Soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device and working method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12359387-B2
Application number	US-202217979780-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2022
Priority date	Nov 17, 2021
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

The present invention discloses a soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device and working method thereof, comprising an air compression pipe and a water drainage pipe. A water drainage cavity body and an air diffusion cavity body are buried respectively in a soft soil foundation, and the air diffusion cavity body is located below the water drainage cavity body. Connecting to the air diffusion cavity body, the air compression pipe protrudes out of ground surface along a vertical direction of the soft soil foundation and communicates with an inflation pump; connecting to the water drainage cavity body, one end of the water drainage pipe protrudes to the bottom of the water drainage cavity body, and the other end protrudes out of the ground surface, thus achieving deep drainage and a drainage consolidation time of the deep soft soil foundation is shortened.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device, comprising:
an air compression pipe ( 1 ) and a water drainage pipe ( 2 ), wherein
a water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) and an air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) are buried respectively in a soft soil foundation ( 6 ),
the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) is located below the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ),
the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) comprises a rigid bracket ( 41 ) and a geofabric ( 42 ),
the rigid bracket ( 41 ) is a cylindrical body which is externally wrapped with the geofabric ( 42 ) and buried along a vertical direction of the soft soil foundation ( 6 ), and
the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) is enclosed by a water-permeable pipe and buried along the vertical direction of the soft soil foundation ( 6 );

a first connection opening is opened on a top end surface of the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) and is connected with the air compression pipe ( 1 ), wherein
the air compression pipe ( 1 ) protrudes out of a ground surface along the vertical direction of the soft soil foundation ( 6 ) and communicates with an inflation pump ( 5 );

a second connection opening is opened on a top end surface of the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) and is connected with the water drainage pipe ( 2 ), wherein
one end of the water drainage pipe ( 2 ) protrudes to a bottom of the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ), and
other end of the water drainage pipe ( 2 ) protrudes out of the ground surface along the vertical direction of the soft soil foundation ( 6 ).

2. The soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device of claim 1 , wherein
the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) has an outer diameter greater than or equal to an outer diameter of the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ), and
the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) is located right below the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ).

3. The soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device of claim 1 , wherein
a distance between the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) and the ground surface of the soft soil foundation ( 6 ) is more than 8 m, and
a distance between the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) and the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) is between 5 m to 10 m.

4. A working method using the soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device of claim 1 , which includes the following steps:
step S 1 , drill a deep hole with a depth of at least 13 m in the soft soil foundation ( 6 ),
place an air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) with air compression pipe ( 1 ) at a bottom of the deep hole;
fill the soil into the deep hole until height of the soil reaches at least 5 m or above, then place the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) with water drainage pipe ( 2 ) on the filled soil, and fill the soil into the deep hole again until they are flush with the ground surface of the soft soil foundation ( 6 );
step S 2 , an inflation pump ( 5 ) is used to compress air into the air compression pipe ( 1 ) such that the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) forms a high air pressure and maintains the high air pressure in the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) greater than a pore water pressure of surrounding soil body and less than a self-weight pressure of the soil body, and the air in the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) is squeezed and diffused toward surrounding soil bodies to drive groundwater in the soil bodies to flow along a maximum pressure gradient direction;
step S 3 , during an inflation process of the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ), the high-air pressure in the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) rises; when a pressure head in the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) reaches the ground surface, groundwater seeping into the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) flows out of the ground surface through the water drainage pipe ( 2 ).

5. A working method using the soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device of claim 1 , which includes the following steps:
step S 1 , drill a deep hole with a depth of at least 13 m in the soft soil foundation ( 6 ), place an air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) with air compression pipe ( 1 ) at a bottom of the deep hole; fill the soil into the deep hole until a height of the soil reaches at least 5 m or above, then place the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) with water drainage pipe ( 2 ) on the filled soil, and fill the soil into the deep hole again until they are flush with the ground surface of the soft soil foundation ( 6 );
step S 2 , an inflation pump ( 5 ) is used to compress air into the air compression pipe ( 1 ) such that the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) forms a high air pressure and maintains the high air pressure in the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) greater than a pore water pressure of surrounding soil body and less than a self-weight pressure of the soil body, and the air in the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) is squeezed and diffused toward surrounding soil bodies to drive groundwater in the soil bodies to flow along a maximum pressure gradient direction;
step S 3 , during an inflation process of the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ), the high air pressure in the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) rises; when a pressure head in the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) reaches the ground surface, groundwater seeping into the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) flows out of the ground surface through the water drainage pipe ( 2 ).

6. A working method using the soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device of claim 1 , which includes the following steps:
step S 1 , drill a deep hole with a depth of at least 13 m in the soft soil foundation ( 6 ), place an air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) with air compression pipe ( 1 ) at a bottom of the deep hole; fill the soil into the deep hole until a height of the soil reaches at least 5 m or above, then place the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) with water drainage pipe ( 2 ) on the filled soil, and fill the soil into the deep hole again until they are flush with the ground surface of the soft soil foundation ( 6 );
step S 2 , an inflation pump ( 5 ) is used to compress air into the air compression pipe ( 1 ) such that the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) forms a high air pressure and maintains the high air pressure in the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) greater than a pore water pressure of surrounding soil body and less than a self-weight pressure of the soil body, and the air in the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) is squeezed and diffused toward surrounding soil bodies to drive groundwater in the soil bodies to flow along a maximum pressure gradient direction;
step S 3 , during an inflation process of the air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ), the high air pressure in the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) rises; when a pressure head in the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) reaches the ground surface, groundwater seeping into the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) flows out of the ground surface through the water drainage pipe ( 2 ).

7. A working method using the soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device of claim 2 , which includes the following steps:
step S 1 , drill a deep hole with a depth of at least 13 m in the soft soil foundation ( 6 ), place an air diffusion cavity body ( 4 ) with air compression pipe ( 1 ) at a bottom of the deep hole; fill soil into the deep hole until a height of the soil reaches at least 5 m or above, then place the water drainage cavity body ( 3 ) with the water drainage pipe ( 2 ) on the filled soil, and fill the soil into the deep hole again until they are flush with the ground surface of the soft soil foundation ( 6 );
step S 2 , an inflation pump ( 5 ) is used to compress air into the air compression pipe ( 1 ) such that the air

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang
• Ningbo China Communications Water Transp Design And Research Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Jun
• Sun Hongyue
• Shen Qingsong
• Chen Qi
• Hong Guangpeng
• Shu Junwei
• Zheng Juan
• Chang Jilei
• Fu Chao

Classifications

• E02D3/10 Primary

  by watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting, e.g. by installing sand or wick drains (E02D3/11 takes precedence; soil-penetrating vibrators with auxiliary watering E02D3/054; drainage of soil in general E02B11/00) · CPC title