Dredging Seminar Course Material Example 04equipment

4.
TRAILING SUCTION HOPPER DREDGER (TSHD)

BY MAARTEN DEWINT
Emboodhoo Lagoon Development - Maldives
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Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger

Based on hopper capacity in cubic metres
Mega Jumbo Large Mid-size Small

30,000mᶟ and above 15,000-30,000mᶟ 8,000-15,000mᶟ 4,000-8,000mᶟ Under 4,000mᶟ
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Chapter 4 ‐ Trailing Suction Hopper
Dredger 1
Small & Jumbo, 975 m3 & 23,000 m3
Mega 30,000 m3 Mid-size, 4000 m3
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Most important Some

Main Process Production
parts of characteristic
characteristics description limiting factors
the dredger figures
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Dredger 2
Main characteristics
• Free sailing
• Self-propelled
• Self-loading when trailing
• Self-unloading or -discharging
• Seagoing or inland waterway vessel
• All “non-rock type” soils
• Relatively insensitive for waves
• Not vulnerable for shipping
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1 Service crane
2 Heave compensator
1
3 Propulsion 1
4 Engine room
10
2 7
5 Suction pipe
11
8
6 Drag head 9
7 Adjustable overflow 4
3
12
8 Loading chutes
9 Hopper
10 Wheelhouse 5
11 Rain bowing jet-nozzle
12 Bow coupling 6
for pumping ashore
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Dredger 3
wheel house
swell compensator
service crane
propulsion
engine room hopper

suction pipe
pump room
bow-coupling for
draghead
pumping ashore or
- 70m rain bowing
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Most important parts, machinery
Hopper, loading and unloading system
Drag heads Dredge pump(s)
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Dredger 4
TSHD Process Description
Dredging cycle
Loading at the dredging- or borrow area
Sailing (loaded) to the unloading area
Unloading (bottom opening or pumping)
Sailing (empty) to the dredging
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TSHD
Process
1 2 3 1. 2. 3.
Loading at the dredging
/borrow area
4.
Sailing (loaded) to
the unloading area
6 5 4 5.
Unloading (bottom
doors or by pumping)
6.
Sailing (empty) to
the dredging area
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Dredger 5
Excavation (Erosion & Cutting)
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Suction
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Dredger 6
Loading – Loading (overflow)
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Loading: Basic Principle
Top view hopper
Longitudinal section
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Dredger 7
Full Load: Basic Principle
Top view hopper
Longitudinal section
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Hopper loading (mud)
Total Volume [m3]

Max. volume
Draught [m] (=tons)

Max. draught
Mud [m3]
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Dredger 8
Hopper loading (mud)
Total Volume [m3]
Max. volume
Draught [m] (=tons)

Max. draught
Sand [m3]
Overflow losses
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Sailing loaded
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Dredger 9
Discharge
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Hopper Bottom Discharge
Split-hopper
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Dredger 10
Hopper Self-discharge: system
Water
Sand
Jets Jets Jets
Discharge
Water inlet Dredge pump
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Jets Jets Jets
Discharge
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Dredger 11
Jets Jets Jets
Discharge
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Jets Jets Jets
Discharge
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Dredger 12
Hopper Self-discharge: rainbow
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Hopper Self-discharge: Pump ashore
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Dredger 13
Sailing empty
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TSHD Load Graph

(emptying by bottom door disposal)
DRAUGHT (m)
Total Load (ton)
sailing
start overflow loaded emptying hopper
stop next trip

loading
sailing
VOLUME SAND (m3) empty
TIME IN MINUTES
Cycle-time per trip

start dredging
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Dredger 14
TSHD Load Graph
(discharging to shore)
DRAUGHT (m)
start overflow sailing

loaded unloading
hopper next trip
stop
loading
sailing
VOLUME SAND (m3) empty
TIME IN MINUTES
Cycle-time per trip

start dredging
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Process related topics
• The hull
• The hopper
• Drag heads, suction pipes and belongings
• Centrifugal pumps
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Dredger 15
The Hull
• Sailing characteristics
→ Resistance
→ Small keel clearance
• Maximum carrying capacity versus

draft, length and width
• Strength
• Stability
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The Hopper
• Carrying capacity
→ Volume
→ Weight
• Filling system
• Overflow system
• Bottom door disposal system
• Self-discharge system
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Dredger 16
Hopper
Carrying capacity
Restriction by volume Restriction by weight

(full hopper) (max. draught)
MUD
5,000 m3
6,000 ton
SAND
3,500 m3
HOPPER 7,000 ton
HULL HOPPER
HULL
Low density soils
e.g.: Mud - 1.2 ton/m3 High density soils

5,000 x 1.2 = 6,000 ton e.g.: Sand - 2.0 ton/m3
← → 3,500 x 2.0 = 7,000 ton
Hopper:
loading & dumping facilities
Conical bottom-valves
Overflow System Bottom doors
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Dredger 17
Hopper: loading & dumping facilities
Bottom doors
Bottom door cylinders

Name
Name Self-emptying channel
Name
Bottom-door – opening position Name Bottom-door – closed position
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Drag heads
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Dredger 18
Sand Drag head
Drag head
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Different drag heads
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Dredger 19
Suction Pipe
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Suction Pipe
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Dredger 20
Draghead 2
The drag heads
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Swell Compensator
Swell
Compensator
Oil
Drag head Winch
Drag head
Pressure Jar
Sea bottom
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Dredger 21
6 Bar 
Centrifugal
Pumps
Working principle
3 Bar 
0 Bar 
-1 Bar 
Mar 09, 2001
Contours of Total Pressure (pascal) Fluent 5,4 (3d, segregated, rke)
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Workability
Weather Delay
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Dredger 22
Centrifugal Pumps
Hardware
Types & Sizes – Basic parts
Inboard pump - Under water pump
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Centrifugal Pumps
Working principle
• Energy Distribution
• Propulsion
• Pumps
• Board net
• Centrifugal pump
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Dredger 23
Centrifugal Pumps
Engine-room with 2 pumps in line Density & velocity meter
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TSHD
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Dredger 24
Production Limiting Factors
• Soil characteristics
• Available propulsion power
• Drag head size and weight
• Keel clearance when loaded
• Dredging depth
• Pumping distance (pump- and pump drive characteristics)
• Waves and currents
• Dirt and debris
Production may vary a lot due to these factors

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Limiting factors
A drag head grid damaged by boulders
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Dredger 25
Limiting factors
Dirt and debris
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Characteristic Figures
Trailing Suction
Small Mid - size Large Jumbo Mega
Hopper Dredger
Dimensions 225x38x
55*10*4 m 90*18*7 m 130*23*9 m 180*32*13 m
(L*W*Dr) 12-15.5 m
Max. dredging
10 - 35 m 25 - 55 m 25 - 75 m 50 - 120 m 55 - 155 m
depth
30,000 -
Hopper capacity <4,000 m3 <8,000 m3 <15,000 m3 <30,000 m3
46,000 m3
Sailing speed 8 knots 12 knots 14 knots 17 knots 16 -18 knots
Propulsion 400 kW 3,500 kW 8,000 kW 18,000 kW 26,000 kW
Diam.
0.35 - 0.9 m 0.80 m 0.90 - 1.00 m 1.20 m 1.2 - 1.4 m
Suction - pipe
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Dredger 26
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Dredger 27

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4.

TRAILING SUCTION HOPPER DREDGER (TSHD)

Emboodhoo Lagoon Development - Maldives

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger

Mega Jumbo Large Mid-size Small

Small & Jumbo, 975 m3 & 23,000 m3

Mega 30,000 m3 Mid-size, 4000 m3

Most important Some

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger

11 Rain bowing jet-nozzle

engine room hopper

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger

Hopper, loading and unloading system

Drag heads Dredge pump(s)

Loading at the dredging- or borrow area

Sailing (loaded) to the unloading area

Unloading (bottom opening or pumping)

Sailing (empty) to the dredging

TSHD Process Description

TSHD Process Description

Top view hopper

Top view hopper

Hopper loading (mud)

Total Volume [m3]

Draught [m] (=tons)

Total Volume [m3]

Draught [m] (=tons)

TSHD Process Description

TSHD Process Description

TSHD Process Description

Jets Jets Jets

Jets Jets Jets

TSHD Process Description

Jets Jets Jets

Hopper Self-discharge: rainbow

TSHD Process Description

TSHD Load Graph

stop next trip

Cycle-time per trip

start overflow sailing

Cycle-time per trip

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger

• Maximum carrying capacity versus

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger

• Bottom door disposal system

Restriction by volume Restriction by weight

e.g.: Mud - 1.2 ton/m3 High density soils

Overflow System Bottom doors

Bottom door cylinders

Name Self-emptying channel

Bottom-door – opening position Name Bottom-door – closed position

Different drag heads

The drag heads

Inboard pump - Under water pump

Engine-room with 2 pumps in line Density & velocity meter

Production may vary a lot due to these factors

A drag head grid damaged by boulders

Dirt and debris

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger

Sailing speed 8 knots 12 knots 14 knots 17 knots 16 -18 knots

Propulsion 400 kW 3,500 kW 8,000 kW 18,000 kW 26,000 kW

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