Dredge Pumps and Slurry Transport – Activities
Course subject(s)
Basic principles of flow in pipe
Soil water mixture and its phases
Flow of soil-water mixture
Modeling of stratified mixture flows
Modeling of non-stratified mixture flows
Special slurry flow conditions
Pump and pipeline characteristics
Operation limits of pump-pipeline system
Production of solids in a pump-pipeline system
Systems with pumps in series
Activities
Design projects
Design projects are presented for 6 different types of dredgers:
- heavy duty backhoe dredger
- heavy duty cutter suction dredger
- offshore gravel dredger
- dredger for the burrowing of industrial sand
- trailing hopper suction dredger for large-scale reclamation projects
- multi purpose trailing hopper suction dredger.
Each design poject is estimated at a work load of 320 hours.
1. The design of a heavy duty Backhoe Dredger (BHD).
In this design project the student is requested to draft a conceptual design of a Backhoe Dredger suitable for executing the specified dredging jobs.
2. The design of a heavy duty Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD).
In this design project the student is requested to draft a conceptual design of a trailer Cutter Suction Dredger suitable for executing the specified dredging jobs.
3. The design of an offshore Gravel Dredger
In this design project the student is requested to draft a conceptual design of a Gravel Trailer Suction Hopper Dredger suitable for executing the specified dredging jobs.
4. The design of a Dredger for the burrowing of industrial sand.
In this design project the student is requested to draft a conceptual design of a Dredger suitable for executing the specified dredging jobs.
5. The design of a Trailing Hopper Suction (TSHD) for large-scale reclamation projects.
In this design project the student is requested to draft a conceptual design of a trailer Suction Hopper Dredger suitable for executing the specified dredging jobs.
6. The design of a Multi Purpose Trailing Hopper Suction (TSHD)
In this design project the student is requested to draft a conceptual design of a trailer Suction Hopper Dredger suitable for executing the specified dredging jobs.
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