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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Alstom Renewable Technologies, Grenoble, FR;
Roger Bergua, Barcelona, ES;
GE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES WIND B.V., Brada, NL;
Abstract
Methods for controlling tension in mooring lines of a floating offshore structure having a buoyancy structure including one or more water tanks and the buoyancy structure providing excess buoyancy are provided. The methods comprise varying the mass and/or the center of gravity of the floating offshore structure by varying the quantity of water in one or more of the water tanks. Also, floating offshore structures are disclosed, the structures comprising a buoyancy structure having one or more floater tanks providing excess buoyancy, and a plurality of tensioned mooring lines, and further comprising a control system for increasing and decreasing a quantity of water in one or more of the floater tanks. Also, possible uses of floating offshore structures are provided wherein under standard operating conditions, the floater tanks are at least partially filled with water.