Semi-submersible float for an offshore wind turbine
AssigneeSaipem S.P.A.
InventorsFrank ALIX, Marie-Laure CLEMENT, Jérémy PRIGENT
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Abstract
A semi-submersible float for an offshore wind turbine, includes at least three vertical columns, one of which is intended to receive a wind turbine mast, the vertical columns being connected together by pontoons each formed by a plurality of planar panels which are assembled together at the level of edges extending longitudinally between two columns, the edges of the pontoons being rounded and connected at each of their longitudinal ends to a column via a transition piece.
Claims13
-12. (canceled)
A semi-submersible float for an offshore wind turbine, comprising four vertical columns including a central column which is intended to receive the wind turbine mast, and three external columns which are connected to the central column by lower pontoons each formed by a plurality of planar panels which are assembled together at the level of edges extending longitudinally between two columns,
- wherein the edges of the pontoons are rounded, connected at each of their longitudinal ends to a column via a transition piece, and have a thickness identical to that of the adjacent planar panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.