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US 2023/0049381 A1Published application
Floating marine platform
AssigneeOcergy, Inc.
InventorsAlexia Marie AUBAULT, Dominique Gleb RODDIER, Christian André CERMELLI
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Abstract
A floating marine platform is provided including a central column, at least three peripheral columns circumferentially around the central column, radially extending beams from the central column that connect the peripheral columns with the central column, and structural members spanning between each adjacent pair of peripheral columns. The structural members are pre-tensioned.
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1-49. (canceled)
A floating marine platform comprising:
- a central column;
- at least three peripheral columns circumferentially around the central column;
- and
- radially extending beams from the central column that connect the peripheral columns with the central column,
- wherein the beams are steel hollow cylindrical pipes,
- wherein the peripheral columns comprise a buoyancy air chamber, and
- wherein the marine platform comprises a motion control system comprising a high-pressure air tank discharging air in the buoyancy air chamber, which controls airflow in and out of the buoyancy air chambers using actuated valves and is controlled by a computer system that is coupled with motion sensors, and
- wherein the high-pressure air tank is formed by the airtight inside volume of one of the beams.
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