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US 12,448,093 B2Granted
Floating wind turbine platform
AssigneePrinciple Power, Inc.
InventorJorge Campos Antunes Ferrao
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a floating wind turbine platform, comprising: a substantially triangular hull configurable to support a wind turbine tower; the hull comprising a first, second and third column, the first, second and third columns being connected by a first, second and third pontoon member, as well as by a first, second and third connector.
Claims20
A floating wind turbine platform, comprising:
- a triangular hull configurable to support a wind turbine tower;
- the hull comprising a first, second and third column, the first, second and third columns being connected by a first, second and third pontoon member, as well as by a first, second and third connector,
- wherein:
- a lateral cross-section of each of the first, second and third columns has a shape of an irregular convex polygon;
- each of the first, second and third columns comprises first and second intersecting surfaces, each intersecting surface being oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first, second or third pontoon member;
- and
- each of the first, second and third columns comprises a first external side adjoining the first intersecting surface and a second external side adjoining the second intersecting surface, each external side being co-planar with a side of the first, second or third pontoon member.
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