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US 2013/0277984 A1Published application
Hydrodynamic stabilization of a floating structure
OwnerSamuel Roznitskyinventor
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Abstract
A floating platform including a plurality of pontoons providing buoyancy to the platform, and a ballast section imparting a spatial orientation to the platform. The ballast section includes a high density ballast being an aggregation of rocks, an aggregation of chunks of iron ore, or an aggregation of any other high density material. Further, the ballast section is permeable to a fluid medium in which the platform floats so as to cause a high friction between the high density ballast and the fluid medium.
Claims8
A floating platform comprising:
- a plurality of pontoons operable to provide buoyancy;
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- a ballast section operable to impart spatial orientation, the ballast section comprising a high density ballast being an aggregation of pieces of a high density material, the high density ballast being permeable to a fluid medium in which the platform floats so as to cause a high friction between the high density ballast and a percolating fluid medium,
- wherein a product of a fluid medium volume within crevices of the high density ballast and a surface area of this fluid medium volume is at least 4 times greater than a product of a volume of the high density ballast if the high density ballast were one solid piece and a surface area of the high density ballast if the high density ballast were one solid piece.
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An offshore floating wind turbine comprising:
- a rotor operable to convert a motion of air into a movement of the rotor;
- a hub housing equipment that transforms the movement of the rotor into a useful form of energy;
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- a floating base movable with respect to an underlying solid surface, the hub and the rotor being mounted on the floating base, the floating base comprising a plurality of pontoons and a ballast section, the ballast section comprising a high density ballast being an aggregation of pieces of a high density material, the high density ballast being permeable to a fluid medium in which the base floats so as to cause a high friction between the high density ballast and a percolating fluid medium,
- wherein a product of a fluid medium volume within crevices of the high density ballast and a surface area of this fluid medium volume is at least 4 times greater than a product of a volume of the high density ballast if the high density ballast were one solid piece and a surface area of the high density ballast if the high density ballast were one solid piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.