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公开(公告)号:US12104573B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
申请号:US18032625
申请日:2021-10-14
发明人: Marco Masciola
CPC分类号: F03D13/40 , F03D13/256 , F05B2240/93 , F05B2240/95 , F05B2260/02 , F05B2260/84
摘要: A method of repositioning a floating offshore wind turbine located at a current offshore position and having rotor blades rotating in a rotor blade plane includes: measuring a first value of a variability of a load related to a first location at the wind turbine; measuring a second value of a variability of a load related to a second location at the wind turbine; comparing the first value with the second value; and moving the wind turbine along a direction depending on the comparison and in particular further depending on the first location relative to the second location.
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公开(公告)号:US20240301870A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-12
申请号:US18562414
申请日:2022-06-02
发明人: François BOUNHOURE
CPC分类号: F03D13/25 , E02B17/027 , E02B2017/0043 , E02B2017/0091 , F05B2230/60 , F05B2240/95
摘要: An assembly for producing offshore electricity having
a wind turbine,
a monopile extending along a vertical direction and fully supporting the wind turbine, the monopile penetrating in a seabed, and
a subsea jacket comprising:
a structure anchored in the seabed and surrounding the monopile around the vertical direction, and
a central guide fixed on the structure and surrounding the monopile around the vertical direction while being vertically free with respect to the monopile, the structure being adapted for resisting horizontal loads applied by the monopile on the central guide due to bending movements of the monopile.-
公开(公告)号:US12084151B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US18489470
申请日:2023-10-18
申请人: Vincent Loccisano
发明人: Vincent Loccisano
CPC分类号: B63B17/0081 , B63B21/50 , B63B35/44 , F03D13/256 , B63B2035/446 , F05B2240/93 , F05B2240/95 , F05B2260/964
摘要: An apparatus for yawing a turbine into the wind while reducing time-averaged loads has weight-balanced, aerodynamic fairings that cover structural elements of an offshore wind turbine. The aerodynamic fairings provide a rudder effect while a weight-balancing apparatus counters aeroelastic instability and buffers the effects of side gusts.
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公开(公告)号:US20240247634A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-25
申请号:US18628673
申请日:2024-04-05
CPC分类号: F03B13/16 , B63B35/44 , B63B2035/4466 , F05B2240/93 , F05B2240/95
摘要: Disclosed is buoyant wave energy capture device, adapted to float adjacent to an upper surface of a body of water over which waves pass, and adapted to capture a portion of the radiated waves created by its own rising and falling in response to incident and/or passing environmental waves. A power take off mechanism combined with the disclosed wave energy capture device may be tuned to a specific wave frequency, and thereby optimally extract energy from a motion of a single frequency, even the wave energy capture device may be excited and/or energized by waves of any of a relatively broad range of frequencies, thereby increasing the power-generation and cost efficiencies of such devices relative to wave energy conversion devices of the prior art.
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公开(公告)号:US12018644B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-25
申请号:US17252207
申请日:2019-06-18
发明人: Erik Fredericus Maria Van Hintum , Thijs Johannes Sebastianus Vervoort , Joris Van Drunen , Jacob-Jan Lagerwerf , Rik Wessel Van Mierlo , Pieter Stammeijer , Johan Pieter Schot
CPC分类号: F03D13/10 , B66C1/108 , F03D13/25 , B63B35/003 , B66C23/185 , E02B2017/0091 , E02B17/021 , F05B2230/6102 , F05B2240/95
摘要: The present invention relates to a method for installing an offshore wind turbine at a target location at sea with an installation vessel, the vessel comprising: —a nacelle support structure for temporarily supporting a nacelle comprising a hub having a plurality of root end connectors to which the root ends of the blades are to be connected, the nacelle support structure comprising: ○a support tower extending upwardly from a deck of the installation vessel, ○a support platform configured to temporarily support the nacelle, —one or more lifting devices configured for: ○lifting the nacelle onto the support platform, ○lifting a nacelle assembly including the blades onto a wind turbine mast located adjacent the vessel, wherein the method comprises: a) lifting the nacelle onto the support platform, and securing the nacelle to the support platform, b) orienting a root end connector of the hub of the nacelle in a direction facing a guide path of the blade moving system, c) connecting the root end of the first blade to the corresponding first root end connector of the hub, d) repeating steps b) and c) for subsequent blades and root end connectors until all blades are connected to the hub of the nacelle, thereby providing a RNA, e) lifting the RNA from the nacelle support structure and positioning the RNA onto a wind turbine mast located adjacent the vessel.
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公开(公告)号:US12006648B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US17423972
申请日:2020-01-21
CPC分类号: E02D27/52 , E02B17/025 , E02D27/425 , F03D13/25 , E02B2017/0091 , E02D2250/0007 , E02D2250/0023 , E02D2300/002 , F05B2240/912 , F05B2240/95
摘要: A gravity based foundation for an offshore installation includes a caisson of concrete and a hollow shaft. The caisson has a bottom slab, a roof and a side wall extending between the bottom slab and the roof. The roof having a passage for the shaft into the caisson. The shaft support has embedded tensioning bars vertically projecting from the upper side of the shaft support. The shaft is mounted on the shaft support by the tensioning bars. A method of manufacturing includes providing a concrete bottom slab, arranging a full-length formwork onto the bottom slab, arranging a slip formwork onto the bottom slab, providing the tensioning bars and mounting the tensioning bars in a fixed position to the full-length formwork, and concrete pouring of the sidewall and shaft support while raising the slip formwork.
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公开(公告)号:US20240084537A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-14
申请号:US17941775
申请日:2022-09-09
申请人: Jin Wang
发明人: Jin Wang
CPC分类号: E02B17/027 , E02D27/425 , E02D27/525 , F03D13/25 , E02B2017/0047 , F05B2240/95
摘要: A portal frame platform comprises at least three elongate tubular legs extending vertically downward from a top above the waterline to the seabed without horizontal or diagonal bracing members in-between, and a horizontal deck with at least three circular sleeves concentrically coupled to the top of the legs supporting a wind turbine in an in-service configuration. The portal frame platform supporting the wind turbine has an installation configuration with two barges connected to opposite sides of the deck, and the legs extending vertically upward from a bottom above the waterline through the circular sleeves. A construction method includes twelve-steps for quayside assembling, sea-towing and self-installing the portal frame platform with the wind turbine and foundation piles wherein the portable frame platform is converted from the installation configuration to the in-service configuration by lowering the legs through the circular sleeves using wire and winch systems on the two barges.
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公开(公告)号:US11913187B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17214510
申请日:2021-03-26
发明人: Jason Rust Cotrell
CPC分类号: E02D27/425 , E02D27/02 , E02D27/04 , E02D27/52 , F03D13/22 , F03D13/25 , E02D2200/1621 , E02D2250/0061 , F05B2230/21 , F05B2230/31 , F05B2240/95
摘要: In a general aspect, a method is presented for manufacturing support structures for offshore wind turbines. In some implementations, the method includes constructing a plurality of modular sections that assemble to define the support structure. One or more of the plurality of modular sections are configured to anchor to an underwater floor. At least one of the plurality of modular sections is constructed by operations that include forming a wall along a perimeter to bound a volume, filling the volume with a castable material, and hardening the castable material. In some instances, forming the wall includes depositing layers of printable material successively on top of each other. The method also includes joining the plurality of modular sections to assemble the support structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20240059376A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US18451645
申请日:2023-08-17
CPC分类号: B63B21/20 , F03D13/256 , B63B2021/203 , B63B2021/206 , F05B2240/95 , F05B2240/93
摘要: A mooring line that provides substantially constant force, also referred to a mooring line that is always soft, allows the orbital motion of a moored turbine structure under varying wave conditions and is suitable for storm conditions when the turbine is not operating. A mooring line with substantially constant force does not create surge acceleration from heave acceleration and does not cause the turbine structure to be pulled through the water relative to orbital velocity.
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公开(公告)号:US20240044313A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-08
申请号:US18266139
申请日:2021-11-12
CPC分类号: F03D13/126 , F03D13/256 , F03D13/2005 , F03D13/112 , F05B2240/95 , F05B2240/93 , F05B2230/6102
摘要: A method for assembling a floating offshore wind farm, including: arranging at least N floating structures on a body of water; providing mast sections for assembling at least N masts; providing turbines and blades for at least N wind turbines; selecting at least one floating structure referred to as the mounting floating structure, the other floating structures being receiving floating structures; fastening a lifting device to the mounting floating structure; moving the mounting floating structure up to a receiving floating structure, and using the lifting device to lift and mount at least one constituent element of a wind turbine on the receiving floating structure; repeating the preceding step for the other receiving floating structures.
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