A stabilised hydroelectric turbine system
OwnerPaul Dunne, Andrew Carlisleinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a hydroelectric turbine system (10) including a base (12) on which a hydroelectric turbine (14) is mounted and supported, the base (12) having a number of fixed length legs (20) and at least one adjustable length leg (22), in order to allow all of the legs to contact the seabed in order to evenly distribute the system load into the seabed.
Claims15
A hydroelectric turbine system comprising a base for a hydroelectric turbine, the base comprising at least four legs, wherein the position of at least one leg relative to at least one other leg is variable.
A method of installing a hydroelectric turbine system, the method comprising the steps of:
- transporting a base of the system to a deployment site;
- lowering the base from the vessel until a plurality of legs on the base contact the seabed;
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- varying the position of at least one variable position leg until said leg contacts the seabed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.