Noise Abatement System for Ground-Borne Noise in Marine Environment
AssigneeAdBm Corp.
InventorsMark S. Wochner, Andrew McNeese, Preston S. Wilson, Kevin M. Lee
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Abstract
A noise abatement system includes a support body having a hole configured to receive a monopile; and a plurality of resonators attached to a bottom surface of the support body, each resonator having a tapered tip that is configured to mechanically engage a floor of a body of water so as to acoustically couple a respective resonator and the floor of the body of water, the bottom surface oriented towards a direction of gravitational pull. Additional resonators can be mechanically coupled to a pile gripper, a pile template, or other framework equipment in one or more embodiments.
Claims20
A noise abatement system comprising:
- a support body having a hole configured to receive a monopile;
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- a plurality of resonators attached to a bottom surface of the support body, each resonator having a tapered tip that is configured to mechanically engage a floor of a body of water so as to acoustically couple a respective resonator and the floor of the body of water, the bottom surface oriented towards a direction of gravitational pull.
A noise abatement system comprising:
- a support body having a hole configured to receive a support structure, the support structure mechanically coupled to or disposed within about 100 meters of a monopile;
- a plurality of arms, each arm having an end attached to the support body, each arm extending radially from the support body;
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- a plurality of resonators attached to a bottom surface of each arm, each resonator having a tapered tip that is configured to mechanically engage a floor of a body of water so as to acoustically couple a respective resonator and the floor of the body of water, the bottom surface of each arm oriented towards a direction of gravitational pull.
A noise abatement system comprising:
- a common support body having a hole configured to receive a support structure, the support structure mechanically coupled to or disposed within about 100 meters of a monopile;
- a plurality of resonator support bodies, each resonator support body mechanically coupled to the common support body;
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- a plurality of resonators attached to a bottom surface of resonator support body, each resonator having a tapered tip that is configured to mechanically engage a floor of a body of water so as to acoustically couple a respective resonator and the floor of the body of water, the bottom surface oriented towards a direction of gravitational pull.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.