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Case Study 1
The Mashour

Dr.ir. Sape A. Miedema

Head of Studies
MSc Offshore & Dredging Engineering
& Marine Technology
&
Associate Professor of
Dredging Engineering
Delft University of Technology
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Dredging A Way Of Life

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Offshore A Way Of Life

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What is Offshore & Dredging Engineering?

Offshore & Dredging Engineering

covers everything at sea that does not
have the purpose of transporting
goods & people and no fishery.

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The Mashour, Suez Canal P.A.

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 Inputs Mashour Cutting

Length 113.40 m
Width 22.40 m
Depth 7.20 m
Ladder length 50.00 m
Cutter power 3.00 MW
Ladder pump power 2.40 MW
Main pump power 10.80 MW
Total installed power 22.795 MW
Dredging depth 35.00 m
Suction pipe diameter 1.00 m
Discharge pipe diameter 0.85 m
Swing speed 30 m/min
Cutter revolutions 50 rpm
Efficiency drive and winches 0.9 -
Gross tonnage 7728 ton
Price per kilo 15 €

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 Requirements Mashour Cutting

Production situ sand 1.6 m3/s

SPT at 35 m 50 -
Cross section fraction in bank 0.5 -

Angle tangential force with horizontal 30 Degrees

Maximum angle swing wire 45 Degrees

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 Soil Parameters & Specific Energy

SPT10 26.53 -
Angle of internal friction sand 35.23 Degrees
Specific energy coefficient d1 3.64 -
Specific energy 1608 kPa
1
S P T1 0   S P Tz
 0 .6 4 6  0 .0 3 5 4  z 

 0 .0 1 7 5 3  S P T 1 0
  5 1 .5  2 5 .9  e

0 .0 6 9 5  
d 1  0 .3 1 4 8  e

Pc F h  vc
E sp    d1   w  g   z  10 
Q c h i  w  vc

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 Soil Parameters & Specific Energy

Cutter power 2.57 MW

Swing speed 0.5 m/s
Cros section cutter head in bank 3.20 m2
Cutter diameter 4.04 m
Cutter radius 2.02 m
Cutter omega 5.24 rad/s
Cutter torque 491.40 kNm
Pc  E sp  Q c

1/2
Qc  8Ac  Dc
Ac  Dc    R 
 c
v sw   f  2

n Pc
c  2   Tc 
60 c

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Swing Winches

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 Cutter & Winch Forces & Powers

Cutter tangential force 243.45 kN

Cutter swing force 210.83 kN
Swing wire force 298.16 kN
Swing wire speed 0.35 m/s
Swing winch power 1 winch 105.42 kW
Total required swing winch power 234.26 kW
Required cutter power 2.86 MW
Tc
Fc ,t  F c ,s w  F c , t  c o s   t 
R c

F c ,s w
F w ,s w  v w ,s w  v c ,s w  c o s   m a x 
co s   m ax 
P s w  F w ,s w  v w ,s w

Pc Psw
Pc ,i  Psw ,i  2 
c  sw

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 Summary Cutting

Required cutter power less than installed cutter power

Total installed power required for cutter
3.09 MW
and winches

Gross tonnage 7728 ton

Price per kilo 20 €

Estimated price 116 M€

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 The Pump/Pipeline System

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 Inputs Mashour Hydraulics

Mixture density 1.39 ton/m3

Porosity situ sand 0.40 -
Mixture velocity 7.50 m/s
Pipeline length to ladder pump 27.50 m
Ladder angle 45 Degrees
Fittings factor suction pipe 2 -
Minimum suction pressure 50 kPa
Elevation main pump 2.00 m
Length ladder to main pump 20.00 m
Fittings factor ladder to main pump 2 -
Total discharge length 10000 m
Fittings factor discharge pipe 5 -
Elevation discharge pipe 10 m
Pump efficiency 0.85 -

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The Limit Deposit Velocity

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 Concentrations & Mixture Flow

Labda 0.0091 -
Concentration mixture 0.22 -
Flow of mixture 4.27 m3/s
Discharge pipe diameter 0.85 m
1 .3 2 5 0 .2 5
l  
2 2
   5 .7 5      5 .7 5  
 ln     lo g 1 0   
  3 .7  D Re
0 .9     3 .7  D Re
0 .9  
  p    p 

m  w Q s  1  n 
C vs  Qm 
q  w C vs

 1/2
Q m  A p  v ls  D
2
 v ls  Qm 4 
4
p Dp    
 v ls  

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 Suction Pressure

Elevation to ladder pump 19.45 m

Absolute pressure suction mouth + 451.93 kPa
Suction pressure loss 331.49 kPa
Absolute suction pressure 120.44 kPa
Absolute Suction Mouth Pressure
ps  w  g  H sm  100

1st Pump Entrance Pressure

n
Ls

1 2 1 2 1 2
p m ,s  m  v ls ,s   w ,s   m  v ls ,s   n ,s    m  v ls ,s
2 2 2
D p ,s 1

 m  g  H s

Cavitation Criterion
p s , lp ,a b s  p s  p m ,s  p lim

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 Suction to Main Pump Pressure

Length ladder pump to main pump 42.50 m

Pressure loss ladder to main pump 354.06 kPa
Minimum ladder pump head 283.61 kPa
Minimum ladder pump power 1.43 MW
Ladder Pump to Main Pump

 
1 2 2 L d1 1 2
p m ,d 1  m  v ls ,d  v ls ,s   w ,d     m  v ls ,d
2 2
D p ,d


1 2
  n ,d 1    m  v ls ,d   m  g  H d1
2
1

Cavitation Criterion Main Pump

p s ,m p ,a b s  p s  p m ,s  p m ,d 1  p lim

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 Discharge

Discharge pressure loss 4494.96 kPa

Discharge
n
Ld2

1 2 1 2
p m ,d 2   w ,d   m  v ls ,d   n ,d 2    m  v ls ,d   m  g  H d 2
2 2
D p ,d 1

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 Summary Hydraulics

There is no cavitation in the ladder pump

Total pressure loss 4828.57 kPa
Total required pump power 24.28 MW
Total installed pump power 13.20 MW
Boosters
Discharge required Yes
Total required booster power 11.08 MW

Estimated inboard head 2625 kPa

Estimated booster head 2203 kPa
p t o t  p m ,s  p m ,d 1  p m ,d 2  p s  1 0 0

p to t  Q m
Pto t 
p

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The Q-H Curves (ELM), d=0.3 mm

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The Q-H Curves (DHLLDV), d=0.3 mm

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The Power & Efficiency Curves

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Questions?

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