GB2493023B - Wind turbines and floating foundations - Google Patents

Wind turbines and floating foundations

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GB2493023B
GB2493023B GB1112608.3A GB201112608A GB2493023B GB 2493023 B GB2493023 B GB 2493023B GB 201112608 A GB201112608 A GB 201112608A GB 2493023 B GB2493023 B GB 2493023B
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pontoon
tower
wind turbine
tower member
wind turbines
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Eystein Borgen
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Sway Turbine AS
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Sway Turbine AS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/20—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors
    • F03D13/22—Foundations specially adapted for wind motors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/10—Assembly of wind motors; Arrangements for erecting wind motors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/20—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/20—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors
    • F03D13/25—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors specially adapted for offshore installation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/91—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure
    • F05B2240/915—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure which is vertically adjustable
    • F05B2240/9151—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure which is vertically adjustable telescopically
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/93—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a structure floating on a liquid surface
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/95—Mounting on supporting structures or systems offshore
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/727—Offshore wind turbines

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Wind Motors (AREA)

Abstract

A wind turbine foundation structure for supporting an offshore wind turbine 52 at sea comprising a tower 54, which forms at least part of a tower suitable for supporting a wind turbine rotor, a plurality of pontoons 18 arranged around the base of the tower member, where each pontoon is adapted to operate in a floating configuration in which the pontoon is buoyant in water in order to allow said structure to be moved and a sunk configuration in which the pontoon is able to sink to the sea floor; an upper support structure which extends between an upper part of said tower member and each pontoon and a lower support structure which extends between a lower part of said tower member and each pontoon; wherein bending moments in said tower member during use are transferred as forces acting on said upper and lower support structures in opposite directions.
GB1112608.3A 2011-07-22 2011-07-22 Wind turbines and floating foundations Expired - Fee Related GB2493023B (en)

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ES2496390B1 (en) * 2013-03-18 2015-04-14 Ingecid Investigación Y Desarrollo De Proyectos, S.L. Foundation structure for wind turbines at sea
NL2012573B1 (en) * 2014-04-07 2016-03-08 Koninklijke Bam Groep Nv Gravity based foundation for an offshore installation.
US20180170488A1 (en) * 2014-05-27 2018-06-21 Esteyco S.A.P. Floating structure for wind turbine and method of intalling same
ES2785802B2 (en) * 2019-04-05 2021-05-19 Esteyco S A INSTALLATION PROCEDURE FOR A TORRE MAR INTO WIND GENERATOR
ES2876053B2 (en) * 2020-05-08 2022-03-22 Seaplace Sl FLOATING PLATFORM OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FOR APPLICATION TO THE INDUSTRY OF THE OFFSHORE WIND POWER SECTOR

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GB2378679A (en) * 2001-08-16 2003-02-19 Technologies Ltd Ocean Floating offshore wind turbine
US20040169376A1 (en) * 2001-07-06 2004-09-02 Jacques Ruer Offshore wind turbine and method for making same
US20050206168A1 (en) * 2002-02-27 2005-09-22 Mitsunori Murakami Float type base structure for wind power generationon the ocean
WO2011083021A2 (en) * 2010-01-07 2011-07-14 Vestas Wind Systems A/S Method of erecting a floating off-shore wind turbine and a floating off-shore wind turbine

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2001241374A (en) * 2000-02-28 2001-09-07 Colcose:Kk Water surface wind power generator installation method, and device thereof
US20040169376A1 (en) * 2001-07-06 2004-09-02 Jacques Ruer Offshore wind turbine and method for making same
GB2378679A (en) * 2001-08-16 2003-02-19 Technologies Ltd Ocean Floating offshore wind turbine
US20050206168A1 (en) * 2002-02-27 2005-09-22 Mitsunori Murakami Float type base structure for wind power generationon the ocean
WO2011083021A2 (en) * 2010-01-07 2011-07-14 Vestas Wind Systems A/S Method of erecting a floating off-shore wind turbine and a floating off-shore wind turbine

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