Vessel and system adapted for collection of distant windpower
AssigneeFarwind Energy
InventorAurelien BABARIT
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a Pacific prao-type amphidromic multihull vessel (100), comprising a hull (101) and a float (102) parallel to the hull, the float and the hull being linked by a beam (130) the hull carrying a Flettner-type rotary rigging (111, 112) capable of producing a thrust perpendicular to both its spinning axis (110) and a wind direction (180), that in absence of wind is heeled by an angle α toward the float. The invention also pertains to a system implementing such a vessel for collecting windpower into a storage battery housed in the float as well as a method for boarding and disembarking such a battery.
Claims13
1-15. (canceled)
A Pacific prao-type amphidromic multihull vessel, comprising a hull producing a first displacement according to a hull draft and a float parallel to the hull producing a second displacement according to a flaot draft, the float and the hull being linked by a beam and separated from each other by a distance y, the hull carrying a Flettner-type rotary rigging configured to producing a thrust perpendicular to both a rotation axis of the Flettner-type rotary rigging and a wind direction, the float comprising ballasts and a means for filling and emptying the ballasts, wherein the hull comprises an immersed hydro-turbine configured to producing electricity by a movement of the vessel and the float comprises a storage battery configured to storing the electricity produced by the hydro turbine, wherein the storage battery is removably connected to the float into a housing by locking means so that it can be loaded and unloaded from the float.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.