Floatable Offshore Structure
AssigneeRWE Offshore Wind GmbH
InventorsJörn Runge, Aron von Schéele, Pascal Deus
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Abstract
A floatable offshore structure includes at least one submarine power cable connector configured to connect a submarine power cable. At least one anchor connector is configured to connect at least one anchor connection for anchoring the floatable offshore structure to an underwater bottom, at least one detection arrangement configured to detect an anchor connection breakage indication, and at least one switching equipment configured to at least electrically disconnect the electrical connection to the submarine power cable connected to the submarine power cable connector upon or after the detection of an anchor connection breakage indication.
Claims18
A floatable offshore structure, comprising:
- at least one submarine power cable connector configured to connect a submarine power cable,
- at least one anchor connector configured to connect at least one anchor connection for anchoring the floatable offshore structure to an underwater bottom,
- at least one detection arrangement configured to detect an anchor connection breakage indication, and
- at least one switching equipment configured to at least electrically disconnect the electrical connection to the submarine power cable connected to the submarine power cable connector upon or after the detection of the anchor connection breakage indication.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by at least one detection arrangement, an anchor connection breakage indication, and
- electrically disconnecting, by at least one switching equipment, the electrical connection to the submarine power cable connected to a submarine power cable connector of the offshore structure upon or after a detection of the anchor connection breakage indication.
A use of a detection arrangement configured to detect an anchor connection breakage indication and at least one switching equipment configured to at least electrically disconnect the electrical connection to the submarine power cable connected to a submarine power cable connector of a floatable offshore structure upon or after a detection of an anchor connection breakage indication in the floatable offshore structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.