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Balanced sediment throughput reservoir dredging
10711434 · 2020-07-14 ·

A system for excavating sediment deposits from water storage reservoirs that equalizes the mass flow of sediment entering the reservoir with the sediment mass in the combined discharge from a dredge and the reservoir outlet system to the downstream water course. One or more remote instrument stations located on the inflow streams to the reservoir collect data that is used by the dredge control system to adjust the mass flow output from the dredge using data collected from the remote reservoir outlet instrumentation located downstream of the reservoir.

Hydraulic drive system for electrically-driven hydraulic work machine

A hydraulic drive system for an electrically-driven hydraulic work machine makes it possible to make a rated voltage of various electric equipment such as power storage devices common to one of an electrically-driven hydraulic work machine that is capable of being operated with lower horsepower and to prevent that only a power storage situation of one of the plurality of power storage devices significantly degrades together with operation of the electrically-driven hydraulic work machine and besides, to extend a time period within which each of actuators of the electrically-driven hydraulic work machine can obtain a predetermined speed. Accordingly, a controller 50 includes a virtual limitation torque calculation section 51 and electric motor rotational speed control sections 52 and 53. Variable horsepower control tables 52r and 53r are provided in the electric motor rotational speed control sections 52 and 53, and limit values q1*limit and q2*limit for a virtual displacement of the variable horsepower control tables 52r and 53r are changed such that a charge state of a power storage device 170 and a charge state of another power storage device 270 become equal to each other.

Placement area renewal systems and methods

A method for renewing a placement area may include one or more of the following steps. A dredge barge may be disposed inside a placement area containing materials dredged from one or more other locations and disposed within the placement area. Material may be dredged from the placement area. The dredged material may be processed. Water may be added to the placement area to maintain a flotation level of the dredge barge. The dredge barge may be removed from the placement area. The water may be removed from the placement area. This process may allow a placement area to be continually renewed and may allow useful materials to be recovered from a placement area.

LAKE RESTORATION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES
20200071897 · 2020-03-05 ·

Systems and methods of restoring a lake including dredging, island creation, water treatment, real estate development, computer modeling of environmental conditions, wave height reduction, sediment removal and encapsulation, bathymetry contouring, littoral zone restoration, plant restoration, and/or fish restoration.

LAKE RESTORATION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES
20200071897 · 2020-03-05 ·

Systems and methods of restoring a lake including dredging, island creation, water treatment, real estate development, computer modeling of environmental conditions, wave height reduction, sediment removal and encapsulation, bathymetry contouring, littoral zone restoration, plant restoration, and/or fish restoration.

Anti-blocking device for a field channel
20200056345 · 2020-02-20 ·

The invention discloses an anti-blocking device for a field channel, a fixed plate which is symmetrical back and forth, and comprises a front and back symmetry fixing plate, the lower end of the fixing plate can be fixed to the two sides of the canal channel of the canal, a transmission box is fixedly connected between the fixed plates on the two sides, a transmission device is arranged in the transmission box, and a cleaning device is arranged on the lower side of the transmission case, the device is simple in structure, a plurality of devices can be arranged on the canal channel, the cleaning efficiency is improved, the device can automatically clean the channel in the canal channel, avoid blockage of the channel after a long time, can collect sundries, and does not need manual cleaning, and the collected sundries are taken out by only human timing.

Anti-blocking device for a field channel
20200056345 · 2020-02-20 ·

The invention discloses an anti-blocking device for a field channel, a fixed plate which is symmetrical back and forth, and comprises a front and back symmetry fixing plate, the lower end of the fixing plate can be fixed to the two sides of the canal channel of the canal, a transmission box is fixedly connected between the fixed plates on the two sides, a transmission device is arranged in the transmission box, and a cleaning device is arranged on the lower side of the transmission case, the device is simple in structure, a plurality of devices can be arranged on the canal channel, the cleaning efficiency is improved, the device can automatically clean the channel in the canal channel, avoid blockage of the channel after a long time, can collect sundries, and does not need manual cleaning, and the collected sundries are taken out by only human timing.

Dredger actuated from land
10519625 · 2019-12-31 ·

A dredging system for the removal and cleaning of sediment in bays, port entrances, navigable channels, docks, watercourses, lakes or reservoirs, which is provided with means for excavating, dragging and removing the bottom of the waterway and means for regulation and support, the driving force for which is provided from land, which facilitates extraction of sediments directly onto the land, immediately leaving a planar surface on the sea bed. The aforesaid is achieved by controlling the excavator means and very closely controlling the cutting depth, all in a shorter period of time and at lower cost.

EXCAVATION INSTALLATION
20190376256 · 2019-12-12 · ·

The invention relates to an excavation installation, comprising excavation means (1,2) in which more than one excavation means (1,2) is positioned offset next to another in a row (34,35) of excavation means (1,2). In use the excavation installation may excavate a horizontal bottom of water (102) in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the rows (34,35) of excavation means (1,2). The excavation means (1,2) are connected to a rigid construction, in which the rigid construction (3) is positioned vertically above the excavation means (1,2). The rigid construction (3) is resiliency connected to a bridge (5) that is positioned vertically above the rigid construction (3) and connected by means of actuators (7).

AUTONOMOUS VERTICALLY-ADJUSTABLE DREDGE
20190345687 · 2019-11-14 ·

A method of dredging a bottom of a body of water is provided. Winching stations are positioned around the perimeter of an area to be dredged and a cable from each winching station is connected to a float. The cables pass through a variable resistance pulley assembly attached to a submersible assembly having a cutter and a submersible pump and are tensioned to suspend the submersible assembly. The cutter and submersible pump are activated and the winches are controlled to move the submersible assembly in a dredging pattern. When an obstacle is encountered the resistance of the pulley assembly is decreased and sufficient tension is applied to the cables to lift the submersible assembly toward the float.