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US 2022/0234698 A1Published application
Systems and methods associated with hybrid floating offshore wind turbine (fowt) platform and syntactic buoyancy material used for the perimeter columns
AssigneeOffshore Dynamics, Inc.
InventorShan Shi
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Abstract
A hybrid floating offshore wind turbine energy conversion system using light weight solid syntactic buoyancy material columns for offshore application. Each wind turbine includes a deep draft Spar hull combined with several semi-submersible syntactic columns for extra buoyancy and stabilization.
Claims19
A buoyancy control system for an offshore wind turbine comprising:
- a structural steel core;
- a syntactic layer configured to be positioned around the structural steel core;
- buoyancy material embedded within the syntactic layer, wherein the structural steel core, syntactic layer and buoyancy module form a column having a density that is ten to twenty percent of water.
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