Sea Bed Sampler

海底采样器

• 批准号: 700544
• 金额: $ 1.85万
• 依托单位: EQUIPE TRAINING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Proof of Market
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=700544
• 关键词: Sea; Bed; Sampler

The project will research, design and develop an innovative Sea Bed Sampler to retrieverepresentative undisturbed samples of the soft and unconsolidated sediments to allow optimaland cutting edge foundation design solutions for sea bed structures. Current techniques andsamplers either retrieve no sample at all or only partially retrieve a sample or retrieve a highlydisturbed sample. Soft and unconsolidated sediments can extend for many metres and canhugely influence the design and construction of the foundations.The multi billion pound UK offshore industry is driven by the Oil and Gas Sector andRenewable Energy Sector both of which have structures which require sub sea foundations.These structures range from oil production platforms to cable lines which require foundationseither for the structure themselves or for mooring/anchoring points. Many North Seastructures have out lived their original design life and require improved and new foundationsand the renewable energy sector is seeking innovative and cutting edge foundation designs.For Designers to deliver optimal and cutting edge design they must have total confidence inwhat the ground is and how it will behave. This will determine the actual foundation type,method of construction and both short term and long term performance and serviceability.Current samples or lack of suitable samples leads to the Designer having to makeassumptions. These assumptions can hugely increase the risk, lead to over-engineering orresult in delays to the project. All these will result in increased costs and stifle innovation andcutting edge design solutions. The new Sea Bed Sampler will retrieve an undisturbedrepresentative sample which can be visually examined and tested in the laboratory. This willprovide the Designer with information he can rely upon and have confidence in which willcatalyse designs which will create efficiencies, reduce costs and promote innovation.

该项目将研究、设计和开发一种创新的海床取样器，以获取软质和松散沉积物的代表性原状样品，从而为海床结构提供最佳和最先进的基础设计解决方案。目前的技术和采样器要么根本不回收样品，要么只回收部分样品或回收高度干扰的样品。松软和未固结的沉积物可以延伸到数米远，并会对基础的设计和施工产生巨大影响。英国数十亿磅的海上工业是由石油和天然气部门以及可再生能源部门推动的，这两个部门都有需要海底基础的结构。这些结构从石油生产平台到电缆线路都需要基础，无论是结构本身还是系泊/锚点。许多北海结构物已经超过了其最初的设计寿命，需要改进和新的基础，可再生能源部门正在寻求创新和尖端的基础设计。对于设计师来说，提供最佳和尖端的设计，他们必须完全相信地面是什么以及它将如何表现。这将决定实际的基础类型、施工方法以及短期和长期性能和适用性。现有样本或缺乏合适的样本导致设计师不得不做出假设。这些假设会极大地增加风险，导致过度工程或导致项目延迟。所有这些都将导致成本增加，扼杀创新和尖端的设计解决方案。新的海床采样器将采集一个不受干扰的代表性样本，可以在实验室进行目视检查和测试。这将为设计师提供他可以依赖的信息，并对这些信息有信心，这些信息将促进设计，从而创造效率，降低成本并促进创新。