Resumen de: WO2023041730A1
For the installation and/or removal of a wind turbine component on or from an offshore wind turbine that has a tower erected on a floating foundation and in floating condition, e.g. at the site of an offshore windfarm, use is made of a transferrable crane. The transferrable crane comprises a revolving superstructure, a boom mounted or to be mounted to the revolving superstructure, a hoisting winch and associated hoisting cable departing from the boom to lift and/or lower a wind turbine component, e.g. a wind turbine blade.The method comprises - with the floating foundation in floating condition - the steps of:- arranging the transferable crane on the floating foundation,- using the transferable crane arranged on the floating foundation to lift and/or lower a wind turbine component, e.g. a wind turbine blade, e.g. for installing, removing, or replacing a wind turbine component of the offshore wind turbine, e.g. for performing maintenance,- removing the transferable crane from the floating foundation.
Resumen de: WO2024149671A1
The invention relates to a floating platform serving as a floating foundation for installing offshore wind turbines. The invention therefore aims to remove the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a lighter floating platform which has a high righting moment from listing and turning even at high keel depths, and can be used as a floating foundation for wind turbines. Said problem is solved by means of the features specified in the claims.
Resumen de: US2024240607A1
A run-of-the-river hydroelectric generating plant is disclosed, in which river water is diverted downstream, used in the hydroelectric generation process, and sent back to the river. A high-mass, large diameter hydro rotor for hydroelectric power generation is disclosed. A large diameter circular horizontal water flow, the desired water flow regime, is created to float and rotate the high-mass hydro rotor, which is coupled to a turbine shaft. Extremely high torque and angular momentum is provided for conversion into extremely high energy output. The desired water flow regime can be augmented with different configurations of penstocks, intake channels, and discharge channels.
Resumen de: US2024239451A1
A floating structure includes: a floating body including one or more buoyant bodies disposed around a structure; and a plurality of first support wires disposed between the structure and the floating body and configured to transmit the self-weight of the structure to the floating body. Each of the first support wires having: one end connected to the floating body; and another end connected to the structure below the one end.
Resumen de: AU2024204565A1
A floating wind power platform (1) for offshore power production, comprising: a floating unit (2), wherein the floating unit comprises a first, a second and a third interconnected semisubmersible column (3a, 3b, 3c) each being arranged in a respective corner of the floating unit (2), wherein a tension leg device (6) is arranged to the third semisubmersible column (3c), wherein the tension leg device (6) is adapted to be anchored to the seabed (8) by an anchoring device (60), and wherein the third semisubmersible column (3c) provides a buoyancy force adapted to create a tension force in the tension leg device (6), wherein the floating wind power platform (1) is further adapted to weather vane in relation to the wind direction. (Fig. 1) 20845377_1 (GHMatters) P113925.AU.1
Resumen de: PL443449A1
Pływająca siłownia wiatrowa charakteryzuje się tym, że wyposażona jest w wieżę (5), zawierającą podporę (13), wirnik turbiny (7) oraz zespół prądotwórczy (6), które to są posadowione na jednostce pływającej (1) zakotwiczonej za pomocą cięgna kotwiczącego (2), odchylane o kąt β w zakresie od 0° do 90° względem przegubu sworzniowego (4) przez siłownik hydrauliczny (11) dwustronnego działania.
Resumen de: WO2024146965A1
A floatable renewable energy platform is provided and comprises a superstructure including one or more generally horizontal, above-wave structural support members. The superstructure is supported by a plurality of floats interconnected by the structural members, and the platform is configured to provide an air gap between still water surface and the structural members in the range 10m to 30m.
Resumen de: DE102023100270A1
Die Erfindung betrifft eine schwimmende Plattform als schwimmendes Fundament zur Installation von Offshore-Windturbinen.Es ist daher Aufgabe der Erfindung die Nachteile des Standes der Technik zu beseitigen und eine leichtere schwimmende Plattform bereitzustellen, welche auch bei hohen Kieltiefen ein hohes Neigungs- und Dreh-Rückstellmoment aufweist, und als schwimmendes Fundament für Windturbinen genutzt werden kann.Die Lösung dieser Aufgabe erfolgt durch die in den Ansprüchen aufgeführten Merkmale.
Resumen de: WO2024146699A1
Method for installing at least parts of a wind turbine on a floating foundation comprising the steps of positioning the floating foundation at an anchoring system, b) attaching a mooring system to the positioned floating foundation, c) moving the floating foundation vertically in relation to water level, wherein the amount of movement is such that the foundation is still floating at least partially within water, installing at least parts of the wind turbine on the vertically moved foundation, detaching the mooring system from the floating foundation.
Resumen de: US2024229770A1
Wind turbine comprising a rotor, comprising at least a first blade, and a supporting structure for supporting said rotor up in the air; wherein said first blade is arranged to rotate in a rotor plane around a rotor axis of the rotor and wherein said first blade is rotatable by a blade pitch driving mechanism around a blade pitch axis that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the blade, wherein said rotor axis is movable in at least one of a rotational tilt direction, a rotational yaw direction and a fore-aft translational direction and wherein the wind turbine further comprises a controller for controlling the wind turbine by varying an induction factor of the first blade over time while the rotor rotates around its rotor axis, wherein the controller is further arranged for varying said induction factor of the first blade by controlling the blade pitch driving mechanism for applying an oscillatory blade pitch rotation to the first blade, and by inducing an oscillatory motion of the rotor axis in the at least one of the rotational tilt direction, the rotational yaw direction and the fore-aft translational direction.
Resumen de: AU2022410368A1
The present invention relates to a method for installation of a transition piece on a monopile foundation of an offshore wind turbine along a common axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the transition piece and the monopile foundation, the installation being done from a floating installation vessel, where the method comprises the following steps of arranging a plurality of buffer elements around an inner circumference of the transition piece and/or the monopile structure, lifting and lowering the transition piece onto the monopile structure by use of a crane, landing the transition piece onto the monopile structure through the plurality of buffer elements, using a number of hydraulic cylinder jacks for circumferential alignment of bolt holes provided in the transition piece and monopile, using alignment tools for alignment of the flanges provided on each of the transition piece and the monopile, installation of flange guide pins and lower bolts, lifting up transition piece and removing the plurality of buffer elements, lower the transition piece onto the monopile, and tensioning the bolts to fixate the transition piece to monopile.
Resumen de: AU2022433835A1
The invention concerns a hull structure (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 51) for a semi-submersible wind power turbine platform (100), wherein the hull structure (10) comprises: first, second and third buoyant stabilizing columns (1, 2, 3) extending in a substantially vertical direction; first, second and third elongated submersible pontoon structures (11, 12, 13) extending in a substantially horizontal direction; wherein the hull structure (10) has a general shape of a triangle in the horizontal plane with the first, second and third pontoon structures (11, 12, 13) forming sides of the triangle; wherein the pontoon structures (11-13) extend between and connects to the columns (1- 3) at lower parts thereof (1c, 2c, 3c); and wherein the third pontoon structure (13) is arranged so that an upper side (13a) of the third pontoon structure is located at a lower level in the horizontal direction than an upper side (11a, 12a) of each of the first and second pontoon structures (11, 12). The invention also concerns a method for loading a set of hull structures of the above type onto a semi-submersible cargo carrying marine vessel, and to a marine vessel carrying a set of hull structures of the above type.
Resumen de: AU2022340950A1
The present invention relates to an anchoring system (1) comprising an anchor pile (2) configured to be embedded in a borehole (30) drilled in the seabed. The anchor pile (2) comprises an elongate main body (3) having a longitudinal axis (L) and comprising an upper end (4) and a lower end (5). The cross section of the elongate main body (3) increases along a portion of the longitudinal axis (L) in the direction from the upper end (4) to the lower end (5) defining at least one bearing surface (7a, 7b) such that in use an annular gap (32) for receiving locking media is defined between the at least one bearing surface (7a, 7b) and the adjacent portions of the borehole (30). The anchor pile (2) is locked in position within the borehole (30) on receipt of locking media within the annular gap (32) and abutment of the loose material with the bearing surface (7a, 7b).
Resumen de: WO2023030881A1
A method (1000) of controlling wake (520) in a floating wind park (100) is provided. The wind park comprises a plurality of floating wind turbines that can change position and/or orientation during operation. The plurality of floating wind turbines comprise an upstream wind turbine (110) and a downstream wind turbine (120), wherein the downstream wind turbine is positioned downstream of the upstream wind turbine such that a wake of the upstream turbine has an influence on the downstream wind turbine. The method comprises monitoring (S1) a wind condition at at least one of the plurality of floating wind turbines to generate at least a first monitored wind condition, monitoring (S2) one or more parameters indicative of a position and/or orientation of at least one of the plurality of floating wind turbines to generate at least a first monitored floating motion state and generating (S3) a control parameter based on a parameter set comprising at least the first monitored wind condition and the first monitored floating motion state. The control parameter is derived from said parameter set, wherein said deriving considers an influence of floating motion parameters of an upstream wind turbine on the wake of the upstream wind turbine and considers an effect of the wake of the upstream wind turbine on a downstream wind turbine. The control parameter is derived so as to reduce the wake influence on the downstream wind turbine. The method further comprises controlling (S5), based on the
Resumen de: US2024217628A1
Problem To efficiently transport an energy source such as electricity from a power generation facility to a reception facility without using a power transmission cable.Solution An energy transportation system 100 comprises: a transportation ship 10 provided with a holding means for an energy source; a power generation facility 20 that supplies the energy source to the holding means of the transportation ship 10; and a reception facility 30 that receives the energy source supplied from the holding means of the transportation ship 10. Examples of the energy source held in the holding means of the transportation ship 10 include electricity and hydrogen.
Resumen de: US2024217830A1
A method and system for the offshore production of fuel includes an offshore marine platform on which is mounted an ammonia production unit. The ammonia production unit may produce ammonia utilizing raw materials sourced adjacent the marine platform, including seawater and electricity from offshore wind turbines. The produced ammonia may be subsequently liquified and transported away from the marine platform, or conveyed to a remote location via a seabed pipeline. A portion of the hydrogen produced as part of the ammonia production process may be utilized to operate onboard combustion turbines that can in turn drive electric generators onboard the marine platform to produce electricity.
Resumen de: WO2024141287A1
The present invention relates to a mooring system (5) for a floating structure (3), preferably a floating wind turbine platform, wherein the mooring system (5) comprises at least one mooring line (51) made of a synthetic material and without any chain section.
Resumen de: US2024217629A1
An offshore submergible platform system and methods of manufacturing and installing same is disclosed. The system comprises a platform comprising concrete and a buoyant foam suitable to provide the required buoyancy to allow the platform to float, a template slab for placing on the ocean floor and positioning the system components in the proper location, a plurality of anchored tension legs which are preferably grouted into the ocean floor at installation, a stub tower preferably cast on top of the platform, and a plurality of cable braces preferably forming an X between the platform and the bottom of the anchor legs. Preferred embodiments can include additional lateral anchor ties and a work platform to be positioned atop the stub tower.
Resumen de: AU2022429972A1
An offshore electricity production assembly (10) comprising a floating platform (12), a wind turbine (16) fixed to the floating platform, and inclined mooring tendons (18A, 18B, 18C), the floating platform comprising: - a tubular central buoyant column (26) extending along a longitudinal axis intended to be vertical, the column having an immersed portion (30) defining a first average external diameter (D1), and - a plurality of tubular radial buoyant pontoons (28A; 28B, 28C) protruding from the column along radial axes (R1, R2, R3) spaced around the longitudinal axis, each of the pontoons defining a second average external diameter (D2), the pontoons being immersed in a body of water (14). The first average external diameter is larger than the second average external diameter.
Resumen de: WO2024145058A1
A water treatment system includes a barge having a base and a dome. The base and the dome can form a housing when attached to each other. The water treatment system can also include one or more solar panels and one or more wind turbines mounted on an exterior surface of the dome. The water treatment system can include one or more batteries disposed inside the housing. The one or more batteries can be recharged by energy generated by at least one of the one or more solar panels and the one or more wind turbines. The water treatment system can include a gas infusion system disposed inside in the housing, the gas infusion system configured to receive a flow of water from the body of water, to infuse said flow of water with oxygen and to simultaneously remove dissolved nitrogen from said flow of water.
Resumen de: AU2022433412A1
The invention concerns a hull structure (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 51 ) for a semi-submersible wind power turbine platform (100), wherein the hull structure (10) comprises: first, second and third buoyant stabilizing columns (1, 2, 3) extending in a substantially vertical direction; first, second and third elongated submersible pontoon structures (11, 12, 13) extending in a substantially horizontal direction; wherein the hull structure (10) has a general shape of a triangle in the horizontal plane with the first, second and third pontoon structures (11, 12, 13) forming sides of the triangle; wherein the pontoon structures (11-13) extend between and connects to the columns (1-3) at lower parts thereof (1c, 2c, 3c); and wherein the third pontoon structure (13) is arranged so that an upper side (13a) of the third pontoon structure is located at a lower level in the horizontal direction than an upper side (11a,12a) of each of the first and second pontoon structures (11, 12). The invention also concerns a method for loading a set of hull structures of the above type onto a semi-submersible cargo carrying marine vessel, and to a marine vessel carrying a set of hull structures of the above type.
Resumen de: AU2022384769A1
The quick connector coupling an offshore floating structure to a pre-laid mooring system comprises a base structure (6) coupled to an upper body (2) of the offshore floating structure, a mooring interface (13) attached to a lower body (3) of the pre-laid mooring system, and a locking mechanism comprising a grooved surface (16) formed in the mooring interface (13), locking claws (10) movably mounted on the base structure (6), and a fluid-dynamic device associated to the base structure (6) and operatively connected to move the locking claws (10) between a release position in which the locking claws (10) are withdrawn from the grooved surface (16) of the mooring interface (13) and a lock position in which the locking claws (10) are meshed with the grooved surface (16) of the mooring interface (13).
Resumen de: US2024025521A1
Semi-submersible wind turbine platforms capable of floating on a body of water and supporting wind turbines, and a method of manufacturing the semi-submersible wind turbine platforms from advanced cementitious composite material are provided. The method includes determining at a first iteration topological outputs of the wind turbine platform including a plurality of modular sections consisting of an advanced cementitious composite (ACC) material, obtaining a second iteration from the topological outputs, the second iteration including a second model platform and a second model tower of the wind turbine platform, and obtaining addition iterations via simulation to attain a final model platform and a final model tower, the final model platform and the final model tower including a layout of the plurality of modular sections and connections for a platform and a tower of the wind turbine platform.
Resumen de: EP4395091A1
The present application provides a dynamic cable protection system and a wind power system, where the dynamic cable protection system includes: a dynamic cable, a plurality of first buoyancy devices, a plurality of second buoyancy devices, and a plurality of first connecting devices, where the dynamic cable is located in a water environment, and the dynamic cable is configured to transmit a signal or electrical energy between a water-surface device and an underwater device, the plurality of first buoyancy devices are spaced apart on the dynamic cable, the second buoyancy devices float on a water surface; he second buoyancy devices are connected to the dynamic cable through the first connecting devices, and positions where the first connecting devices are connected to the dynamic cable are located between two adjacent first buoyancy devices; the second buoyancy devices are configured to define lowest positions of trough segments of the dynamic cable, and the trough segments are connected between two adjacent crest segments. The present application is used to avoid the dynamic cable being depressed to come into contact with a seabed surface, which affects the use and lifespan of the dynamic cable.
Nº publicación: EP4393808A1 03/07/2024
Solicitante:
TOTALENERGIES ONETECH [FR]
TotalEnergies OneTech
Resumen de: EP4393808A1
The present invention relates to a mooring system (5) for a floating structure (3), preferably a floating wind turbine platform, wherein the mooring system (5) comprises at least one mooring line (51) made of a synthetic material and without any chain section.