Method and system for optimizing dredging
AssigneeDredging International N.V.
InventorsLuk Verstraelen, Lucien Halleux
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the dredging of an area by a dredge equipped with a cutter suction head (4) comprising the steps of: obtaining conventional soil information of the area to be dredged; measuring local soil parameters in and around the position of the cutter head during dredging; calculating dredging parameters for a current and subsequent cutter head position based on the combination of conventional and local soil parameters to optimize yield and cutter wear; and adjusting the dredging parameters so giving optimum efficiency at a current and subsequent cutter head position. It also relates to a system that implements the method.
Claims12
A method for optimizing, during dredging, the dredging of an area by a dredge equipped with a cutter suction head comprising the steps of:
- obtaining conventional soil information of the area to be dredged, —measuring local soil parameters in and around the position of the cutter head during dredging,
- calculating dredging parameters for a current and subsequent cutter head position based on the combination of conventional and local soil parameters to optimize yield and cutter wear, and—using the dredging parameters so obtained to adjust cutter parameters so giving optimum efficiency at a current and subsequent cutter head position.
A system for optimizing the dredging of an area by a dredge equipped with a cutter head, comprising:
- a means to receive conventional soil data of the area to be dredged,
- a means to measure local soil parameters in the locality of the cutter head during dredging,
- a means to optimize dredging parameters for a current and subsequent cutter head position based on the combination of conventional and local soil information to optimize yield and cutter wear,
- a means to output dredging parameters, thereby adjusting cutter parameters based on the dredging parameters so giving optimum efficiency at a current and subsequent cutter head position.
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