EP2976468A4 - Subsea device for sediment removal - Google Patents

Subsea device for sediment removal

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Publication number
EP2976468A4
EP2976468A4 EP14767958.3A EP14767958A EP2976468A4 EP 2976468 A4 EP2976468 A4 EP 2976468A4 EP 14767958 A EP14767958 A EP 14767958A EP 2976468 A4 EP2976468 A4 EP 2976468A4
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Prior art keywords
sediment removal
subsea device
subsea
sediment
removal
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EP14767958.3A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2976468B1 (en
EP2976468A1 (en
Inventor
Tom Jacobsen
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JARALA AS
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JARALA AS
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/88—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers
    • E02F3/8858—Submerged units
    • E02F3/8866—Submerged units self propelled
    • 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
    • E02B3/02—Stream regulation, e.g. breaking up subaqueous rock, cleaning the beds of waterways, directing the water flow
    • E02B3/023—Removing sediments
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/88—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers
    • E02F3/90—Component parts, e.g. arrangement or adaptation of pumps
    • E02F3/907—Measuring or control devices, e.g. control units, detection means or sensors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/88—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers
    • E02F3/90—Component parts, e.g. arrangement or adaptation of pumps
    • E02F3/92—Digging elements, e.g. suction heads
    • E02F3/9206—Digging devices using blowing effect only, like jets or propellers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/10—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables
    • E02F5/104—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables for burying conduits or cables in trenches under water
    • E02F5/107—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables for burying conduits or cables in trenches under water using blowing-effect devices, e.g. jets
EP14767958.3A 2013-03-22 2014-03-18 Subsea dredging device for sediment removal Active EP2976468B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NO20130418A NO335885B1 (en) 2013-03-22 2013-03-22 Underwater device for removing sediments
PCT/NO2014/050038 WO2014148916A1 (en) 2013-03-22 2014-03-18 Subsea device for sediment removal

Publications (3)

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EP2976468A1 EP2976468A1 (en) 2016-01-27
EP2976468A4 true EP2976468A4 (en) 2016-11-16
EP2976468B1 EP2976468B1 (en) 2023-03-08

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EP14767958.3A Active EP2976468B1 (en) 2013-03-22 2014-03-18 Subsea dredging device for sediment removal

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US (1) US20160053453A1 (en)
EP (1) EP2976468B1 (en)
MX (1) MX2015013461A (en)
NO (1) NO335885B1 (en)
SG (1) SG11201507804UA (en)
WO (1) WO2014148916A1 (en)

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GB561202A (en) * 1942-05-18 1944-05-10 Gwynnes Pumps Ltd Improvements in and relating to excavating or like methods and apparatus
US4123858A (en) * 1971-07-06 1978-11-07 Batchelder George W Versatile submersible device for dredging or other underwater functions
US4448145A (en) * 1977-05-04 1984-05-15 Centre National Pour L'exploitation Des Oceans Unmanned submarine vehicle
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SG11201507804UA (en) 2015-10-29
US20160053453A1 (en) 2016-02-25
NO335885B1 (en) 2015-03-16
MX2015013461A (en) 2016-05-05
EP2976468B1 (en) 2023-03-08
WO2014148916A1 (en) 2014-09-25
EP2976468A1 (en) 2016-01-27
NO20130418A1 (en) 2014-09-23

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