Floating wind turbine with a floating foundation, and method for installation of such a wind turbine
AssigneeAerodyn Engineering GmbH
InventorSonke Siegfriedsen
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Abstract
A floating downwind turbine comprising: a floating foundation; a tower which is rotationally fixed on the floating foundation; an energy conversion unit which is mounted on the tower, comprises a rotor and is rotationally fixedly connected to the tower; and at least one tensioning element which connects the tower or the energy conversion unit to the foundation in the upwind direction, the foundation having three legs, one leg of which is longer than the other two legs, the legs being interconnected in a Y shape and the tower, being arranged on the foundation in the connecting region of the legs, and the longest leg extending in the upwind direction and being connected to the tower or to the energy conversion unit by the tensioning element.
Claims26
A floating downwind turbine comprising:
- a floating foundation;
- a tower which is rotationally fixed on the floating foundation;
- an energy conversion unit which is mounted on the tower, comprises a rotor and is rotationally fixedly connected to the tower;
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- at least one tensioning element which connects the tower or the energy conversion unit to the foundation in the upwind direction,
- the foundation having three legs, one leg of which is longer than the other two legs,
- the legs being interconnected in a Y shape and the tower, being arranged on the foundation in the connecting region of the legs, and
- the longest leg extending in the upwind direction and being connected to the tower or to the energy conversion unit by means of the tensioning element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.