Invention Application
- Patent Title: TUNED MASS DAMPER FOR FLOATING STRUCTURES
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Application No.: US17290518Application Date: 2019-11-04
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Publication No.: US20210387702A1Publication Date: 2021-12-16
- Inventor: Christopher K. Allen , Anthony M. Viselli , Andrew J. Goupee , Habib J. Dagher , Robert E. Berry , Jeffrey L. Lindner , Fredrick S. Gant , John S. Towsend , Rebecca L. Williams
- Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
- Applicant Address: US ME Orono
- Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
- Current Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
- Current Assignee Address: US ME Orono
- International Application: PCT/US2019/059628 WO 20191104
- Main IPC: B63B39/02
- IPC: B63B39/02 ; B63B35/44 ; B63B79/15 ; F03D13/25
Abstract:
A tuned mass damper (TMD) system in combination with a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) platform includes a barge type FOWT platform having a hull configured to have a wind turbine tower mounted thereon. A TMD system is mounted in the hull and has a first TMD configured to operate at a first frequency, and a second TMD configured to operate at a second frequency different than the first frequency.
Public/Granted literature
- US11932360B2 Tuned mass damper for floating structures Public/Granted day:2024-03-19
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