MAIN RISER PULL-IN WINCH

Input Data

Description Symbol Formula Value Units Remarks

Weight of 12" DCC Prod. Riser (In water, full of water) gw 169.39 kg/m From Owner email reply
Weight of 12" DCC Prod. Riser (In air, full of water) ga 307.99 kg/m From Owner email reply
Connector Deck elevation Hcd 28 m End of riser
Ballast draft BD 10.7 m VRG01-16347-J-0004_A_01
Water Depth Wd 153.9 m FPSO Basis of Design
12" DCC Prod. Riser Suspended length (Distance Surface to Float) Lsr 226.1 m Riser Configuration (31-Aug-2017)
Dynamic Amplification Factor DAF 1.3 VRG05-12964-U-KA-0001_B_02
1x sheave bock +1 x horizontal + 1 x
Number of Deviation Sheaves nds 3
vertical
Ratio of Stress in Rope trough Deviation Sheaves Kds 1.09 Plain Bearing, 1.04 - Roller bearing 1.09 Plain bearing
Number of Pulling Ropes Npr 1
Output Data
Length of riser in Air La Hcd - BD 17.30 m
12" DCC Prod. Riser Weight in Water Gw (Lsr-La) * gw/1000 35.37 T
12" DCC Prod. Riser Weight in Air Ga La * ga / 1000 5.33 T
Total Static Load Gst 9.81*(Gw + Ga) 399.27 kN
System Efficiency E E=(Kds^Npr-1)/(Kds^nds*Npr*(Kds-1)) 0.7722 Tonnes↓
Static Winch Load Gf Gst/(Npr*E) 517.06 kN 53
Dynamic Winch Load Gwt DAF*Gf 672.18 kN 69
Selected Pulling Capacity of Winch Gw 680.00 kN 69

Conclusion:
Winch with capacity 69T (680 kN) is sufficient to fulfill the requirements for Risers Pull-in / Pull-out.
Calculations are done for DCC - 12” Production Riser assuming suspended length of the riser 226.1 m and winch to pull-in the total weight of the suspended riser.
Efficiency of the sheaves is based on 3 deviation sheaves with plain bearings. Consider 10% additional margin, the minimum winch capacity shall be 76T.

Refernce for calculations