Fish pen system with compensation for wave motion
AssigneeViewpoint Corporation
InventorsKåre Olav Krogenes, Kjartan Gilje
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Abstract
A pen system is for farming aquatic organisms. The pen system has an outer surrounding rigid structure and an internal, closed enclosure. The outer surrounding rigid structure forms an upper portion and a lower portion. The pen system further has: an internal surrounding connecting element, the closed enclosure being attached to the connecting element; and a heave-compensation system having a plurality of fluid-filled cylinders, each fluid-filled cylinder being hingedly attached, in a first end portion, to the connecting element, and being hingedly attached, in a second end portion, to the inside of the rigid structure.
Claims9
A pen system for farming aquatic organisms, the pen system comprising an outer surrounding rigid structure and an internal closed enclosure, the internal closed enclosure comprising a net bag, the outer surrounding rigid structure forming an upper portion and a lower portion, and the outer surrounding rigid structure having buoyancy and having a plurality of anchors configured to anchor the pen system to a seabed, wherein the pen system further comprises:
- an internal surrounding connecting element positioned inside the outer surrounding rigid structure and attached to the upper portion of the internal closed enclosure;
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- a heave-compensation system comprising a plurality of fluid-filled cylinders, each of the fluid-filled cylinders being hingedly attached, in a first end portion, to the internal surrounding connecting element, and being hingedly attached, in a second end portion, to an inside of the outer surrounding rigid structure.
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