System for transporting and installing wind turbines on the seafloor
AssigneeOcean Shift, S.L.
InventorJuan Fernando BARREIROS FORMOSO
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Abstract
System for transporting and installing wind turbines on the seafloor, made up of a structure that has adjustable flotation capacity and is made up of two floating hulls and a series of columns onto which they are mounted with the capacity to move over the same, an upper peripheral frame and a lower peripheral frame, on which means are mounted for fastening and manipulating the wind turbines and piles and ferrules for anchoring said wind turbines to the seafloor.
Claims4
A system for transporting and installing wind turbines on the seafloor, wherein it is made up of a supporting structure which has adjustable floating capacity and is able to transport a series of wind turbines and anchoring piles and coupling ferrules for said wind turbines, the supporting structure of which comprises:
- Two lower and parallel floating hulls;
- A series of vertical columns anchored at the lower end thereof to the floating hulls, distributed on the same in two parallel rows;
- An upper peripheral frame and a lower peripheral frame, mounted at different heights on the vertical columns from one side to the other, with the capacity to move over the length of said columns;
- A first rail that is suspended from the upper frame and traces a path that runs within the contour defined by the two rows of vertical columns, close to the same, and holds at least one conveyor carriage with the ability to move over the length of said rail;
- Means for fastening and manipulating the wind turbines, made up of main upper cranes and main lower cranes mounted on second upper rails and lower rails which run on the outside of the rows of columns close to the same and are suspended from the upper peripheral frame and lower peripheral frame, respectively;
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- Fastening means for the piles and ferrules in a vertical position located within the rows and columns and below the first rail.
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