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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Applicant:
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 1/10 (2006.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.01); B63B 5/18 (2006.01); F03D 13/40 (2016.01); B63B 39/03 (2006.01); B63B 13/00 (2006.01); B63B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/107 (2013.01); B63B 5/18 (2013.01); B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 39/03 (2013.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.05); F03D 13/40 (2016.05); B63B 2001/128 (2013.01); B63B 2013/005 (2013.01); B63B 2035/446 (2013.01); F05B 2240/93 (2013.01); F05B 2240/97 (2013.01); Y02E 10/727 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hull for a semi-submersible wind turbine platform capable of floating on a body of water and supporting a wind turbine includes a keystone and at least three bottom beams extending radially outward of the keystone. Each bottom beam has a primary beam portion and a column base portion, wherein the column base portion is configured to support an outer column of the hull thereon, and wherein the primary beam portion defines a first ballast compartment therein. The first ballast compartment is in fluid communication with water in the body of water in which the hull is floating.