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Application Trailing Suction Hopper PDS2000

1. Integration Period only for depth sensors with a depth as output Enter a value for the integration period over which the depth is calculated Approx Latitude Mode only for pressure sensors Select a manual input or latitude from the position Approx Latitude only for pressure sensors Enter the latitude if the mode is set on manual Atmospheric Pressure Correction only for pressure sensors Select Enabled if an atmospheric pressure correction is necessary Atmospheric Pressure only for pressure sensors Enter the atmospheric pressure correction if this is necessary PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Vessel Configuration e 9 A Sa 10 e Vessel Configuration 3 3 3 Dredge Positioning System This device driver reads the data from the sensors on the suction tube s to calculate the position and the height depth of the origin 0 O 0 of the suction head For this application it is possible to select two times a dredge positioning system one on port side and one on starboard side of the vessel In the first properties window sw Dredge Positioning System Trailing Suction Hopper Device Offset This is the offset of the inlet location where the bend of the suction tube is connected to the vessel The offset should be defined in the Geometry page Pipe Diameter This is the pipe diameter of the suction tube and will be used in the calculation of the dredge production All other ite
2. Layer Control E Opens the Layers of the profile view with the overview of the foreground layers that are used in the profile view see page 44 Properties E Opens the Properties of the profile view with some extra settings for the Follow Vessel mode and the Scale Mode see below 6 4 2 Profile Properties Click on in the toolbar or select Properties in the context menu to open the Properties of the profile view Properties Mame Value iS Follow Vessel Enabled fe Position Source Drag head Absolute Position Dredge Point Profile View Side Right Heading Selection Heading Vertical Auto Ranging Disabled Scale Made Fined Aspect Ratio Aspect Ratio 1 000000 Background Color Hed 132 Green 192 Blue 192 Mes To Figure 6 12 The Properties of the Profile Realtime Design view Follow Vessel If Enabled the selected attach point will always be located in the center of the view Position Source This position source has to be Drag head Absolute Position Attach To Dredge Point the end of the suction head will be followed Sensor Reference Point the attach point of the bend with the vessel the inlet will be followed Profile View Side For a profile view four different view sides can be selected Left side Right side Front and Back of the vessel with the suction tube s The selected side view has to be created in the Geometry page of the vessel configuration See page 5 PD
3. Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON B V Stuttgartstraat 42 44 3047 AS Rotterdam The Netherlands Tel 31 0 10 245 15 00 www reson nl PDS2000 Version 1 0 1 June 2010 Amendment Record Sheet Date Reason for Modifications 10 06 2010 New RESON logo added 20 06 2007 First version of the Application Trailing Suction Hopper Manual This is a draft version of the manual x Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 1 Trailing Suction HOPPET EE 1 2 Setup a New Project 3 A Le EE 3 2 2 Start a NEW Droiect nne 3 e NEW io e AAA 3 EE 4 O 4 2r A OMI AU OV said ds dnd Ee 4 3 Vessel Configuration 5 ET ONO WOM MEO mm 5 3 2 Geometry A ro E e 5 SS A 6 32 eet 6 e Bo da odian T e A 7 3 2 5 Settings of the Geometry Hage 7 GEET 8 o EE 9 SEET Ee enge ee REPE 9 3 3 3 Dredge Positioning Gvstem 10 Bi AR e T T 10 3 3 5 Dredge TEE 10 Se Load ana Draghi m 10 3 3 7 Positioning System Geogs E 11 3 3 8 Tide Gauge reenn 12 Oros Kr le MO RERO 12 e S MET 12 ss ERR 13 3 4 1 Advanced Computatons 13 A OLIN OS reassessed 14 AE 9 ae eee o A en ne en ee eee 14 A A ee 15 3 7 1 Production Parameters A 15 PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Contents e i n m m OIN lt 7 R OZ VOT CONS UO AAA e EEEE T 16 SEES Pibe Ss OFM PAU OM MEN iia 17 Sr oA e ole yo RE 19 3
4. 25 The Displays window to add to switch on off to remove or to rename views 28 Add Display dialog TO add BRETT 28 Add Display in the context menu 29 Plan View General Dredge Operation view with orientation mode North Up 32 Meas re aile e c dove 33 Plan View with orientation mode Heading Up left and Fixed Skew right 34 The Properties of the Plan View General Dredge Operation view 35 The Layers of the Plan View General Dredge Operation view 36 The Coverage Settings for the plan view 37 The 3D View Online Dredge with the 3D studio models of the hopper and the Suction hi ler 38 Measure window in 3D view oocccoccncoccccocncccnconononncnonononnnnnonnncnnnnonnnonnnnnonnnnnrnnrnnnnnaninnaninos 39 The Properties of the 3D View Online Drecdoe 40 The Layers of the 3D View Online Dredge n00nnn0annenennnnonnnensnnensenrrnsnnnsrnnrrsnrersenrenne 41 Profile Realtime Design view with a right view of the vessel a starboard suction tube an active grid model and a design model 42 PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Figure 6 12 Figure 6 13 Figure 6 14 Figure 6 15 Figure 6 16 Figure 6 17 Figure 6 18 Figure 6 19 Figure 6 20 Figure 6 21 Figure 6 22 PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper The Properties of the Profile Realtime D
5. Check the option Show color table if the user wants to show the color table of the selected option Grid model or Difference on the right hand side of the plan view 6 3 3D View Online Dredge 38 e Views If 3D DXF wireframes or 3D Studio models are available from the hopper and the suction tube s a 3D View Online Dredge can be used to show the hopper in 3D with an 3D active grid model 3D View Online Dredge QAQ zi og Figure 6 7 The 3D View Online Dredge with the SD studio models of the hopper and the suction tube 6 3 1 3D View Toolbar Most of the buttons in the toolbar are available in the context menu or can be defined in the Properties of the 3D view see page 40 Zoom In Zoom Out Q Zoom in or zoom out in the 3D view Zoom Extents amp Show all the data in the 3D view Follow Vessel Z If in the tracking point will always stay in the 3D view in Follow Vessel mode If out the tracking point can be anywhere even outside the plan view PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON The type of the Follow Vessel mode can be set in the Properties of the 3D view see page 40 Show Spotlight If in the spotlight window will be displayed in the 3D view By moving the yellow dot in the circle the light source can be changed Measure To measure distances and bearings in the plan view The measure starts always at the vessel s t
6. Use other datum transformation Use project coordinate system and Use no datum transformation When a different datum transformation is selected an extra option appears in the properties called Datum Transformation Select in this new option the right datum transformation for the positioning system When project coordinate system is selected the datum transformation as specified in the coordinate system will be used When no datum transformation is selected the coordinates of the positioning system will not be recalculated to a local position they stay in the coordinates as received from the positioning system In the second properties window Antenna Position from Geogs nothing can be selected In the third properties window Reference Point Computation Height Source Select for the computation of the height related to the received position the Z of the GPS RTK system or the tidal information from tide gauges or predicted tides ao PDS2000 needs a chart datum to calculate the depth of the suction head so use always RTK or tidal information oo Height Standard Deviation Mask it Sse E ala is Enter a maximum value for the standard deviation of the RTK Z to received the height standard accept the RTK Z for the height computation If the standard deviation deviation mask has to be i 0 05m is more than the maximum value the height computation becomes Height Held Only valid if Height Source is set on GPS He
7. w Plan View General Dredge Operation Messages wv Raw Data Standard w Profile Realtime Design vw Dredge Draught and Load Monitor Plan view Nurnerics Standard Raw Data Time Series Helmsman Messages Status Scatterplot Profile 3D View Sonar Manual Input Dredge Compass Figure 5 3 Add Display in the context menu After all the wanted views are selected and placed in the right place in the Acquisition with or without docking the layout can be stored Use File gt Save Layout As from the menu bar to save the new layout To open another layout use File gt Open Layout from the menu bar and select one of the created layouts It is essential to save the layout that has to be used during the survey If something happens with one of the views by opening the layout again with File gt Open Layout the original layout with the right views come back in the Acquisition and the survey can continue with the views open 5 3 Menu Bar and Toolbar PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper It is possible in the Acquisition to select several options from the menu bar or the toolbar Below the useful options will be explained Edit gt Select Tracking Point Select from the list of offsets and computations a tracking point which will be used for the guidance Edit gt Equipment ii The equipment settings of the sensors can be checked or modified only when logging is off see page 8 Edit gt Co
8. 35 43 a PE Bend 5 6 10 17 41 BMP File 39 C Calibration 21 30 Color Table 32 33 34 36 37 38 40 41 Color Table Layer 37 41 Compass 8 9 Contour 5 7 Coordinate System 4 11 Coverage Settings 34 36 37 38 D Data Sources 14 Datum Transformation 11 Depth Sensor 8 9 10 12 14 Design Model 14 36 45 Displacement 15 47 Draught 8 9 10 11 15 46 47 Draught Table 15 47 Dredge Draught Load TDS 31 46 Dredge Flow Concentration Meter 31 48 Dredge Layer 37 45 Dredge Positioning System 8 10 15 PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON Dredge Production 8 10 Dredge Status 8 10 Dredge View 31 DXF File 5 _ e Equipment 8 9 13 14 29 48 f Follow Vessel 33 34 35 38 39 40 41 43 E Geo Calculator 4 Geometry 5 8 9 10 11 15 16 GPS 11 12 Grid Model 19 32 37 Grid Model Difference 37 Guidance 14 30 36 45 H Hopper Density 48 Hopper Table 16 48 Horizontal Angle Calibration 21 22 24 Inlet 8 10 35 43 L Layout 27 28 29 Load 15 46 47 48 Load and Draught 8 9 10 Logging 19 27 30 36 41 45 Lower Pipe 5 6 7 18 21 24 25 41 N Numerics Layer 37 45 Numerics View 31 49 50 0 Over Dredge Limit 45 EB Pipe Configuration 15 17 30 37 Pitch 12 Pitch Correction 12 P
9. Numerics page configuration to select data for the Numerics view Select one of the available data elements at the bottom of the window and click on to add this data element from a device or PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 49 JJ E 50 e Views computation to the page With the selected data element can be added between the selected items in the page layout With a separation can be added between the selected items while with a separation can be added below the last selected item in the page layout Select a separation and click on to add text to the separation With this option headers can be made between the selected items It is also possible to change the color background font and font size With a data element or separation in the page layout can be removed In the Numerics view the font the background etc can be changed by selecting the option Properties from the context menu Double clicking on an item in the Numerics view gives also the possibility to change the color the font and font size of that item PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Index 3 3D DXF File 38 3D Studio Model 38 3D View Online Dredge 31 38 A Active Design Model Profile Layer 45 Active Grid Model 34 36 37 38 Active Grid Model Difference Layer 36 Active Grid Model Layer 36 41 Active Grid Model Profile Layer 45 Advanced Computation 12 13 Attach Point
10. Table Layer This layer will show the color table that is selected in the Properties see above This layer is automatically filled when the color table is selected in the Properties and the button Color Table Layer E is in 3D Dredge Track Layer This layer can show the suction tube s and the vessel as wireframes or as 3D Studio models The bend the upper pipe the lower pipe and the suction head has to be available as separate wireframes or models to have a real animation of the working situation Select in the properties of the layer for the Dredge Tool Absolute Computation the Drag head Absolute Position of the suction tube that has to be tracked Select for the 3D objects first the suction head then the lower pipe the upper pipe the bend and as last 3D object the vessel PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 41 RESON SEE 6 4 Profile Realtime Design This view will show the vessel with one of the suction tubes as a side view with additional information 4 Profile Realtime Design O KBX QARA Huts 0 og Et m E A E Under amp Over Dredge Limit LI D j i A T L Figure 6 11 Profile Realtime Design view with a right view of the vessel a starboard suction tube an active grid model and a design model 6 4 1 Profile Toolbar The buttons of the toolbar are also available in the context menu of the profile view Zoom
11. automatically filled when the color table is selected in the Coverage Settings and the option Show color table is checked Numerics Layer This layer will display the value of a data item in the top or bottom of the plan view For each data item a separate layer has to be created 6 2 4 Coverage Settings Click on ZS in the plan view toolbar or select Coverage Settings in the context menu of the plan view to open the Coverage Settings Coverage Settings Ua35 Data type Color table 2 None Average CO Hit count C Standard deviation CO Minimum CO Maximum O Difference Reference Type Color table differential hd Show color table Figure 6 6 The Coverage Settings for the plan view If a grid model has to be shown in the plan view check the option Grid model on top of the window Check then under Grid model the data type of the grid model that has to be shown in the plan view This data type has to be available in the active grid model Select the right color table for that data type If a grid model difference has to be shown in the plan view check the option Difference and select the right color table PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 37 RESON Sy With the Coverage Settings is it easy to switch between the active grid model and the active grid model difference in the plan view Check one of the two options and the settings in the Layers are automatically updated
12. ri Will reverse the last action done in the edit mode Redo Only active after an Undo and will reverse the last undo action of the edit mode Layer Control E Opens the Layers of the plan view with an overview of the background and foreground layers that are used in the plan view see page 36 Coverage Settings Opens the Coverage Settings for the settings of the color tables for the active grid model and active grid model difference see page 37 Properties E Opens the Properties of the plan view with some extra settings for the Follow Vessel mode and the Orientation Mode see below PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON wy 6 2 2 Plan View Properties Click on in the toolbar or select Properties in the context menu to open the Properties of the plan view Properties Mame Value iS Follow Vessel Enabled B Position Source Drag head Absolute Position Dredge Point gt Follow Mode Relative Motion Vessel Radius 10 000000 gt Orientation Made North Up Fined Skew value 75 000000 Interactive Selection Enabled Background Color Hed 166 Green 202 Blue 240 Mess Te Figure 6 4 The Properties of the Plan View General Dredge Operation view Follow Vessel Enabled the Position Source tracking point on the vessel will always stay in the plan view in Follow Vessel mode Disabled the Position Source tracking point on the vessel can be anywh
13. sensors depth sensors from the list This offset has to be defined in the Geometry page Draught Correction Specify the correction for the above selected draught sensor PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper m m RESON wy Level Sensor Offset Select the offset of one the level sensors from the list This offset has to be defined in the Geometry page Level Correction Specify the correction for the above selected level sensor The number of draught sensors and level sensors in the properties window will depend on the selected device driver If only 2 draught sensors are used for the load and draught computation o then is advisable to place the two draught sensors in the middle of the vessel In the second properties window E Load and Draught the defaults settings can be used 3 3 7 Positioning System Geogs This sensor gives a position derived from several GPS satellites In the first properties window Positioning System Geogs Device Offset Select the offset of the GPS antenna from the list This offset has to be defined in the Geometry page Time Delay If known enter the delay in the output from the positioning system The time delay is always 2 O sec Datum Transformation The position from the positioning system is in most cases a WGS 84 or ETRS 89 position To recalculate the position to a local position the relevant datum transformation has to be selected There are three options
14. the Explorer and select the option New File to create a new configuration and the configuration window with the tabs will be opened PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper SS A 3 Vessel Configuration 3 1 Introduction The vessel configuration contains al the settings necessary for the measurements and the displays of the dredging work The general information about the vessel configuration is explained in the chapter Vessel Configuration of the PDS2000 User Manual In this chapter the specific settings are explained to setup the Trailing Suction Hopper application 3 2 Geometry In this page the contours of the vessel and the suction tube s has to be drawn These contours can be drawn in 2D or in 3D wireframe The 2D drawings are created under the item Vessel contour and the 3D wireframes are 3D DXF files For the 2D contours a top view and at least one side view have to be drawn The side views of all the contours should be from the same side so the vessel with the suction tube s can be displayed in a Profile Realtime Design view in the Acquisition see page 42 The suction tube of a trailing suction hopper dredger has to be drawn in segments because each part of the pipe can be moved separately The suction tube exists of a bend an upper pipe a lower pipe and a suction head Two suction tubes can not be displayed in one Profile Realtime Design view So draw for one suction
15. views that can be used in the Acquisition see the chapter Views in the PDS2000 User Manual PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 31 RESON 6 2 Plan View General Dredge Operation 32 e Views This plan view will show the vessel with the suction tube s in a top view with additional information Plan View General Dredge Operation n SEE Figure 6 1 Plan View General Dredge Operation view with orientation mode North Up When this plan view is created automatically the active grid model is loaded The active grid model will be shown in black because there is no color table selected for the grid model Click on in the toolbar or select Coverage Settings in the context menu of the plan view to open the Coverage Settings and select the right color table for the grid model see page 37 At the moment a dredge layer for the first suction tube is added automatically to the layer control If a second suction tube is used a second dredge layer has to be added before the suction tube becomes visible in the plan view see page 36 6 2 1 Plan View Toolbar Most of the buttons in the toolbar are available in the context menu or can be defined in the properties of the plan view see page 35 Zoom In Zoom Out Q Zoom in or zoom out in the plan view Zoom in by drawing a window in the plan view Center Screen T The cursor will change into a cross Click in the plan view to ce
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17. In Zoom Out amp a Zoom in or Zoom out in the profile view Zoom Window Zoom in by drawing a window in the profile view Zoom Extents amp Show all the data in the profile view Horizontal Zoom In and Horizontal Zoom Out The display in the profile view can be zoomed in or out only in the horizontal direction of the view These two buttons are only available when in the properties of the profile view the option Scale Mode is set on Fixed Vertically or on Scale Freely see page 44 Vertical Zoom In and Vertical Zoom Out The display in the profile view can be zoomed in or out only in the vertical direction of the view These two buttons are only available when in the properties of the profile view the option Scale Mode is set on Fixed Horizontally or on Scale Freely see page 44 Center Screen The cursor will change into a cross Click in the profile view to center on the cursor Move the cursor to the edges of the view it will change 42 e Views PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON lt 7 to a diamond and the view starts panning or scrolling To deactivate the cursor use the right mouse button This option only works when the Follow Vessel mode is off Vertical Auto Ranging If in a vertical zoom extents is active Follow Vessel 9 If in the attach point selected in the properties see page 43 will always be located in the center of the view
18. S2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 43 A Sa 44 e Views Heading Selection The heading selection has to be Heading Vertical Auto Ranging If Enabled a vertical zoom extents is active Scale Mode The display of the profile view has different scaling options Fixed Aspect Ratio Fixed Vertically Fixed Horizontally and Scale Freely With Fixed Aspect Ratio the ratio between the horizontal and the vertical scale is fixed After using one of the zoom functions the ratio between horizontal and vertical scale will stay the same With Fixed Vertically the vertical scale is fixed and the horizontal scale will change after the use of one of the zoom functions With Fixed Horizontally the horizontal scale is fixed and the vertical scale will change after the use of one of the zoom functions With Scale Freely the horizontal and vertical scale can be changed separately with one of the zoom functions Di and 2 Aspect Ratio This is the ratio between the horizontal and vertical scale used in the profile view An aspect ratio of 1 indicates that the horizontal scale is the same as the vertical scale With an aspect ratio gt 1 the information in horizontal direction will be compressed and with an aspect ratio lt 1 the information in vertical direction will be compressed Background Color The background color of the profile view can be set 6 4 3 Profile Layers For the left panel and
19. adle relative vessel wi Angle offset 64 1 Figure 4 6 Side view of the vertical angle with the lower pipe in the cradle 1 Select the calibration method Vertical angle with pipe in cradle relative vessel 2 Place the lower pipe is on deck in the cradle p Enter as Set point the measured vertical angle The sign of the angle should as drawn in the figure above 4 Click on to start the vertical angle calibration of the lower pipe e The vertical angle calibration is finished after the value in the angle offset box is changed Continue with the other calibrations or close the Tools Calibration window with L__ JL The angle offset will only be accepted when the Tools Calibration window is closed with 2 O PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Calibration e 25 SS A 5 Acquisition 5 1 Introduction See the chapter Starting PDS2000 of the PDS2000 User Manual to add a presentation in the configuration When the Acquisition is started the default or last used layout will appear on the screen To modify the layout see Layouts on page 28 If a Presentation is added in the configuration it will open simultaneously with the Acquisition In the Presentation views can be added and layouts can be saved in the same way as in the Acquisition 5 1 1 Realtime The Acquisition in the realtime mode can be started when the project a vessel configuration and a configuration a
20. al will discuss the Acquisition and the most used views in the Acquisition This manual is also available as a HTML Help file Press F1 or select Help gt Help Topics to open the PDS2000 help files PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Introduction e 1 2 Setup a 2 1 Introduction SS A New Project PDS2000 needs a project an application type and a configuration before any of the modules can be started A project contains all the information about the settings the method of surveying and the information to do a survey To get a project for a trailing suction hopper application a new project can be created or an existing project can be modified In the chapter Starting PDS2000 of the PDS2000 User Manual is described how to setup a project with an application type and a configuration 2 2 Start a New Project If PDS2000 is started for the first time an existing project has to be selected to start up the Control Center If there is no project available check the option Run the New Project Wizard and click on to start up the new project wizard If the Control Center in PDS2000 is running a new project can be created from the menu bar with File New Project and the new project wizard will be started 2 2 1 New Project Wizard Create an empty project Enter a new project name and click on te Ignore the project configuration settings for the moment and click on Next gt Select as
21. application type Trailing Suction Hopper and click on Next gt Uncheck the option Run the vessel wizard and click on Bet Uncheck the option Run the configuration wizard and click on Cn The new project will become active in the Control Center In this project no vessel and no configuration is created yet PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Setup a New Project e 3 A Le See for a detailed explanation of the Geo Calculator the chapter Control Center Geo Calculator of the PDS2000 User Manual 4 e Setup a New Project 2 2 2 Geodesy In PDS2000 a coordinate system has to be selected Select Edit gt Project Configuration from the menu bar or click on in the toolbar to open the project configuration to select or create a coordinate system for the project Select in the Project Configuration window the Coordinate System and select one of the existing coordinate systems or create a new coordinate system with ten J See for a detailed explanation of the coordinate system the chapter Coordinate System in the PDS2000 User Manual If a coordinate system is selected or created the coordinate system can be checked in the Geo Calculator Select Tools gt Geo Calculator from the menu bar and add coordinates for the satellite ellipsoid the local ellipsoid or the projection 2 2 3 Vessel In PDS2000 the ship with the dredge equipment is called a vessel Select Acquisitio
22. b Profile Realtime D Profile Realtime Design Dredge Draught Dredge Draught and Load Cu a T Apply H O Rename Figure 5 1 The Displays window to add to switch on off to remove or to rename views Click on and the Add Display dialog will be opened to select a new view For more information about the views that can be selected for a trailing suction hopper application see chapter Views on page 31 Add Display B 03 Plan View FP Dredge Instruction 7 Production A Survey Coverage A General Dredge Operation A Dynamic Positioning 7 Navigation T Numerics O Standard T Raw Data Mm Standard i HE r A Mumerics Standard Figure 5 2 Add Display dialog to add a view In the Displays window the views can be checked on or off This means that the checked views will be displayed on the screen The views that are checked off are not removed from the layout file It only means that these views are not shown on the screen A view can be removed from the layout file by using in the Displays window There is also a quick method to add displays or views to the layout Select View gt Add Display from the menu bar PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper See for an explanation of the docking the chapter Using PDS2000 Docking in the PDS2000 User Manual Click on in the toolbar Select Add Display in the context menu Displays Add Display
23. cccncccccnccncncnononococnnonnnnnnonnnononnnononnnononononannnnnnnnos 6 Top and right view of the lower pipe ssriscsirirriirriiriniiiesciididiicariinniiunidnaiinni daniar iaaiiai T Top and right view of the suchonbead 7 The Equipment page 8 The Computations o get 13 The Advanced Computations Dade 13 The Data Sources page with three Sealevel computations 14 Production parameters page in the Tools poage 15 Trip Registration page in the Tools page ENEE 16 Pipe Configuration page in the Tools page 17 The offsets of the bend nnn0nnnnannnnnnnnnnnoannnnnnnnnnnrnrnsnrrorrrnnnrrsnrrnerrrsnrrsnrrnnnrennrnnrrrsnernnnne 17 The Y offset of the upper pipe 18 The Y offset of the lower poipe 18 The offsets of the suction bead 18 The Logging PAGS M L Q 19 Top view of the horizontal angle with the upper pipe in the cradle 22 Side view of the vertical angle with the upper pipe on the water line 22 Side view of the vertical angle with the upper pipe in the cradle 23 Top view of the horizontal angle with the lower pipe in the Cradle 24 Side view of the vertical angle with the lower pipe on the water line 24 Side view of the vertical angle with the lower pipe in the cradle
24. ctive Design Model Profile Layer the dredge limits can be switched on off and the color can be changed Dredge Layer This layer shows the vessel with selected suction tube E Drag head Absolute Position If two suction tubes are used only in the front or back view both two suction tubes can be shown It is also possible to open two profile views to display both suction tubes in a side view one with a right view and one with a left view Numerics Layer This layer will display the value of a data item in the top or bottom of the profile view For each data item a separate layer has to be created 6 4 3 2 Left Panel of the Profile It is possible to show an up down indicator in the left panel of the profile view see Figure 6 11 on page 42 Click with the right mouse button in this panel select Layer Control in the context menu and select the Up Down Indicator Click on and select for the Up Down Source Item the computation a Design Difference in m Drag head Absolute Position to show the difference between the end of the suction head and the Z value of the design model Another option is to select the computation Absolute Z Dredge Head 1 to show the depth of the end of the suction head Up Down Indicator Layer Properties Name Y Axis Range Up Down Source ltem Pane Color Above Color Below Color Text Color Background Color Font Name Font Size Font Bold Starboard Pipe SS y 204 Device Da
25. e layer to show in the plan view 36 e Views Fixed Skew Value Give the skew for the plan view if the Orientation Mode is set on Fixed Skew Interactive Selection Enabled it is possible to select items in the plan view with the mouse Background Color The background color of the plan view can be set 6 2 3 Plan View Layers The layers can be used to add extra information to the plan view Click on in the toolbar or select Layer Control in the context menu to open Layers In Layers only the used layers will be displayed new layers can be added if data has to be shown in the plan view To add data to a new or an existing layer click on L 9 select one of the layers from the list in Add Layer and edit the properties of that selected layer Background Layers H C MAP Layer Active Grid Model Layer H Active Grid Model Difference Layer Active Route Layer Foreground Layers H Active Work rea Layer H Active Waypoint Layer H Active Placement Point Layer Profile Position Layer ER Dredge Laver H Color Table Layer Gud Lauer Figure 6 5 The Layers of the Plan View General Dredge Operation view Below only the relevant layers for a trailing suction hopper application will be explained Most of these layers are already filled when the plan view is created Background Layers Active Grid Model Layer This layer shows the grid model which is selected in the logging page Active Grid Model Difference Laye
26. e other calibrations or close the Tools Calibration window with L_ k JL The angle offset will only be accepted when the Tools Calibration window is closed with 2 J ae A g 4 2 2 Upper Pipe Vertical Angel At the moment two calibration methods are available for the vertical angle of the upper pipe Pipe on water line Vertical angle with pipe in cradle relative vessel 4 2 2 1 Pipe on Water Line Method Set point Pipe on water line Ww Calibrate Angle offset 38 Figure 4 2 Side view of the vertical angle with the upper pipe on the water line PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper m m m RESON wy Select the calibration method Pipe on water line N Place the upper pipe horizontal the best way to do this is by placing the upper pipe on the water line Ge No Set point has to be entered 4 Click on to start the vertical angle calibration of the upper pipe 5 The vertical angle calibration is finished after the value in the angle offset box is changed Continue with the other calibrations or close the Tools Calibration window with 2 JL The angle offset will only be accepted when the Tools Calibration window is closed with 2 1 O 4 2 2 2 Vertical Angle with Pipe in Cradle Relative Vessel D Method 0 000000 Set paint Vertical angle with pipe in cradle relative vessel wi Angle offset Laus Figure 4 8 Side view of the vertical angle with the upper
27. ed the orientation of the vessel can be modified Disabled the orientation of the vessel in the view is always up 40 e Views PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON wy Position Source Any position computation can be selected as tracking point on the vessel for the Follow Vessel mode Show Spotlight Enabled the spotlight window will be displayed in the view 6 3 3 3D View Layers The layers can be used to add extra information to the 3D view Click on in the toolbar or select Layer Control in the context menu to open Layers In Layers only the used layers will be displayed new layers can be added if data has to be shown in the plan view To add data to a new or an existing layer click on L 9 select one of the layers from the list in Add Layer and edit the properties of that selected layer Foreground Layers Grid Asis Layer Grid Axis Active Grid Model Layer Modell Color Table Layer Color 30 Dredge Track Layer A rag head Absolute Position Figure 6 10 The Layers of the 3D View Online Dredge Below only the relevant layers for a trailing suction hopper application will be explained Most of these layers are already filled when the plan view is created Foreground Layers GridAxis Layer This layer displays the coordinate axis in the center of the view Active Grid Model Layer This layer shows the grid model which is selected in the logging page Color
28. er a pipe configuration has to be setup The procedure to fill in the Pipe Configuration page is Select a pipe configuration or create a new pipe configuration with Ce Fill in the X and Y offset P1 and P2 for the bend For a starboard bend the X offset should be negative and for a port bend it should be positive The Y offset is always negative Select how the bend has to be presented in the views a shape or a wireframe and select the right shape or wireframe for the bend L P2 T ge e P2 gt P1 Figure 3 12 The offsets of the bend Fill in the Y offset P3 for the upper pipe The Y offset is always negative Select how the upper pipe has to be presented in the views a shape or a wireframe and select the right shape or wireframe for the upper pipe PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Vessel Configuration e 17 18 e Vessel Configuration Figure 3 13 The Y offset of the upper pipe Fill in the Y offset P4 for the lower pipe The Y offset is always negative Select how the lower pipe has to be presented in the views a shape or a wireframe and select the right shape or wireframe for the lower pipe P4 A 0000 lE3 P4 Figure 3 14 The Y offset of the lower pipe Fill in the Y offset P5 for the suction head The Y offset is always negative Select how the suction head has to be presented in the views a shape or a wireframe and select the right shape or wireframe for the suc
29. ere even outside the plan view Position Source Any position computation can be selected as tracking point on the vessel for the Follow Vessel mode Attach To If the Position Source is Drag head Absolute Position then there will be two options that are useful as attach point Dredge Point the position of the suction head will be followed Sensor Reference Point the position of the attach point of the bend with the vessel the inlet will be followed For all other position sources the attach point will be set by default to the right point Follow Mode The Follow Vessel mode is by default Relative Motion the tracking point on the vessel will always be displayed in the center of the plan view The other option is True Motion the tracking point will not stay in the center of the plan view and the plan view will be updated when the tracking point is nearly leaving the view Vessel Radius The minimum distance from the tracking point on the vessel to the edge of the plan view before the display of the plan view will be updated This is only valid if the Follow Mode is True Motion Orientation Mode The three modes are North Up Heading Up and Fixed Skew See for an explanation of the modes in Plan View Toolbar on page 33 PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 35 JI e T Both active layers are overlapping each other Make a choice which activ
30. esign view 43 The Layers of the Profile Realtime Design view oooocccccooncnccccncnconononcononennononnncnnanonoss 44 Properties of the Up Down Indicator with the two possible computations 45 Dredge Draught Load TDS view with 4 draught sensors nenannnannnennnnannnennnnnnn 46 The draught sensors with their residuals ccconcccooncccccccnconcnncnncnnonanononcnononcnconarononanoos 46 Hopper sensors with their residuals 0nn0nnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrrnnnrrnnrnnrnnrnnronrnnrrnrrnrrnrnne 47 HS A I AS tects cient notte acted ees TT 47 PP e A a 48 Dredge Flow Concentration Meter view with the information of the starboard A A 48 NUMSHES MI Was odo E 49 Numerics page configuration to select data for the Numerics view 49 Figures e v SS A 1 Introduction 1 1 Trailing Suction Hopper The application type Trailing Suction Hopper is for a project where a suction hopper is used for dredging In this application manual the setup of a trailing suction hopper project will be discussed For the standard information of PDS2000 will be referred to the PDS2000 User Manual After the project is setup the separate tools of the trailing suction hopper configuration have to be calibrated The calibrations of the upper pipe and lower pipe will be explained in a separate chapter of the manual The last chapters in this manu
31. essel wireframe the drawing of the vessel should be selected as active vessel contour PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Vessel Configuration e 7 m E 3 3 Equipment 8 e Vessel Configuration The offsets which are needed on the vessel have to be added to the offset table in the Geometry page Antenna offset of a positioning system The inlet location s the location s on the vessel where the suction tube s is are connected to the vessel The draught locations The level locations The Zero offset correspond to the 0 0 0 as is used in the vessel drawing In the Equipment page the sensors which are used on the vessel have to be selected The sensors that will be discussed are the most used devices from the list It is still possible because of dongle settings that some of these devices are not available for the selected application type Compass see page 9 Depth Sensor see page 9 Dredge Positioning System Trailing Suction Hopper see page 10 Dredge Production see page 10 Dredge Status see page 10 Load and Draught see page 10 Positioning System Geogs see page 11 Tide Gauge see page 12 Trip Info see page 12 VRU see page 12 Geometry Equipment Computations Data Sources Guidance Tools Logging Simulation Aliases Alarms ae Device Port Positioning system NET EE Gell NMEA GGA pas g amp Antenna Position from Geo
32. et and the sensor is connected to PDS2000 click on to test the communication with the sensor For most of the items in the properties the default settings can be used Below only the essential settings in the properties of the sensors will be discussed 3 3 1 Compass On the vessel the compass is used to get a heading of the vessel In the first properties window e Compass Heading Correction This should be the correction derived from the compass calibration 3 3 2 Depth Sensor On the vessel the depth sensor will be used to measure the draught of the vessel In PDS2000 the depth draught sensor is used in the sea level computation to obtain the sea level and will be used for the load computation in the Load and Draught see page 10 By default the sea level value entered in the Geometry page will be used for the sea level computation To make the sea level computation from the depth sensor the primary computation select the sea level computation from the depth sensor as primary in the Data Sources see page 14 Preferable is to select the depth sensor which is closest to the positioning system In the first properties window BN Depth sensor Device Offset Select the offset of the depth sensor from the list The offset has to be created in the Geometry page Time Delay Enter the delay in the output from the depth sensor The time delay is always 2 O sec In the second properties window Sealevel Computation
33. ge Draught Load TDS This view will give the draught load and Tons Dry Solid information in a time based editor in combination with a numerics view If no hopper sensors are used so no tons dry solid can be calculated then there is also a stripped view with only the draught and load information This view is called Dredge Draught Load Dredge Draught Load IDS 5 Draught M Draught 1000 Load Load VAG Viele AO io Sd 11239 11490 1445 TESD TL95 TZDO e Draught Sensor d Hopper Sensor Draught sensors Q 3 Fi 1 4 m Draught sensors residuals O Load TDS Draught sensors 1 3 61 9 m Draught sensors residuals 1 Draught sensors 2 3 61 9 m Draught sensors residuals 2 Draught sensors 3 3 81 Q m Draught sensors residuals 3 Figure 6 15 Dredge Draught Load TDS view with 4 draught sensors By default are in the time based editor the mean draught and the load selected In the numerics part of the view are four pages by default defined Draught Sensor Hopper Sensor Load and TDS see below For the Dredge Draught Load view only the Draught Sensor and Load pages are defined In the time based editor a context menu is available to setup the editor or to add extra items to the editor In the context menu the options Add Channel Layer Control and Properties are available The items in the four different pages of the numerics part will be explained below In the numerics part co
34. ge is setup in the Equipment page see page 12 an advanced computation has to be added to the computations Click on to open the Advanced Computations page Advanced Computations Available computations Defined computations Hold position Computation 1033 v Tide Computation ey Line v Offset Position Pontoon Protection Computation ey Position infa zx Pump Optimum Swing Speed v Reduced depth Reference Point Position 1027 v Reference point position fram Geogs E ad Reference point position from Grids Remote Log Control Pseudo Computation ey Sealevel computation zx Shape Position Computation Speed Soud Position Computation Tide Computation Waypoint Figure 3 7 The Advanced Computations page Select from the list Available computations the Tide Computation and click on to add the computation to the list of Defined computations With the properties of the selected computation becomes available PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Vessel Configuration e 13 The relevant items in the properties window of the Tide Computation are Tide Reduction Computation Mode The tide station s has to be Select one of the modes for the tide computation Single Tide Station setup in the Explorer see Multiple Tide Station or Tide Stations Along Route chapter Explorer Tide Stations in the PDS2000 User Manual Tide Station Name Tide Stat
35. gs Ki Autopilot Output E Compass El ME Depth sensor 5 Dredge Positioning System Trailing E Suction Hopper Dredge Process gt Reference Point Computation Ex Dredge Production E Le Compass 1 NETI Em Dredge Status T Standard NMEA HD m Eben mier VK e Heading Device drivers RUNS METI A Ex Analog Depth dredge pos tsh A E Orctans vru ES BORACIET Crane dredge pos tsh ei Attitude Em BORACIET Hem new dredge pos tsh Lao WW E BORACIET Hein dredae pos tsh EMIT Starboard Pipe zm BORACIET Plough dredge pos tsh si Drag head u Relative Position Mran head l BORACIET Rijndelta Port dredge pos tsh su BORACIET Rijndelta Starboard dredge pos tsh Figure 3 5 The Equipment page Select from the list Groups a group of devices e g Dredge Positioning System Trailing Suction Hopper Select from the list Device drivers one of the dredge pos tsh drivers and click on to add the driver to the device list PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper For more information about the interfacing see chapter Control Center Interfacing in the PDS2000 User Manual e 1 1 m m RESON wy If a device driver is added to the device list in the Equipment page the communication port has to be selected Click on to open the interface page where the communication port can be added modified or selected If the communication port is s
36. ight RTZ PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Vessel Configuration e 11 eS ee FF m RESON wy The tide station s has to be setup in the Explorer see the chapter Explorer Tide Station in the PDS2000 User Manual 1 1 12 e Vessel Configuration 3 3 8 Tide Gauge In stead of using GPS RTK as height source one or more tide gauges can be used in combination with the depth sensor to calculate the absolute height or depth of the vessel In the properties window Tide gauge Tide Stations Select at the bottom of the properties window the tide station s that are related to the tide gauge driver With some of the device drivers tide data of more than one tide station can be collected at the same time Select in that case in the properties window the relevant tide stations Other device drivers are only for one tide station select then only one tide station in the properties window If more than one tide station is used and the device driver is only for one tide station select the device driver multiple times until all the tide stations are selected An advanced computation has to be created in the Computations after the tide gauge is setup see page 13 Also in the properties of the positioning system in herz Reference Point Computation the Height Source has to be set to Tide see page 11 3 3 9 Trip Info This device can be used to change the trip number And if in the tri
37. ions Select the tide station s that are used for the tide computation with the above selected Tide Reduction Computation Mode 3 5 Data Sources Data sources Data groups Roland Vill Rall Pitch Heave Position Speed Sealevel ER Em T BE TTE aft pestem 3 Sealevel Reference point 4 Load and Draught 1 Sim mha laad and draught Heading Automatic switch Select primary data group for a data source set automatic selection mode and the conditions for switching Data sources can be selected for various computations and displays Figure 3 8 The Data Sources page with three Sealevel computations If one or more depth sensors or a Load and Draught are selected in the Equipment page then for the Sealevel computation more computations will be available By default the Sealevel Reference point computation is the primary computation Change with the arrows e and 9 the order of the computations The first computation will be used as the primary Sealevel computation e The depth sensor closest to the positioning system should be selected for the primary Sealevel computation 3 6 Guidance The guidance will be used to guide the dredger It will depend on the dongle which guidance types are available The guidance types that can be available for trailing suction hopper application are Route Waypoints Design Model Work Area Restricted Area See for a detailed expla
38. is too big it looks like nothing is taken away in one go with the suction head The grid model will be filled with the information from the added device data in Data for grid model logging For two suction tubes two devices have to be selected for each suction tube one 3 8 2 Production Format In the Acquisition the production of the suction tube s can be displayed with a grid model The grid model is will show the production data from the device driver Dredge Production see page 10 For two suction tubes two devices have to be selected for each suction tube one To create a grid model with the production the same procedure as for the PDS2000 Grid Model has to be followed see above PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Vessel Configuration e 19 A Sa 20 e Vessel Configuration 3 8 3 Dredge Track Format The calculated position of the suction head s will be logged For this log file a sampling rate has to be specified because it is not necessary to log all the suction head s positions The log file is used as an indication for the dredge positions PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper SS A 4 Calibration 4 1 Introduction For the trailing suction hopper application one or two suction tube calibrations are available Before the calibration can be started all other equipment on the vessel has to be installed and calibrated PDS2000 should be running and a project sho
39. lan View 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Plan View General Dredge Operation 31 32 Positioning System Geogs 8 11 Product Density 15 48 Production Parameters 10 15 30 Profile Realtime Design 31 42 Index e 51 RESON NES Profile View 31 42 43 44 45 Project Configuration 4 R Restricted Area 14 Roll 12 Roll Correction 12 Route 14 RTK 11 12 g Sea Level 9 14 Set Point 22 23 24 25 Suction Head 5 7 10 11 18 20 41 45 Suction Tube 5 8 10 17 19 21 31 32 37 38 41 42 45 NE De Tide Computation 13 Tide Gauge 8 11 12 Tide Station 12 Tons Dry Solid 46 48 Tools 10 15 Tracking Point 29 33 35 38 39 40 Trip 12 16 30 Trip Info 8 12 Trip Registration 15 16 30 1 Under Dredge Limit 45 Up Down Indicator 45 Upper Pipe 5 6 17 21 22 23 41 Vertical Angle Calibration 21 23 25 VRU 8 12 VRU Calibration 12 W Water Density 15 46 47 48 Waypoint 14 30 Wireframe 5 7 17 18 38 Work Area 14 30 52 e Index PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper
40. mputations 5 The computations can be checked or modified only when logging is off Edit gt Manual Input Select one of the devices with a manual input option as selected in the Equipment page and an input for the selected device can be entered View gt Displays The Displays window will be opened In this window views can be switched on or off Also views can be added renamed or removed from the layout see Figure 5 1 on page 28 View gt Add Display 7 The Add Display dialog will be opened In this dialog views can be added to the layout see Figure 5 2 on page 28 View gt Display Mode One of the four display modes for the screen can be selected normal 2 night twilight BM and bright Acquisition e 29 A T 30 e Acquisition Guidance Guidance Settings The guidance settings can be checked or modified only when logging is off Guidance gt Select Waypoint Select an existing waypoint as active waypoint for the survey Guidance gt New Waypoint Add a new waypoint to the active waypoint file The new waypoint will be located on the tracking point Guidance gt Update Wayline Update the wayline from the vessel to the waypoint Guidance gt Select Work Areas Select one or more existing work areas as guidance in the survey Guidance gt Enter Work Area Names Give one or more work areas by typing the names of the work areas These work area
41. ms in the first properties window can be set in the Production parameters page of the Tools page See page 15 or are derived from the Tools Calibration in the Acquisition see page 21 In the second properties window E Drag head Relative Position and the third properties window E Drag head Absolute Position the defaults settings can be used In the third properties window the option Grid Model Update Mode is set on Volume Update to give the best update of the active grid model 3 3 4 Dredge Production With this device the flow and concentration of the dredge material can be measured see page 48 For calculating the dredge production the water density and the product density has to be known The water density and the product density can be set in the Production Parameters page of the Tools page see page 15 The default settings in the properties window SS Dredge Production can be used 3 3 5 Dredge Status With this device the status of the dredging can be monitored The dredge status can be relevant for the start and end of the trip registration see page 16 There are no settings in the properties window SS Dredge Status that can be set 3 3 6 Load and Draught This device will read in the draught sensors and if available the level sensors to measure the level in the bunker s In the first properties window 4 Load and Draught Draught Sensor Offset Select the offset of one the draught
42. n New Vessel from the menu bar of the Control Center an give a name for the vessel that has to be created Click on and the vessel wizard will be started with the Geometry page With the other pages of the vessel configuration can be opened Another way to create a new vessel is by selecting the tab Project in the Explorer of the Control Center Click with the right mouse button on Vessel in the Explorer and select the option New File to create a new vessel and the vessel configuration window with tabs for the Geometry Equipment Computations Data Sources Guidance Tools Logging Simulation Aliases and Alarms will be opened See the chapter Vessel Configuration on page 5 for a detailed setup of the vessel configuration for a trailing suction hopper application 2 2 4 Configuration If the vessel is setup a new configuration has to be created before the Acquisition of PDS2000 can be opened Select Acquisition New Configuration from the menu bar of the Control Center and give a name for the configuration that has to be created Click on and the configuration wizard will be started with the Vessels page With the other pages of the configuration can be opened In the tab Vessels click under Local on to add the just created vessel configuration Another way to create a new configuration is by selecting the tab Project in the Explorer of the Control Center Click with the right mouse button on Configuration in
43. nation of the different guidance types the chapter Guidance in the PDS2000 User Manual 14 e Vessel Configuration PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper 3 7 Tools n m m RESON wy To use and show a guidance file in the Plan View General Dredge Operation view see page 32 or in the Profile Realtime Design view see page 42 in the Acquisition the guidance file has to be selected in the related Guidance page On this page the Production parameters the Trip Registration and one or two Pipe Configurations for the trailing suction hopper have to be setup If there is no Dredge Positioning System Trailing Suction Hopper selected yet in the Equipment page see page 10 the Pipe Configuration page is not available 3 1 Production Parameters In the Production Parameters page settings which are used for the calculations of the load and draught have to be set Production parameters Trip Registration Pipe Configuration Pipe Configuration Product specification Density water situ Tans m3 Density dr product Tons m3 Load and draught Empty ship weight 5000 Tons Table datum point Zero Offset l v Tons dry solids Table datum point ero Offset wi Edit Hopper Table Figure 3 9 Production parameters page in the Tools page Product specification Density water situ The water density in situ in tons m Density dry product The density of the dry product in tons m Load and d
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45. nter on the cursor Move the cursor to the edges of the plan view it will change to a diamond and the view starts panning or scrolling To PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON SEE deactivate the cursor use the right mouse button This option only works when the Follow Vessel mode is off Measure To measure distances and bearings in the plan view On the first use the measure starts at the vessel s tracking point A mouse click makes the start at any location The measure window shows start and end coordinates as well as the distance and bearing between the two locations From To ry 1507571 82 1507568 22 13 12 m 7002388 47 7002401 08 Bearing 344 05 Figure 6 2 Measure window Click on to change the presentation from grid to projection coordinates in a selectable format A right click stops the measure option Interactive Selection If in it is possible to select items in the plan view with the mouse for instance the color table bar on the right side Follow Vessel 9 If in the tracking point will always stay in the plan view in Follow Vessel mode If out the tracking point can be anywhere even outside the plan view The type of the Follow Vessel mode can be set in the properties of the plan view see page 35 Orientation Mode The orientation mode of the plan view Three options are available North Up Heading Up and Fixed Ske
46. ntext menus are available to modify the pages see the Numerics view on page 49 for details 6 5 1 Draught Sensor Draught Sensor Hopper Sensor Load TDS Draught sensors 1 A 61 8 m Draught sensors residuals 1 Q 042 m Draught sensors 2 4 526 m Draught sensors residuals 2 0 089 m Draught sensors 3 A 61 8 m Draught sensors residuals 3 LI 001 m Figure 6 16 The draught sensors with their residuals Draught sensors 0 4 620 m Draught sensors residuals D In this example are four draught sensor mounted on the vessel The draught sensor values as displayed in this page are corrected for the water density Through the corrected draught values also corrected for the offsets a plane will be calculated which will results in a mean 46 e Views PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON Sy draught The residuals are then the difference between the calculated plane and the corrected draught values The plane will become the horizontal level of the vessel When only two sensors are used no plane can be calculated so there are no residuals For three sensors a plane can be calculated but the plane goes always through the three points so there are no residuals The residuals will be calculated with four or more draught sensors 6 5 2 Hopper Sensor ea tomen 1 200 m Hower sensors revs 0 017 7 Hopper sensors 1 i 1 11 m Hopper sensors residuals 1 0 053 i Hopper sensors 2 1 200 m Hopper sensors re
47. olid The tons dry solid TDS is calculated from the water density pw the product density pp the hopper density ph and the hopper volume V with the formula TDS ph pw pp pw x pp x V Hopper Density The hopper density is calculated from the load and the hopper volume Hopper Density Load Hopper Volume Hopper Volume This is the volume as it is calculated from the hopper table in the Production parameters page of the Tools see page 15 Mean Hopper Level The mean hopper level as calculated from the hopper sensors see above 6 6 Dredge Flow Concentration Meter 48 e Views Dredge Flow Concentration Meter Ol Seles Starboard 1 7 V 2 620 m s C 1 400 T m O 1 309 ms Figure 6 20 Dredge Flow Concentration Meter view with the information of the starboard suction tube This view displays the velocity V and the density C of the dredge production With these two values the production Q can be calculated The view can only display information if in the Equipment page a Dredge Production device is selected see page 10 The production is presented in the view as the crossing between the two needles In principal how higher the crossing of the two needles the higher the production is The production is also depending on the pipe PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper 6 7 Numerics m mm RESON Sy diameter of the suction tube This pipe diameter can be
48. p The horizontal angle calibration is finished after the value in the angle offset box is changed n Continue with the other calibrations or close the Tools Calibration window with L_ JL The angle offset will only be accepted when the Tools Calibration window is closed with 2 _ 4 2 4 Lower Pipe Vertical Angel At the moment two calibration methods are available for the vertical angle of the lower pipe Pipe on water line Vertical angle with pipe in cradle relative vessel 4 2 4 1 Pipe on Water Line Method Set point Pipe on water line wi Calibrate Angle offset Loi Figure 4 5 Side view of the vertical angle with the lower pipe on the water line PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper m m m RESON wy Select the calibration method Pipe on water line N Place the lower pipe horizontal the best way to do this is by placing the lower pipe on the water line Ge No Set point has to be entered 4 Click on to start the vertical angle calibration of the upper pipe 5 The vertical angle calibration is finished after the value in the angle offset box is changed Continue with the other calibrations or close the Tools Calibration window with 2 JL The angle offset will only be accepted when the Tools Calibration window is closed with 2 O 4 2 4 2 Vertical Angle with Pipe in Cradle Relative Vessel Method 0 000000 Set point Vertical angle with pipe in cr
49. p registration see page 16 the option When trip number changes is selected the new trip will be started There are no settings in the properties window 4 Trip Info that can be set 3 3 10 VRU A VRU is used to measure the attitude roll pitch and heave of the vessel In the first properties window VRU Time Delay Enter the delay in the output from the VRU The time delay is always 2 0 sec Device Offset If only the roll and pitch of the VRU are used no device offset has to be selected If the heave is used then a device offset is necessary and the offset should be defined in the Geometry page Roll Pitch Correction A roll and pitch correction derived from the VRU calibration can be entered in the properties Check the sign convention of the roll and pitch before entering the values In the second properties window Attitude computation the default settings can be used PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper m m RESON 3 4 Computations zv Tracking point ev Speed Tracking point e CMG Tracking point ev Route Tracking point ev Sealevel Reference point ev W ampaint Tracking point ev Wauline Tracking point Wark Area Tracking point Figure 3 6 The Computations page In PDS2000 a number of standard computations as shown above are available The user influence on these computations is limited 3 4 1 Advanced Computations When a tide gau
50. pipe in the cradle 1 Select the calibration method Vertical angle with pipe in cradle relative vessel 2 Place the upper pipe is on deck in the cradle p Enter as Set point the measured vertical angle The sign of the angle should be as explained in the figure above 4 Click on to start the vertical angle calibration of the upper pipe e The vertical angle calibration is finished after the value in the angle offset box is changed Continue with the other calibrations or close the Tools Calibration window with L JL The angle offset will only be accepted when the Tools Calibration window is closed with 2 O PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Calibration e 23 l m E 24 e Calibration 4 2 3 Lower Pipe Horizontal Angle At the moment only one calibration method is available for the horizontal angle of the lower pipe Horizontal angle with pipe in cradle 4 2 3 1 Horizontal angle with pipe in cradle Aa e Method D 000000 Set point Horizontal angle with pipe in cradle wi Angle offset jaa Figure 4 4 Top view of the horizontal angle with the lower pipe in the cradle Place the lower pipe is on deck in the cradle the horizontal angle can be measured N Enter as Set point the measured horizontal angle The sign of the angle should be as explained in the figure above m Click on to start the horizontal angle calibration of the lower pipe
51. r This layer shows the difference between the active grid model and the design model Add an active grid model difference layer if the user wants to see the differences between the two models If for both active layers another active grid model has to be used select Logging gt Logging Settings from the Acquisition menu bar or click on amp in the Acquisition toolbar and change the grid model name The design type and name of the design model is the same as the specified model in the guidance page If this is not the right one select Guidance gt Guidance Settings from the Acquisition menu bar or click on in the Acquisition toolbar and change the design model name in the tab Design Model For both active layers a color table has to be selected This can be done in the layers but the best way is to use the Coverage Settings see below PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON wy Foreground Layers Dredge Layer This layer will show a suction tube as it is configured in the Pipe Configuration see page 17 Two dredge layers have to be added to the layer control if two suction tubes are used In the properties of the second dredge layer the shape layer for the go vessel has to be Disabled otherwise two vessels are displayed in the view Color Table Layer This layer will show the color table that is selected in the Coverage Settings see below for the grid model or the grid model difference This layer is
52. racking point The measure window shows start and end coordinates with the altitude depth as well as the distance bearing and elevation between the two locations From To CO 216067 7 216075 8 Beaing 34 7 Altitude leer 10 10 Elevation 15 3 Figure 6 8 Measure window in 3D view Click on to change the presentation from grid to projection coordinates in a selectable format A right click stops the measure option Grid Axis Layer If in the coordinate axis system is shown in the center of the view Color Table Layer If in the color table will be displayed on the right side in the 3D view The color table will only be displayed when in the Properties a color table is selected see below Save Snapshot An image of the 3D View Online Dredge will be saved as a BMP file Layer Control E Opens the Layers of the 3D view with an overview of the foreground layers that are used in the view see page 41 Properties E Opens the Properties of the 3D view with some extra settings for the Follow Vessel mode and for the color table see below PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 39 6 3 2 3D View Properties Click on in the toolbar or select Properties in the context menu to open the Properties of the 3D view Properties Mame Value Background Color Red 166 Green 202 Blue 240 Color T able Name Color E Follow Vessel Disabled Follow Vessel Mode Grid Nor
53. raught Empty ship weight The weight of the empty ship without any load in tons Table datum point The reference point on the vessel to which the mean draught in the draught table is calculated The reference point should be an offset as defined in the Geometry page Edit Draught T able In the draught table the relation between the mean draught of the vessel and the displacement of the vessel in tons is specified The PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Vessel Configuration e 15 JI e Sa 16 e Vessel Configuration mean draught is corrected for the density of the water in situ and for the offsets of the draught sensors Tons dry solids Table datum point The reference point on the vessel to which the mean level in the hopper table is calculated The reference point should be an offset as defined in the Geometry page Edit Hopper T able In the hopper table the relation between the mean level in the bunkers and the volume in the bunkers in m is specified 3 7 2 Trip Registration Production parameters Trip Registration Pipe Configuration Pipe Configuration Start trip number Shark new trip O Manually when dredge status changes To Dumping v when trip number changes L Generate report at end of trip E JJ Figure 3 10 Trip Registration page in the Tools page Start trip number A trip number can be entered The trip number will be part of the log data file name Sta
54. re created The Acquisition in the realtime mode can be opened from the Control Center of PDS2000 Click on in the acquisition bar Click on amp in the toolbar Select Acquisition gt Start Realtime from the menu bar The Acquisition can be stopped by selecting one of the above mentioned actions again or by closing the Acquisition window 5 1 2 Logging In the Acquisition the logging can be switched on and off with The F4 key on the keyboard Click on amp in the toolbar Un check Logging gt Enable Data Logging from the menu bar At the right side in the status bar the logging indicator will be switched between e off Los conditional off or oe on The logging can be stopped by selecting one of the above mentioned actions again PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Acquisition e 27 RESON NES 5 2 Layouts The context menu can be opened by clicking with the right mouse button in the Acquisition window 28 e Acquisition When the Acquisition is started for the first time it will have only one view In the Displays window the necessary views can be added to the layout There are several ways to open the Displays window Select View gt Displays from the menu bar Click on in the toolbar Select Displays in the context menu Displays Plan View General Plan View General Dredge D Messages Messages System Messages Haw Data Standard Raw Data Standard Am
55. rt new trip Three options are available to start a new trip Manually With the menu option Start Next Trip in the Tools menu of the Acquisition the user can start the next trip When dredge status changes Select the dredge statuses when the next trip has to be started In the example above the next trip will start when the dredge status is changed from Dreaging to Dumping When trip number changes There are two options to change the trip number in the Trip Registration page of the Tools Settings in the Tools menu of the Acquisition and with the trip info device Generate report at end of trip If this options is checked a plot will be generated according the selected plot template The logged data file of the trip will be used to plot the dredge tracks PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper RESON E 3 3 Pipe Configuration Production parameters Trip Registration Pipe Configuration Pipe Configuration Statond fr Configuration Starboard Fipe Ke New Bend Upper Pipe A offset Y offset Z offset A offset Y offset Z offset Visualigation mode Visualigation mode 2 Shape wireframe 2 Shape wireframe Lower Pipe Draghead A nffset Y offset offset A offset Y offset Z offset Visualization mode Visualization made 2 Shape wireframe 2 Shape wireframe Effective area width Figure 3 11 Pipe Configuration page in the Tools page For each suction tube on the trailing suction hopp
56. s will be used as guidance in the survey Logging gt Logging Settings The Logging page can be checked or modified only when logging is off see page 19 Logging gt Enable Data Logging The data logging can be switched on or off Tools Tools Settings The Tools page of the configuration will be opened see page 15 The parameters in the different pages Production parameters Trip Registration and Pipe Configuration can be checked and or modified Tools Tools Calibration The Tools Calibration window will be opened where the suction tube s of the trailing suction hopper can be calibrated see page 21 Tools Start Next Trip The next trip for the trailing suction hopper will be started PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper 6 Views 6 1 Introduction SS Z In the Acquisition several views can be created to display the relevant information The minimum should be a Plan View where the vessel with the suction tube s is visible one or more Profile views for a side view of the vessel with a suction tube and a Dredge view for the load and draught calculations The views that will be discussed in this chapter are Plan View General Dredge Operation see page 32 3D View Online Dredge see page 38 Profile Realtime Design see page 38 Dredge Draught Load TDS see page 46 Dredge Flow Concentration Meter see page 48 Numerics see page 49 For other
57. set in the properties of the Dredge Positioning System see page 10 By default this view has two meters in the view one for port and one for starboard In the properties of the context menu one meter can be switched off disabled and the range of the meters can be adjust This view will show the relevant data as alpha numeric values Numerics Standard Example GPS mode Absolute Z Dredge Head Design Difference Figure 6 21 Numerics view This view is empty when it is opened for the first time Click with the right mouse button in the left panel of the view and select Add New Page to add a name for the page Because the view has no name yet a dialog will be opened where a new name can be entered Click with the right mouse button in the right panel and select Edit Page and select in the numerics page configuration the data that have to be shown in the Numerics view Test numerics page configuration Page layout Roland VIII Positioning system Ee e EA Standard NMEA GGAlpos GPS mode Roland VIII Drag head Absolute Position Abszolute z Dredge Head Roland VIII Drag head Absolute Position Design Difference Append Selected Element Insert Selected Element Append Separator Insert Separator 2 3 Device Data sgi Latitude ped Longitude neq Altitude d HOOP Ad GPS mode ped Number of DN sn Age of Diff signal bul sad endal anaralinn Available data elements Figure 6 22
58. siduals 2 0 008 m Hopper sensors 3 1 231 m Hopper sensors residuals 3 0 043 m Figure 6 17 Hopper sensors with their residuals In this example are four hopper level sensors mounted on the vessel The hopper sensors are mounted in or on top of the bunkers to measure the amount of dredged material With use of the hopper table in the Production parameters page of the Tools see page 15 the volume of the dredge material in the bunkers can be calculated The residuals and the mean hopper level are calculated the same way as for the draught sensor see above 6 5 3 Load gieler Mean Vessel Draught 1 i 595 Empty Weight 5000 000 Rz Displacement 6285 914 Load 1600 209 Figure 6 18 Load page Mean Vessel Draught The mean vessel draught as calculated from the draught sensors see above Empty Weight This is the Empty Ship Weight as entered in the Production parameters page of the Tools see page 15 Displacement This is the displacement as is calculated from the draught table in the Production parameters page of the Tools see page 15 Load The load is the difference between the displacement and the empty weight Before the load is calculated the displacement is corrected for the water density Load Displacement x Water Density Empty Weight PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 47 6 5 4 TDS Load su Hopper Volume 900 281 Mean Hopper Level 1 200 m Figure 6 19 TDS page Tons Dry S
59. ta Value Min 5 00 Max 5 00 Span 10 00 Absolute Z Dredge Head 1 Red 128 Green 128 Blue 128 Red 17 Green 174 Blue 56 Red 214 Green 50 Blue DU Red 0 Green 0 Blue 0 Red 255 Green 255 Blue 255 Arial 12 Enabled Drag head Relative Position Drag head Absolute Position HLL Lb SE DA MS A eb ebd Absolute X Offset Point 2 Absolute Y Offset Point 2 Absolute Z Offset Point 2 Absolute lt Dredge Head Absolute Y Dredge Head i Absolute Interm lt Absolute Interm Y Absolute Interm Z Depth Vertical Reference Name Y Axis Range Up Down Source ltem 3 Pane Color Above Color Below Color 3 Text Color Background Color Font Name Font Size Font Bold Up Down Indicator Layer Properties Value Min 5 00 Max 5 00 Span 10 00 Design Difference Red 128 Green 128 Blue 128 Red 17 Green 174 Blue 56 Red 214 Green 50 Bue DU Red 0 Green 0 Blue 0 Red 255 Green 255 Blue 255 Arial 12 Enabled Absolute Dredge Head 1 Roll 1 Pitch 1 Design Z i Operation Condition Operation Mode Absolute Y Dredge Head 1 Absolute Z Dredge Head 1 Absolute Interm 2 Absolute Interm Y Absolute Interm Z v Depth Vertical Reference Heading 1 Figure 6 14 Properties of the Up Down Indicator with the two possible computations PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 45 RESON NES 6 5 Dred
60. th Allow Vessel Angle Enabled Ir osition Source Drag head Absolute Position Show Spotlight Disabled E 8 Equipment E m Positioning system Geogs 1 Standard NME4 GGA pos Y Antenna Position from Geogs Reference Point Computation El gal Starboard Pipe 3 Drag head Absolute Position ES Port Pipe He Drag head Absolute Position B 29 Standard Computations Ee Tracking point Es Data Sources E e Position f IT map Figure 6 9 The Properties of the 3D View Online Dredge Background Color The background color of the 3D view can be set Color Table Name Select the name of the color table that will be used to display the data in the 3D view Follow Vessel Enabled the Position Source tracking point on the vessel will always stay in the 3D view in Follow Vessel mode Disabled the Position Source tracking point on the vessel can be anywhere even outside the 3D view Follow Vessel Mode If the option Follow Vessel is Enabled this mode will define how the view will follow the Position Source Grid North will show the data with a fixed orientation although the user can rotate the view The vessel will rotate Vessel North will show the vessel with a fixed orientation although the user can rotate the view The grid model data will rotate Allow Vessel Angle This option is only valid when the option Follow Vessel is Enabled and the Follow Vessel Mode is Vessel North Enabl
61. the graphics of the profile view a separate layer control is available 6 4 3 1 Graphics of the Profile Click on in the toolbar or select Layer Control in the context menu to open Layers In Layers only the used layers will be displayed other layers can be added if data has to be shown in the profile view To add data to a new or an existing layer click on L 9 select one of the layers from the list in the Add Layer dialog and edit the properties of that selected layer Only the relevant layers for the trailing suction hopper application will be discussed d Foreground Layers Active Grid Model Profile Layer Active Design Model Profile Layer Design Dredge Layer Drag head Absolute Position Grid Layer Grid Figure 6 13 The Layers of the Profile Realtime Design view PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Select Guidance gt Guidance Settings in the menu bar of the Acquisition and add in the tab Design Model the values for the under and over dredge limit RESON Sy Active Grid Model Profile Layer This layer shows the grid model which is selected in the logging page Active Design Model Profile Layer This layer shows the profile of the design model which is created in the guidance It is also possible to show an under and over dredge limit in the profile view see Figure 6 11 on page 42 By default the dredge limits will be displayed with a default color In the properties of the A
62. tion head Fill in the effective width P6 of the suction head P5 P6 PS Figure 3 15 The offsets of the suction head PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper 3 8 Logging File formats Log space POS 2000 Format Minimum free disk space MB 0 POS 2000 Grd Model c Allowed log space MB po Production Format Dredge Track Format Eau Condition check C Guidance online condition C No user alarms Create new log file Data for grid model logging when file exceeds EM MB After logging jo hours and o minutes Dredge track Sampling rate seconds Figure 3 16 The Logging page Grid model In the chapter Vessel Configuration Logging of the PDS2000 User Manual the options of the right side in the Logging page will be explained 3 8 1 PDS2000 Grid Model The PDS2000 Grid Model file format is used in the Acquisition to build up an on line depth model during the work activities and can also be used as an on line coverage If a PDS2000 Grid Model has to be used check the option and some extra information will appear in the Logging page see Figure 3 16 above Select the grid model file name If a new file has to be created click on new give a new file name and click on in the file dialog Select in the grid model setup one or more data types for the grid model and enter a cell size If the cell size is too small the update of the grid model takes too much time and if it
63. tube a left side and for one a right side and open two profile views in the Acquisition PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Vessel Configuration e 5 d ee FF m RESON wy 3 2 1 Bend The 0 0 0 of the drawing of the bend should be the centre of the connection with the upper pipe as shown below Y A Z Y X CS Se Connection Point with the Upper Pipe Figure 3 1 Top and right view of a bend on starboard side 3 2 2 Upper Pipe The 0 0 0 of the drawing of the upper pipe should be the centre of the connection with the lower pipe as shown below Connection Point with the Lower Pipe 0 0 0 Figure 3 2 Top and right view of the upper pipe 6 e Vessel Configuration PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper 3 2 3 Lower Pipe The 0 0 0 of the drawing of the lower pipe should be the centre of the connection with the suction head as shown below Y Connection Point with the Upper Pipe X Connection Point with the Suction Head 0 0 0 Figure 3 3 Top and right view of the lower pipe 3 2 4 Suction Head The 0 0 0 of the drawing of the suction head should be the centre and the end of the suction head as shown below End of the Suction Head Figure 3 44 Top and right view of the suction head 3 2 5 Settings of the Geometry Page After all the contours are drawn in the Vessel contour or are available as a wireframes in the V
64. uld be setup correctly The calibration will take place in the Acquisition which can be started by clicking on LC The calibration of the suction tube s will take place in the Tools Calibration which can be opened with Tools gt Tools Calibration from the menu bar of the Acquisition 4 2 Suction Tube Calibration The suction tube calibration contains a horizontal and a vertical angle calibration of the upper and lower pipe At the moment is for the horizontal angel calibration only one calibration method available and for the vertical angle calibration two different methods PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Calibration e 21 l m E 22 e Calibration 4 2 1 Upper Pipe Horizontal Angle At the moment only one calibration method is available for the horizontal angle of the upper pipe Horizontal angle with pipe in cradle 4 2 1 1 Horizontal angle with pipe in cradle Method 0 000000 Set point Horizontal angle with pipe in cradle we Angle offset a Figure 4 1 Top view of the horizontal angle with the upper pipe in the cradle Place the upper pipe is on deck in the cradle N Enter as Set point the measured horizontal angle The sign of the angle should be as explained in the figure above Click on to start the horizontal angle calibration of the upper pipe The horizontal angle calibration is finished after the value in the angle offset box is changed Continue with th
65. w North Up is that the plan view is always north up and the vessel will rotate in the plan view This is the default mode Heading Up is that the heading of the vessel is always up In this mode when the vessel rotates all the data in the plan view will rotate accept the vessel Fixed Skew is that the plan view has a fixed orientation The fixed value can be set so that the vessel is always looking up with fluctuation to the left and right The data in the plan view is steady and the vessel will rotate PDS2000 Application Trailing Suction Hopper Views e 33 ES Y a Z 34 e Views Plan View General Dredge Operation Ol E Plan View General Dredge Operation n SEE QQE Limbo E Pes faas mb Gee Figure 6 8 Plan View with orientation mode Heading Up left and Fixed Skew right Set Fixed Skew From Heading T Click on this button if the actual heading of the vessel has to be the orientation in the plan view Select then as Orientation Mode the Fixed Skew mode and the orientation of the plan view will change with the heading of the vessel looking up If the vessel starts moving the orientation of the view is fixed Edit Mode If checked or in it is possible to modify the routes and clipping polygons and to add or edit the user maps objects For information about the edit mode and the user maps see the chapter Views Plan View Toolbar and Context Menu in the PDS2000 User Manual Undo

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