Invention Grant
US08651038B2 System and method for multi-sectional truss spar hull for offshore floating structure
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用于海上浮动结构的多截面桁架船体的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for multi-sectional truss spar hull for offshore floating structure
- Patent Title (中): 用于海上浮动结构的多截面桁架船体的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13015949Application Date: 2011-01-28
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Publication No.: US08651038B2Publication Date: 2014-02-18
- Inventor: Michael Y. H. Luo , Zhengquan Zhou , Joseph M. Gebara
- Applicant: Michael Y. H. Luo , Zhengquan Zhou , Joseph M. Gebara
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: Technip France
- Current Assignee: Technip France
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Main IPC: B63B38/00
- IPC: B63B38/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides an improved design for a multi-sectional truss spar hull platform having a truss and a spar hull. One or more sections can be transported to a designated location and off-loaded into water from an available transport vessel. The truss includes a skirt tank at the upper end of truss that can be coupled to the lower end of the hull. The skirt tank can provide buoyancy during float-off and mating operations to the hull. The skirt tank is designed to allow the portion above the water to be coupled to the hull in a first orientation, the truss with the skirt tank rotated with the hull in the water to a second orientation to expose the previously underwater portion, and then the previously underwater portion can be coupled together above the water. The integral skirt tank will be flooded after the spar hull is up-ended.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120195690A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SECTIONAL TRUSS SPAR HULL FOR OFFSHORE FLOATING STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2012-08-02
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