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US 11,441,288 B2Granted
Pile and method of installing
Assigneeinnogy SE
InventorsVolker Herwig, Benjamin Matlock
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Abstract
A method for installing a pile, in particular a monopile for a wind turbine, in a soil, comprising the method steps: —driving the pile into the soil using a vibration device; and—compacting soil material surrounding a lateral surface of the pile.
Claims17
A method for installing a pile having a bottom, comprising a hollow monopile, for a wind turbine in soil, the method comprising:
- driving the hollow monopile into the soil using a vibration device, the hollow monopile having a bottom with an open end face disposed at a lowermost point of the pile;
- compacting soil material surrounding at least a section of a lateral surface of the hollow monopile;
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- wherein the compacting of the soil material surrounding at least the section of the lateral surface of the hollow monopile further comprises mechanically compacting the soil material by at least one of driving a collar coupled to the monopile into the soil or driving a local increase in diameter of the pile into the soil, and
- wherein the method further comprises injecting a fluid mixed with a filler into the soil at the lowermost point of the pile by at least one pipe that is disposed within the hollow monopile and extends up to the lowermost point of the pile.
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A pile having a bottom, comprising:
- a hollow monopile having a bottom with an open end face disposed at a lowermost point of the pile;
- at least one of a collar coupled to the monopile or a local increase in diameter of the pile, configured to mechanically compact soil material, wherein the at least one of the collar or the local increase in diameter surrounds at least a section of a lateral surface thereof;
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- at least one pipe attached to the monopile, which is configured to inject a fluid mixed with a filler into soil at the lowermost point of the pile, wherein the at least one pipe is disposed within the hollow monopile and extends up to the lowermost point of the pile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.