Resumen de: AU2024234263A1
A tendon (224) for a tension leg platform (202), TLP, is provided. The TLP comprises a foundation (206), connectable to a bottom (208) of a body of water, and a buoyant hull (216). The tendon has a length, a proximal end (223), and a distal end (225). The tendon comprises a proximal end fitting at the proximal end and a distal end fitting at the distal end. The tendon is connectable with the proximal end fitting to the hull and with the distal end to the foundation to provide a pulling force on the hull. The length of the tendon is at least 300 meters. The tendon comprises basalt fibres for transferring the pulling force from the proximal end fitting to the distal end fitting.
Resumen de: WO2024115474A1
The aim of the invention is to transport energy produced in an environmentally friendly manner by means of an offshore wind turbine to land in a simple and reliable manner. This is achieved by a method (100) for transporting hydrogen from a floating wind turbine (10) to a water vehicle (11), wherein hydrogen is provided in a storage tank (31) of a floating wind turbine (10), and a water vehicle (11) with a transport tank (36) is positioned by the floating wind turbine (10). The hydrogen is transported from the storage tank (31) to the transport tank (36) using a line (35) which is designed to transport the hydrogen.
Resumen de: WO2024115444A1
Process of anchoring a floating platform on a rocky seabed, comprising: - providing a trench portion (20) in the seabed, - installing an anchor structure (22) in the trench portion, comprising a steel reinforcement cage (34) extending in a longitudinal direction (L), and a chain supporting system (36) fixed to the reinforcement cage and including at least one plate (38), - connecting a mooring chain (26) to the chain supporting system, - injecting grout (24) in the trench portion, the reinforcement cage and the chain supporting system being at least partly surrounded by the injected grout, - after curing of the injected grout, connecting the mooring chain to the platform. Corresponding anchoring system.
Resumen de: EP4628398A2
A floating offshore structure of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of columns; and a plurality of pontoons installed at lower ends of the columns, respectively, wherein a polygonal shape is formed by an imaginary line connecting the columns, the pontoons are installed inside the polygonal shape, a cross-sectional area in a direction parallel to sea level of the pontoons is greater than or equal to the cross-sectional area in the direction parallel to the sea level of the columns, and the pontoons may have a shape protruding outward at the lower ends of the columns.
Resumen de: US2025305483A1
An offshore wind farm includes at least three floating structures designed to receive a wind turbine, with each floating structure having at least three mooring lines, and each mooring line is attached to a mooring point arranged around a floating structure. The mooring lines facing inward from the offshore wind farm form the inner mooring lines of the offshore wind farm, and the mooring lines facing outward from the offshore wind farm form the peripheral mooring lines of the offshore wind farm. A peripheral mooring line includes a first segment able to be attached to the floating structures, and at least one intermediate segment formed of an elastomeric material attached to the first segment and the second segment.
Resumen de: US2025304222A1
Disclosed are dense fluids for use in offshore applications, such as wind turbine platforms, oil and gas platforms, gravity anchors, catenary weights as well as other gravity-based structures. The dense fluid can be mixed with low-density fluid and high-density solid particles to form an intermediate dense fluid. The intermediate dense fluid is mixed with intermediate-density solid particles having the same density as the intermediate dense fluid to form a dense fluid with the desired target density. The dense fluid can be produced cost-effectively by selecting intermediate-density particles which are plentiful and can be obtained cheaply.
Resumen de: US2025304223A1
A floating marine platform and a method for manufacturing a floating marine platform by means of templates are provided. The floating marine platform comprises a central column, multiple peripheral columns circumferentially around the central column, and radially extending outriggers from the central column that connect the peripheral columns with the central column. The templates comprise an inner outrigger template, an outer outrigger template, a central column template and a peripheral column template. On a first location under a first temperature a first pair with the inner outrigger template and the central column template is formed, and on a second location under a second temperature a second pair with the outer outrigger template and the peripheral column template is formed. Subsequently the central column, the peripheral columns and the outriggers are formed by means of the templates, under different temperatures.
Resumen de: WO2025206546A1
A device for reducing the tensile load of an offshore floating body is provided. According to embodiments of the present invention, a tensile load caused by a mooring chain can be more efficiently reduced by using a pneumatic cylinder. In particular, through-holes are formed in the upper and lower portions of the pneumatic cylinder, and when a tensile load is applied by the mooring chain, air suction and air discharge can be alternately performed in each through-hole, thereby efficiently reducing the tensile load applied by the mooring chain.
Resumen de: WO2025200096A1
A separable wind turbine mounting system, comprising a separable platform (100), a mother vessel (200) and guide devices (300), wherein the separable platform is of a liftable structure, can ascend and descend relative to the mother vessel, and can fit with the guide devices and is guided thereby so as to combine with the mother vessel and detach from the mother vessel. On the basis of the overall layout of a conventional wind turbine mounting vessel, no big changes need to be made, and a large crane, a lifting mechanism, a deck surface, etc. related to wind turbine mounting form an independent unit, namely, the separable platform. The vessel on which the separable platform depends is the mother vessel, and the separable platform after being combined with the mother vessel is similar to the conventional wind turbine mounting vessel; and when the mother vessel arrives at a wind turbine mounting station for operation, the separable platform can ascend and descend independently, such that the technical defects of the conventional wind turbine mounting vessel can be overcome.
Resumen de: US2025305480A1
A launching and landing guide device is arranged in a floating side unit having a winch and a sail for unwinding and winding the tether. The launching and landing guide device includes a position setting unit that sets a position at which the tether is unwound or unwound, and a launching and landing guide unit that is capable of fixing the kite when the tether is wound and guides the kite and the tether when the tether is unwound or unwound.
Resumen de: EP4624317A2
A floating offshore structure of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of columns; and a plurality of pontoons installed at lower ends of the columns, respectively, wherein a polygonal shape is formed by an imaginary line connecting the columns, the pontoons are installed inside the polygonal shape, a cross-sectional area in a direction parallel to sea level of the pontoons is greater than or equal to the cross-sectional area in the direction parallel to the sea level of the columns, and the pontoons may have a shape protruding outward at the lower ends of the columns.
Resumen de: AU2024237151A1
The present invention relates to a floating concrete structure for offshore wind applications, comprising a semi-submersible platform which in turn comprises: - an inner column (1), - a plurality of outer columns (2) distributed around the inner column (1) equidistant thereto (1), wherein the inner column (1) or one of the outer columns (2) supports a wind turbine tower, - a plurality of beams (4) connecting each outer column (2) with the inner column (1). The floating structure further comprises a pontoon (3), the inner column (1) and the plurality of outer columns (2) being supported on the pontoon (3) and the plurality of beams (4) comprises first beams (4.1) which extend parallel to the pontoon (3) between the upper end of the inner column (1) to a point of attachment with the outer columns (2).
Resumen de: WO2025195174A1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electronic devices. Provided is a multi-unit control method for an offshore floating platform. The method comprises: determining, when the number of faulty fans of the offshore floating platform is smaller than a threshold value, a fan group to which the faulty fans belong as a target fan group; determining a rotation direction of the faulty fans in the target fan group; and adjusting a rotation speed of normal fans in the target fan group on the basis of the rotation direction. By implementing the method in the present disclosure, when faulty fans exist in the offshore floating platform, the rotation speed of the normal fans in the target fan group can be accurately adjusted on the basis of the rotation direction of the faulty fans, thereby effectively reducing the influence of the faulty fans on the system, and improving the robustness, stability and safety of the system.
Resumen de: AU2023383069A1
Methods and systems are provided for nautical stationkeeping of free-floating objects. In one example, a method includes adjusting translational motion of a body freely floating in water by rotating the body. The translational motion may be adjusted, for instance, to maintain the body within a geographic area. In certain examples, the adjustment of the translational motion may be realized via a Magnus effect induced by rotating the body. The body may be configured as, for example, a free-floating object such as a wave engine.
Resumen de: US2025290596A1
Provided are a base member 11 to which one end of a spring 13 is connected, and a shaft 12 to which the other end of the spring 13 is connected, and which is configured to move relative to the base member in a direction of a central axis of the shaft when the shaft comes into contact with a target object, wherein the spring 13 is arranged such that a center axis of the spring 13 is at an angle to the center axis of the shaft.
Resumen de: US2025289537A1
An offshore floating platform device, a construction method, and an operation method are provided. The device includes a pontoon carrier component. The pontoon carrier component includes a pontoon provided with a counterweight body at a bottom and a central cylinder at a top. The pontoon is provided with an anchor chain assembly on its outer cylindrical surface for keeping the elevation of the pontoon carrier component in the sea. A platform is arranged around an edge of a top surface of the central cylinder. Multiple tower bases are provided on a top surface of the central cylinder for installing a tower of the wind turbine. A buoyancy support component is provided on an outer cylindrical surface of the central cylinder, and the buoyancy support component ascends and descends as it rolls along the outer cylindrical surface of the central cylinder in response to changes in water level.
Resumen de: US2025289742A1
Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for water aeration and/or circulation, including, but not limited to, floating, onboard renewable energy-powered aeration for aquaculture ponds and/or other man-made and/or natural bodies of water (e.g., tanks, farm ponds, and reservoirs). In at least one embodiment, an aeration system has one or more photovoltaic (PV) panels to provide power to the aeration system. In at least one embodiment, the aeration system captures wind energy as an optional secondary power source. The aeration system may be either a battery-power or a direct-power system. The aeration system may also provide programmable settings. The system can be modular and scaled and/or customized to fit user needs. The aeration system may also include one or more float modules having an internal cavity, one or more pontoons and/or pontoon accessories for blocking and/or directing air and/or water flow, and/or one or more novel diffusers.
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: WO2025185618A1
A method for controlling the shaking amplitude of a floating body, the method comprising: when it is predicted that a typhoon is going to arrive within a first time period, determining typhoon information of the typhoon, wherein the typhoon information comprises: the wind intensity of the typhoon and the wind direction of the typhoon; on the basis of the typhoon information, determining an operating mode of a target system, wherein the target system is used for controlling the shaking amplitude of a floating body, the floating body is used for bearing a wind turbine generator set, and the shaking amplitude is used for describing the stability of the floating body; and on the basis of the operating mode, regulating the water level difference of a plurality of floating stand columns of the floating body, so as to control the shaking amplitude of the floating body within the first time period by means of the water level difference. Also included are an apparatus for controlling the shaking amplitude of a floating body, and a storage medium, an electronic apparatus, a computer program product and a computer program.
Resumen de: WO2025188817A1
Systems for mooring a floating structure to a seabed and processes for using same. The system can include a mooring leg, a first weight and a second weight configured to be connected to the mooring leg toward a first end and a second end thereof, respectively, and a first buoy configured to be connected to the mooring leg between the first and second weights. The first end of the mooring leg can be configured to be connected to an anchor disposed on the seabed. The second end of the mooring leg can be configured to be connected to the structure. The mooring leg can include a chain, a wire rope, a rope formed from a polymer, or a combination thereof. The first and second weights and the first buoy can be configured to be located at an elevation above the seabed and below the surface of the body of water.
Resumen de: WO2025188350A1
A wind turbine platform, including a buoyancy tube disposed radially around a tower and/or stem for a floating wind turbine or around the tower and/or monopile for a fixed-bottom wind turbine, a plurality of buoyancy cables/spokes extending from the buoyancy tube to the stem and arranged to carry in tension an upward buoyancy force of the buoyancy tube, and a plurality of thrust cables/spokes extending from the buoyancy tube to the stem and/or tower and arranged along with the buoyancy cables to carry in tension a generally horizontal force imparted by at least one of rotor thrust, torque, wind, and wave forces.
Resumen de: US2025283451A1
A floating gear set includes a self-aligning shaft assembly and two gears. Two axial ends of the self-aligning shaft assembly are respectively inserted into the two gears, and the self-aligning shaft assembly includes a shaft body and a self-aligning member, where the shaft body is connected with the two gears in a position-limited manner in a circumferential direction through the self-aligning member, and the shaft body swings radially relative to the two gears through the self-aligning member. In the above solution, the self-aligning shaft assembly is configured to swing along a radial direction relative to the two gears, and the two gears are configured to be misaligned with each other in the radial direction and be in a connection state in which the two gears float from each other in the radial direction.
Resumen de: US2025282455A1
A righting device for righting a floating unit with a plurality of hulls from a capsize in a liquid includes a valve liquid injection unit capable of selectively performing a ballast function by injection of a liquid for each of the hulls, and a liquid displacement unit capable of selectively performing a float function by displacing the injected liquid for each of the hulls.
Resumen de: US2025283450A1
A vessel for use in installation of a wind turbine on a floating foundation is provided, where both the vessel and the floating foundation are in floating condition and subject to sea-state induced motions. The vessel includes a floating hull; a crane including a hoisting system to suspend the wind turbine; a mast alignment system provided to engage on the wind turbine mast of the suspended wind turbine, and bring and maintain the wind turbine mast in alignment with the mounting axis of the floating foundation in order to compensate for sea-state induced motions; and a restraining system arranged to restrain the floating foundation only in a horizontal plane relative to the floating hull of the vessel and to allow for both sea-state induced heave motion and sea-state induced tilt motions in one or more vertical planes of the mast mounting structure relative to the hull of the vessel.
Nº publicación: EP4612413A1 10/09/2025
Solicitante:
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY AS [DK]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
Resumen de: TW202432950A
The invention relates to a system (100) for reducing power output fluctuations of a power output (P1, P1a, P2, P3) generated by at least one floating wind turbine (10, 20) having a rotor (11, 21) and blades (12, 22), comprising: a power output determining device (40) for determining an amplitude of power output fluctuations generated by the at least one floating wind turbine (10, 20) by monitoring the power output (P1, P1a, P2, P3), and a wind turbine controlling device (41) for controlling an operation mode of the at least one floating wind turbine (10, 20) based on the determined amplitude in order to lower the amplitude of the power output fluctuations. The invention further relates to a floating wind turbine (10, 20), a wind park (200), a method for providing electrical energy to an electrical grid by operating the inventive system (100), a computer program product (80) for carrying out the inventive method and a computer-readable storage medium (90) having the computer program product (80) stored thereon.