Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of construction, assembly, and launch of a floating wind turbine platform
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Application No.: US15550390Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US10215161B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Anthony M. Viselli , Habib J. Dagher
- Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
- Applicant Address: US ME Bangor
- Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
- Current Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
- Current Assignee Address: US ME Bangor
- Agency: MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2016/019284 WO 20160224
- International Announcement: WO2016/138088 WO 20160901
- Main IPC: F03D9/00
- IPC: F03D9/00 ; H02P9/04 ; F03D13/25 ; B63B1/10 ; B63B5/20 ; B63B21/50 ; B63B35/44 ; B63B35/00 ; F03D13/40 ; F03D13/10 ; B63B39/03 ; B63B1/12

Abstract:
A method of constructing and assembling a floating wind turbine platform includes constructing pre-stressed concrete sections of a floating wind turbine platform base, assembling the floating wind turbine platform base sections to form the base at a first location in a floating wind turbine platform assembly area, and moving the base to a second location in the floating wind turbine platform assembly area. Pre-stressed concrete sections of floating wind turbine platform columns are constructed, and the column sections are assembled to form a center column and a plurality of outer columns on the base to define a hull at the second location in the floating wind turbine platform assembly area. The hull is then moved to a third location in the floating wind turbine platform assembly area. Secondary structures are mounted on and within the hull, and the hull is moved to a fourth location in the floating wind turbine platform assembly area. A wind turbine tower is constructed on the center column, and a wind turbine is mounted on the wind turbine tower, thus defining the floating wind turbine platform. The floating wind turbine platform is then moved to a launch platform in a fifth location and launched into a body of water.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180030963A1 METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION, ASSEMBLY, AND LAUNCH OF A FLOATING WIND TURBINE PLATFORM Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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