Repositioning a floating offshore wind turbine

    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

    IPC分类号: F03D13/25 F03D13/40

    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.

    BUOY WITH RADIATED WAVE REFLECTOR
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240247634A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18628673

    申请日:2024-04-05

    IPC分类号: F03B13/16 B63B35/44

    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.

    PORTAL FRAME PLATFORM AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR LARGE OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES

    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

    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.

    Mooring Apparatus
    9.
    发明公开
    Mooring Apparatus 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240059376A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18451645

    申请日:2023-08-17

    IPC分类号: B63B21/20 F03D13/25

    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.