NL2018132B1 - Method and equipment for compacting soil - Google Patents
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Abstract
Method and equipment for compacting soil using a vibroflot to introduce and build up a column of stone gravel into the soil, wherein the vibroflot is introduced to a lowest point into the soil and stone gravel is continuously trans- ported to an inlet manifold of the vibroflot starting when the vibroflot is at its lowest point in the soil, and wherein the stone gravel is arranged to exit the vibroflot from a bottom feed of the vibroflot, wherein after start of the transportation of the stone gravel the vibroflot is gradually retracted from the soil, leaving a gradually growing column of stone gravel in the soil. The method and equipment is applied for building up a column of stone gravel into a soil which is underwater, wherein stone gravel is provided to the inlet manifold of the vibroflot in a mixture with water through a transport hose by providing the stone gravel to a stone dump funnel having an opening above the waterline and by providing a water suction funnel with an opening below the waterline, and wherein the stone dump funnel and the water dump funnel are arranged to feed the transport hose.
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© 2018132 © Aanvraagnummer: 2018132 © Aanvraag ingediend: 05/01/2017 © BI OCTROOI © Int. Cl.:
E02D 3/10 (2017.01)
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25/07/2018 | Dieseko Group B.V. te Sliedrecht. |
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© Method and equipment for compacting soil © Method and equipment for compacting soil using a vibroflot to introduce and build up a column of stone gravel into the soil, wherein the vibroflot is introduced to a lowest point into the soil and stone gravel is continuously transported to an inlet manifold of the vibroflot starting when the vibroflot is at its lowest point in the soil, and wherein the stone gravel is arranged to exit the vibroflot from a bottom feed of the vibroflot, wherein after start of the transportation of the stone gravel the vibroflot is gradually retracted from the soil, leaving a gradually growing column of stone gravel in the soil. The method and equipment is applied for building up a column of stone gravel into a soil which is underwater, wherein stone gravel is provided to the inlet manifold of the vibroflot in a mixture with water through a transport hose by providing the stone gravel to a stone dump funnel having an opening above the waterline and by providing a water suction funnel with an opening below the waterline, and wherein the stone dump funnel and the water dump funnel are arranged to feed the transport hose.
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Method and equipment for compacting soil
The invention relates to a method and to equipment for compacting soil using a vibroflot to introduce and build up a column of stone gravel into the soil, wherein the vibroflot is introduced to a lowest point into the soil and stone gravel is continuously transported to an inlet manifold of the vibroflot starting when the vibroflot is at its lowest point in the soil, and wherein the stone gravel is arranged to exit the vibroflot from a bottom feed of the vibroflot, wherein after start of the transportation of the stone gravel the vibroflot is gradually retracted from the soil, leaving a gradually growing column of stone gravel in the soil.
Such a method and equipment are known for use on shore from WO2012/136207 .
Deep vibratory techniques using vibroflots are generally known as vibro-compaction and vibro-replacement. The techniques are used for densifying granular soils, as well as for realizing stone columns into the soil.
Vibro-compaction is a deep compaction technique for densifying granular soils with less than 10 - 15% silt present. The process is done 'in situ', using a vibroflot. Water under high pressure is jetted sideways and downwards from the vibroflot to assist the penetration process. Under the influence of simultaneous vibration and saturation, loose sand and/or gravel particles are repacked into a denser state and lateral confining pressure within the soil mass is increased. As an option, additional extension tubes can be added to allow the vibroflot to do its work to depths of more than 25 meter.
According to the invention the method is now applied for building up a column of stone gravel into a soil which is underwater, wherein stone gravel is provided to the inlet manifold of the vibroflot in a mixture with water through a transport hose by providing the stone gravel to a stone dump funnel having an opening above the waterline and by providing a water suction funnel with an opening below the waterline, and wherein the stone dump funnel and the water dump funnel are arranged to feed the transport hose.
Accordingly the equipment used in the invention comprises a vibroflot to introduce and build up a column of stone gravel into the soil, wherein the vibroflot is provided with an inlet manifold for stone gravel, and wherein the vibroflot is arranged with a bottom feed to enable that the stone gravel exits the vibroflot, wherein the vibroflot is connected with a transport hose for providing the stone gravel to the vibroflot in a mixture with water, and wherein the equipment is provided with a stone dump funnel for receipt of stone gravel and provided with a water suction funnel for receipt of water, and wherein the stone dump funnel and the water dump funnel are arranged to feed the transport hose.
Beneficially the stone dump funnel receives and transfers the stone gravel to the water dump funnel by gravity.
It is further preferable that a dredging pump is provided between the water suction funnel and the transport hose in order to provide a negative pressure at the water suction funnels exit. This provides that water is introduced at the entrance of the transport hose.
Advantageously the dredging pump is arranged to transport the mixture of gravel stone and water through the transport hose to the inlet manifold of the vibroflot.
In a preferred embodiment a support for the vibroflot is arranged on a floating structure which floats on the water above the soil, which floating structure is further provided with conveying means for conveying stone gravel to the stone dump funnel.
In one embodiment the conveying means comprises a stone gravel transport belt which is arranged between a storage of stone gravel, which is placed on the floating structure, and a stone gravel dump plate which is positioned above the stone dump funnel to restrict horizontal displacement of the stone gravel beyond the stone gravel dump plate. This arranges that the stone gravel will enter the stone dump funnel in a vertical motion.
The invention will hereinafter be further elucidated with reference to the drawing of an exemplary embodiment of equipment according to the invention that is not limiting as to the appended claims.
In the drawing the figure shows a series of devices making up the equipment according to the invention.
With reference to the figure it shows soil compacting equipment comprising a vibroflot 9 to introduce and build up a column 11 of stone gravel into the soil 13. The vibroflot 9 is provided with an inlet manifold 8 for stone gravel, and the vibroflot 9 is further arranged with a bottom feed 10 to enable that the stone gravel can exit the vibroflot 9.
The vibroflot 9 is connected with a transport hose 7 for providing the stone gravel to the vibroflot 9 in a mixture with water, to which end the equipment is provided with a stone dump funnel 4 for receipt of stone gravel and is further provided with a water suction funnel 5 for receipt of water, wherein the stone dump funnel 4 and the water dump funnel 5 are arranged to feed the transport hose 7.
The stone dump funnel 4 is arranged to receive and transfer the stone gravel to the water dump funnel 5 by gravity.
Further preferably a dredging pump 6 is provided between the water suction funnel 5 and the transport hose 7. This dredging pump 6 is arranged to transport the mixture of gravel stone and water through the transport hose 7 towards the inlet manifold 8 of the vibroflot 9.
A support for the vibroflot 9 is arranged on a floating structure 12, such as a barge, which floating structure 12 is further provided with conveying means 2, preferably in the form of a conveyor belt, for conveying stone gravel to the stone dump funnel 4.
The conveying means 2 is arranged between a storage 1 of stone gravel on the floating structure 12, and a stone gravel dump plate 3 which is positioned above the stone dump funnel 4 to restrict horizontal displacement of the stone gravel beyond the stone gravel dump plate 3 so as to arrange that the stone gravel supplied by the stone gravel transport belt 2 enters the stone dump funnel 4 in a vertical motion.
Using the above discussed equipment, the method of compacting soil according to the invention can be elucidated as follows.
Before feeding the bottom feed vibroflot 9 with a stone water mixture, the bottom feed vibroflot 9 is used to create a bottom cavity 16 into the soil 13 with the correct depth. Therefore the dredging pump 6 is started to pump water via the stone/water transport hose 7 towards the vibratory inlet manifold 8, where it will exit at the nose 10 of the bottom feed vibroflot 9. When waterflow is established, the bottom feed vibroflot 9 is started to create a cavity 16 with the correct dimensions into the soil 13 using standard vibration techniques .
When the bottom feed vibroflot 9 has reached its lowest position, stone gravel transport can start. To entertain the stone gravel transport during building of the stone column 11 in the soil 13, a stone gravel load 1 is provided on a support structure 12, such as a barge, which gravel load 1 will the sufficient for the volume of a predefined amount of single stone columns to be provided into the soil 13.
The stone gravel will be taken from the gravel stone load 1 and with means known to the artisan, such as grippers, be placed on the stone transport belt 2, which will subsequently transport the stone gravel towards the stone dump plate 3. The stone transport belt 2 speed is adjustable to assure a correct flow speed of stone gravel which correlates with the required stone volume per column 11 to be provided in the soil 13, and corresponding with the retraction speed of the bottom feed vibroflot 9 at which it is retracted from the soil 13.
At the end of the transfer belt 2 the stone gravel will hit the stone dump plate 3 which removes the horizontal component in the movement of the stone gravel, in order to have the stone gravel thereafter fall in a vertical direction towards the stone dump funnel 4 under the influence of gravity.
In the stone dump funnel 4, the opening of which is positioned above the waterline 15, the stone gravel is gathered and transferred to the water suction funnel 5 again under the influence of gravity. In the water suction funnel 5, which is completely submerged under the waterline 15, water will ingress due to the positive water pressure outside of the water suction funnel 5 and the negative pressure created inside the water suction funnel 5 by the suction head of the dredging pump 6 which is connected to the outlet of the water suction funnel 5. In this way water and stone gravel will mix inside the water suction funnel 5 and be pumped into the stone water transport hose 7 by the dredging pump 6. In this process the dredging pump 6 will deliver sufficient discharge head pressure to overcome the counter pressure due to the highest possible position of the vibroflot inlet manifold 8 during operation. The water/stone gravel mixture will thus be transported by the stone water transport hose 7 towards the vibroflot inlet manifold 8. Via the stone pipe of the bottom feed vibroflot 9 the stones are dumped inside the cavity 16 created by the bottom vibroflot 9. By gradual retraction of the bottom feed vibroflot 9, while assuring a continuous feed of stone/water mixture towards the vibroflot inlet manifold 8, the stone column 11 is effectively created in the cavity 16 in the soil 13.
It is remarked that the stone gravel feed to the stone dump funnel 4 can also be established without using a stone transport means 2, such as the shown conveyor belt. It is for instance possible to dump the stone gravel directly into the stone dump funnel 4 by an excavator (not shown).
Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to an exemplary embodiment of the equipment of the invention, the invention is not restricted to this particular embodiment which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention. The discussed exemplary embodiment shall therefore not be used to construe the appended claims strictly in accordance therewith. On the contrary the embodiment is merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claims to this exemplary embodiment. The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using this exemplary embodiment.
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