ApplicationofEnvironmental DredgingSystem toHarbor DevelopmentWorksinJapan

S.Kanayama PentaOceanCo.Ltd.,Japan

Introduction(1)
Reductionofwaterpollution

Reductionofdisposalvolume

Importantproblemsfordredgingoperation

Introduction(2)
Ourchoicefor tacklingthesedifficulttasksis thecombinationof EnvironmentalClamshell Bucket,introducedfrom CableArmInc.ofUSA and DredgePositioningSystem ,developedbyourselves

Featuresofthe EnvironmentalClamshellBucket

Ventingsystem
Ventingsystemreduces thedisturbanceofseabedwhilegrablowering andalsoreduces theentrainmentofsurpluswater

while lowering

while pulling up

Overlappingsideplates
Overlappingsideplatesandrubbersealreduces theleakofgraspedsediments

tightly grasp the dredged sediment Over lapping side plates

Levelcuttingfeature
Levelcuttingfeaturereducesthesurplus dredgingvolume

Ordinal grab

Environmental grab

DredgePositioningSystem
For thebestperformanceof theEnvironmentalClamshellGrab, exactcontrolofGrabmovementisindispensable DredgePositioningSystem Horizontalpositioningofbucket
GPS atthetopofcraneboom Verticalpositioningof bucket Pressure gage attached to the bucket with tide level compensation

Schematicfigureof theDredgePositioningSystem
Horizontal positioning of bucket (GPS) Vessel positioning (GPS) Tidal data

GPS reference Station Vertical positioning of bucket (pressure gage)

AscreenofDredgepositioningsystem

Thelineupoftheemployed EnvironmentalClamshellBucket

Volume
4m3class 7m3class 24m3class

Size
3.7m3.5m 5.7m4.0m 7.1m5.2m

Excavationarea
13m2 23m2 37m2

Fieldverificationsites

Sakaiminato port for the 4m3 bucket Hroshima port for the 7m3 bucket Kobe port for the 24m3 bucket

Verificationsfor Thinlayerdredging
24m3bucket can execute thin layer dredging of 60cm by the probability of 90%

Non-exceedance probability of dredge thickness for 24m3bucket(Hiroshima Port), excepting the area with designed dredge thickness exceed 60cm

Suitable for rapid execution of dredging operation with wide area and thin dredging thickness

Verificationsfor Thinlayerdredging
Bythesameanalysis,ourconclusionis Thepossiblethinlayerdredgingthickness of4m3 and7m3bucketisabout30cm Thepossiblethinlayerdredgingthickness of24m3 bucketisabout60cm

Verificationsfor evennessoffinishedsurface

Definition of unevenness of dredged trace

94 90

94% of unevenness are less than 30cm 90% of unevenness are less than 20cm

Verificationsfor lesswaterentrainmentinto dredgedsediment

only for 4m3bucket in Sakaiminato Port V0 : Daily dredged volume V1 : Daily volume of dredged of In-situ sediment sediment loaded on barge (by sounding data)

V0 /V1

72.193

exceed

80 on average

Only when the dredging thickness conform to the size of bucket, so that dredged sediment just fill the bucket

Verificationsfor lessproductionofsuspendedsolid(1)
whole section of turbidity plume can be captured

turbidity meters

Ideal pattern for estimating re-suspension product

We could obtain this situation in Sakaiminato Port (4m3bucket) and Hiroshima Port(7m3bucket)

Standardunitofturbiditygeneration 0
4m3 bucket : 0= 5.2 kg/m3
(in Sakaiminato Port)

7m3 bucket : 0= 7.1 kg/m3

0Wo/Qo

(in Hiroshima ort)

Wo: Turbidity generation amount (kg/h) Qo: Handled sediment volume (m3/h)

Inthecaseofthe24m3bucket
In Kobe Port(24m3bucket) , we were not allowed to remove the frame type silt curtain
W1: remained components measured immediately after bucket stopped. Frame type silt curtain

turbidity meters

W2: passed components evaluated from flow velocity and the time series of turbidity

Resultsfor24m3bucket
1st Run C1(mg/L):Av.conc.ofremainedcomponents C2(mg/L):Av.conc.ofpassedcomponents U(cm/s):Av.velocityunderthecurtain V(m3):Handledsedimentvolume 0(kg/m3)Standardunitofturbidity generation 3.9 23 12 4.2 57.6 6.2 2nd Run 38 10 6.3 Average 5.1

24m3 bucket : 0= 5.1 kg/m3

(in Kobe ort)

Standardunitofturbiditygeneration of environmentalgrabdredging and ordinarygrabdredging.

conclusion
ExcellentfuturesoftheEnvironmental DredgingSystem wereverified byfielddatain Japan. Japanesegovernmentalauthorization was obtainedbytheExaminationandCertification ServiceofNewCoastalTechnologiesdeveloped byPrivateCompanies This allowsthesmoothspreadingofexcellent environmentaldredgingtechnologiesofU.S.A. intoJapan