yoke vertical movements on which the swell compensation is superposed.
- the yoke guided on vertical guide tracks can easily be designed in such a way, in conjunction with a corresponding design of the parts of the derrick, that heavy loads can be carried.
- This yoke is movable vertically by hydraulic drives, consisting of gearboxes with hydraulic motors, which engage with pulling elements, and these hydraulic motors handle both the vertical movements which the yoke has to make to carry out the operations within the derrick and also at the same time the passive and active swell compensation.
- the invention is intended in particular for an apparatus with which dredging operations can be carried out at great depth from a floating apparatus, in which case the line of pipes carries at its lower end a sucking and forcing dredging pump unit, to which the line of pipes connects as a delivery pipe. Suspended from the line in this case is an itself heavy dredging apparatus, which represents a great weight, in particular when it is filled with dredgings.
- the pulling elements can consist of chains which run over the pinions supported in the derrick and linked with the hydraulic motors.
- the pulling elements can, however, also consist of gear racks which are suspended in the derrick, in which case the hydraulic motors with the pinions engaging with the gear racks are supported in the yoke.
- the derrick has four guide tracks, in which case the yoke rests on the guide tracks near the corners of a yoke which is essentially rectangular when viewed from the top.
- these counterweights can be conducted in the guide pipes, and in them it is simple to install devices for lubricating the chains.
- the pipes can be filled with oil, or oil can drip on the chains.
- the free lower ends of the chains can be connected via deflection wheels to the lower side of the yoke, for example by means of lighter chains or cables which help to hold the yoke in the correct position.
- the yoke is suspended at each corner from at least two chains, each running over an individual sprocket" chain wheel with its own hydraulic motor with gearbox, and in which the free ends of each set of chains are attached to one or more counterweights.
- the quality and number of chains must • jQ be such that a system which can be realistically produced results.
- the hydraulic system of each hydraulic motor can also consist of a main circuit with main pump and main hydraulic motor, a first auxiliary circuit with auxiliary pump which can produce a greater quantity of fluid per unit of time than is the 0 case with the main pump and, via connection of the auxiliary circuit to the main circuit, can feed it to the main hydraulic motor, and also of a second auxiliary circuit with auxiliary pump and auxiliary hydraulic motor, the outgoing shaft of the latter engaging with the same pinion drive mechanism as the main hydraulic motor.
- the main circuit here serves to produce the movements which are necessary for the operations to be carried out, such as dredging, being movements which can consist of vertical movements necessary for obtaining the required production with the aid of the dredging apparatus on or in the layer to be worked.
- This main circuit also serves to give passive compensation, to which end this main circuit is linked in a known manner to storage batteries which act as springs.
- the first auxiliary system makes it possible to supply fluid to the main motor temporarily in much larger quantities. This means that the yoke can be moved at greater speeds than is the case with the main circuit. These greater speeds are important when building up or taking apart the line of pipes.
- the second auxiliary system is for the active swell compensation.
- This second system to make the auxiliary motor perform a particular desired torque, one can eliminate entirely the friction losses in the whole apparatus, friction losses which occur, for instance, in the guide tracks for the yoke, in the bearings of pinion and driving mechanism etc.
- the passive swell compensation is then no longer hampered by friction losses, for the latter are eliminated by the active swell compensation produced by the second auxiliary circuit. Since the friction losses will generally have a constant value, this second auxiliary circuit can generally also operate with constant pressure.
- the swell is an up and down movement, which thus changes direction all the time.
- the working direction of the second auxiliary circuit has to be adjusted to this each time.
- the second auxiliary circuit can have a control device for the size of the torque and the direction of rotation of the auxiliary motors, said control device being connected to an acceleration meter which measures the acceleration of the swell.
- the pinions prefferably be connected to tachometers and for the data of the tachometers in a control device to control the auxiliary motors in such a way that the yoke remains horizontal.
- the auxiliary motors of the active swell compensation are therefore, according to the invention, also used for holding the yoke horizontal.
- OMPI to devices which measure the torque, and of which the measurement values act upon the regulation of the main motors in such a way that the pressure in the line of pipes remains essentially constant.
- the main motors then immediately raise the line of pipes further if during the dredging movements inadmissible resistance with danger of buckling arises for the line of pipes.
- This impact need not be hard, but can consist of gradually increasing friction resistance, or friction resistance which becomes too great.
- the hydraulic system can also be designed in such a way that all pumps are placed on the driving shaft of the same drive motor, in which case the main pump of the main circuit is a variable pump, the auxiliary pump of the auxiliary circuit can be a pump which delivers a constant quantity per unit of time, and which ' can be short-circuited via a governor slide valve or can give feed to the main circuit in the one or the other direction.
- the pump of the second auxiliary circuit is also a pump with variable output and working direction.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of a possible use of the apparatus according to the invention.
- Fig. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the apparatus.
- Fig. 3 is a side view of the apparatus of Fig. 2.
- Fig. 4 shows on a larger scale an embodiment of the upper part of the apparatus according to the invention.
- Fig. 5 is a schematic illustration of a variant with parallel guide.
- Fig 6 is a schematic illustration of a variant of the suspension system.
- Fig. 7 shows a hydraulic diagram.
- Fig. 8 shows a block diagram to illustrate the functioning.
- Fig. 1 shows a floating apparatus 1 with derrick 2, from which floating apparatus is suspended a line 3 made up of lengths of pipe which at a great depth, say, over 2000 metres, is provided with a suction head 4 and a sucking and forcing pump 5. At 6 there can be thrusting elements by means of which the whole line can be shifted from a vertical position to a slanting position, as shown.
- the suction head 4 here is in a layer 9 to be worked. Above this layer there is a thicker layer 8 with a specific weight of, for example, 1.2, lying between that of the seawater and that of the layer to be worked.
- the top end of the line 3 extends into the derrick 2 of the floating apparatus 1.
- this floating apparatus consists of a pontoon on which the derrick 2 is positioned. Under the derrick, the pontoon is provided with a throughgoing opening or moonpool for allowing through, say, a line of pipes.
- the derrick 2 stands on a bridge 10, and this derrick consists of two main lattice parts 2a and 2b, which are connected to each other at the top end by a head 11.
- the derrick has four guide tracks, of which Fig. 2 shows tracks 12 and 14 and Fig. 3 shows tracks 12 and 13.
- These guide tracks are in the form of pipes which are of sufficiently great internal diameter and form part of the lattice construction of the derrick parts 2a and 2b.
- the yoke 15 is suspended near each corner from several chains 17, 18.
- the hydraulic drives consist of a gearbox with two hydraulic motors and one brake.
- two chains are fitted at each corner of the yoke, so that a total of eight hydraulic motors is found on top of the cap 11, each of them provided with a pinion over which runs a chain whose free end runs into the pipes 12, 13, 14 and is fastened there to the counterweight 23 indicated by the broken lines.
- the line of pipes 3 is suspended from the yoke 15.
- the apparatus is also provided with elements which are not shown in detail and which are known per se, by means of which a pipe section can be placed in or removed from the line, and with which the line of pipes can be held fast temporarily if the connection with the yoke is broken.
- _OMPI Fig. 4 shows the upper part of an embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention, in which the derrick is again made up of a lattice with pipes 25, 26 which make up the guide tracks, and in which the yoke 27 is suspended near each corner from three chains 28, 29 and 30, each running over pinions 31, 32 and 33.
- the free ends of these chains i.e. the parts which run out over the pinions down to a guide 34, are linked to one and the same counterweight 35.
- the apparatus therefore has four counterweights which together compensate for the weight of the yoke.
- the chains can be chains of the "Gallse” chain type, with or without rollers.
- Fig. 5 shows schematically that each chain, like chain 36, is connected at its free end to a pulling element or chain 36 1 , which is connected by means of deflection wheels 37, 38 to the lower end of the yoke 27 at a point situated at a distance from the place where the yoke 27 is suspended from the chain 36.
- the yoke can in this way be held better in the correct horizontal position between the guides.
- Fig. 6 shows a totally different embodiment in which a number of toothed rods 40, 41 are suspended in the derrick 39.
- the yoke 44 conducted between the guides such as 42 and 43 carries hydraulic motors -' with a number of pinions 45, 46 which engage on either side with the toothed strips 41, 40.
- Fig. 7 shows the hydraulic diagram.
- the hydraulic system shown in Fig. 7 consists of a main circuit with a variable main motor (sic) 47, which via the line 48, 49 drives the main motor 50 whose outgoing shaft acts upon the pinion drive mechanism, which in the general sense is indicated by 52.
- This main circuit also has the return line 53, 54 to pump 47. If the pump is operating in the opposite direction, the flow runs via the pipes 53, 54, 49 and 48.
- Reference figure 55 indicates a high-pressure storage battery with control device 56, while 57 indicates a low-pressure storage battery with control device 58. Both of them take care of the passive swell compensation, the high-pressure storage battery mainly taking care of the swell compensation, and the low-pressure storage battery dealing with the necessary oil infeed during the compensation.
- the main pump 47 is driven by a motor 59, which also drives the _ auxiliary motor 60 of an auxiliary circuit consisting of the outgoing line 61 and the return line 62, and a slide 63.
- This slide 63 short-circuits the pump 60 in the position shown.
- the connection shown in the righthand section of the slide is made by shifting it to the left, the pressure fluid is fed via the line 64 to the line 48 and thus to the main motor 50. In the other position of the slide 63, this infeed goes to the line 54.
- both pumps 47 and 60 deliver fluid to the main motor 50, the latter can operate faster, so that the yoke can be moved faster. This is important, for example in order to move the empty yoke to its initial position during putting together or taking apart of a line of pipes.
- the motor 59 also drives an auxiliary pump 65, of which the output is also variable or reversible, and which can deliver fluid to an auxiliary motor 66, whose outgoing shaft 67 is also connected with the pinion drive mechanism 52.
- the pump 65 feeds the fluid via the line 68 to the motor 66 and back via the line 69 or vice versa.
- This circuit 68, 69 with pump 65 and motor 66 forms the second auxiliary circuit.
- Fig. 7 shows only the circuit for one pinion drive, and at 70, 71 and 72 connections are therefore indicated with ring lines for comparable circuits.
- the motor 59 via a gearbox 73 also drives a pump 74 of a supply circuit which consists of a tank 75 from which the pump sucks up fluid via the line 76.
- This feed pump 74 can via line 77, 78, control device 79 and line 80 supply fluid to the main circuit, and the excess returns to the tank 75 via the line 82 and the conditioning device 83. Via the line 84, control device 85 and lines 86 and 87, fluid is supplied to the second auxiliary circuit, with the excess being returned via the line 88 and conditioning device 89 to the tank 75.
- the pump 74 can also supply fluid via the line 90 and the non-return valve 91 to the first auxiliary circuit, which is connected via the line 92 and an overload valve 93 to the tank 75.
- Fig. 8 is a block diagram intended for the apparatus shown in figs. 2 and 3, where the derrick is provided at each corner with two chains, and thus two pinions with accompanying drive mechanisms and hydraulic motors.
- the main motors are indicated by 50.1, 50.2 etc. to 50.8, and the auxiliary motors by 66.1, 66.2 to 66.8.
- the control system should have the following functions: 1. Dredging in the form of an up and down sawtooth movement;
- the dredging process takes place from a control room or control device 100 from which the main motors 50.1 to 50.8 are controlled either manually or automatically according to a particular programme.
- Reference figures 101 to 108 indicate measurement devices which measure the torque which occurs at the pinion drive mechanism. The data of these measurement devices are important for holding- constant the pressure in the line of pipes, and thus go via the control device 100 to the main motors.
- They also serve as safety devices, for they deliver a signal when there is underloading or overloading of the chains, if too great resistances occur, or if a chain breaks.
- the auxiliary motors 66.1 to 66.8, which are driven by a control device 109, are dependent on the measurements of an acceleration meter 110.
- tachometers such as 111, 113, 115 and 117 are fitted at the pinion shafts and via a control device 118 also drive the auxiliary motors 66.1 to 66.8.
- the readings of the tachometers 111 to 117 can also be used as a value in the control of the main motors, as indicated by the broken line 120.
- the tachometers for controlling the synchronisation, one can also use clinometers on the yoke or flow meters in the lines of the hydraulic motors.
- torque meters 101 to 108 instead of the torque meters 101 to 108, one can also use sensors which measure the ground resistance or measure the load on the yoke.
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Abstract
Un appareil pour exécuter des opérations à un point situé profondément sous l'eau comporte un dispositif de flottaison (1) doté d'un système de suspension (2) avec un mécanisme de levage pour lever et abaisser une canalisation (3). Le mécanisme de levage est combiné avec une compensation de la houle active et passive. Afin de permettre les mouvements nécessaires pour exécuter les opérations de concert avec la compensation de la houle, en particulier lorsqu'un très grand poids est suspendu au système de suspension et qu'il n'y a pas de support par le sol pour prendre une partie du poids, conformément à la présente invention, le mât de charge (2) du système de suspension comporte un certain nombre de pistes de guidage verticales (12, 13, 14) disposées à certains intervalles les unes des autres, sur lesquelles est guidé un étrier horizontal (15) positionné entre les pistes de guidage et pouvant être levé et abaissé verticalement dans les guides par des pignons entraînés qui s'engagent avec un certain nombre d'éléments de traction (17, 18) portant la charge de l'étrier et auxquels ce dernier est suspendu. Le système hydraulique des moteurs hydrauliques (19, 20, 21, 22) contient à la fois la partie passive et la partie active de la compensation de la houle. Il est possible d'impartir des mouvements verticaux à l'étrier sur lequel vient se superposer la compensation de la houle.An apparatus for performing operations at a point deep underwater includes a flotation device (1) having a suspension system (2) with a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering a pipeline (3). The lifting mechanism is combined with active and passive wave compensation. In order to allow the movements necessary to execute the operations in concert with the swell compensation, in particular when a very large weight is suspended from the suspension system and there is no support on the ground to take a part of the weight, in accordance with the present invention, the load mast (2) of the suspension system comprises a number of vertical guide tracks (12, 13, 14) arranged at certain intervals from one another, on which is guided a horizontal stirrup (15) positioned between the guide tracks and capable of being raised and lowered vertically in the guides by driven pinions which engage with a number of traction elements (17, 18) carrying the load of the bracket and to which the latter is suspended. The hydraulic system of the hydraulic motors (19, 20, 21, 22) contains both the passive part and the active part of the swell compensation. It is possible to impart vertical movements to the stirrup on which the swell compensation is superimposed.
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