Power management for a TSHD (video)
Houses we live in. Offices in which we work. Roads we drive. These are a few simple but effective examples of everyday matters in which sand plays an essential role as a raw material. However, the extraction of sand requires special vessels. These vessels are also referred to as suction dredgers, trailing suction hopper dredgers or TSHDs. But even ships cannot do without certain (technical) matters. Consider, for example, power management.
An example is the TSHD Middelburg, a ship with a length of 90 meters and a beam of 14.50 metres. Until the end of 2017, the TSHD Middelburg was a hull that had been idle for 10 years after the bankruptcy of the then owner. However, the vessel, of which Van Ouwerkerk BV is the current owner, has now been converted from a large piece of steel into the multifunctional trailing suction hopper dredger that it is today.
Broad usability of the TSHD, thanks to power management
In the initial phase of the large-scale (conversion) project, the current owner of the ship called in Hoogendijk Electric. This to install the electrical installation for the TSHD Middelburg. Van Ouwerkerk's problem for this trailing suction hopper dredger was broad applicability in the field of multiple disciplines.
Hoogendijk Electric in turn called in Controlin for support in the construction of the electrical installation. Kees Hoogendijk of the company of the same name said the following about this: 'We spoke with Van Ouwerkerk about the details of the ship, what it should do and what kind of capital it would contain. It turned out that we did see the possibility of also using the main engine as an energy source for the electricity grid.' Based on these findings, Hoogendijk therefore decided to contact Controlin for a collaboration on this project.
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Houses we live in. Offices in which we work. Roads we drive. These are a few simple but effective examples of everyday matters in which sand plays an essential role as a raw material. However, the extraction of sand requires special vessels. These vessels are also referred to as suction dredgers, trailing suction hopper dredgers or TSHDs. But even ships cannot do without certain (technical) matters. Consider, for example, power management.
An example is the TSHD Middelburg, a ship with a length of 90 meters and a beam of 14.50 metres. Until the end of 2017, the TSHD Middelburg was a hull that had been idle for 10 years after the bankruptcy of the then owner. However, the vessel, of which Van Ouwerkerk BV is the current owner, has now been converted from a large piece of steel into the multifunctional trailing suction hopper dredger that it is today.
Broad usability of the TSHD, thanks to power management
In the initial phase of the large-scale (conversion) project, the current owner of the ship called in Hoogendijk Electric. This to install the electrical installation for the TSHD Middelburg. Van Ouwerkerk’s problem for this trailing suction hopper dredger was broad applicability in the field of multiple disciplines.
Hoogendijk Electric in turn called in Controlin for support in the construction of the electrical installation. Kees Hoogendijk of the company of the same name said the following about this: ‘We spoke with Van Ouwerkerk about the details of the ship, what it should do and what kind of capital it would contain. It turned out that we did see the possibility of also using the main engine as an energy source for the electricity grid.’ Based on these findings, Hoogendijk therefore decided to contact Controlin for a collaboration on this project.