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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2019
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Orono, ME (US);
Christopher K. Allen, Bangor, ME (US);
Anthony M. Viselli, Bangor, ME (US);
Andrew J. Goupee, Ellsworth, ME (US);
Habib J. Dagher, Veazie, ME (US);
Robert E. Berry, Madison, AL (US);
Jeffrey L. Lindner, Madison, AL (US);
Frederick S. Gant, Huntsville, AL (US);
John S. Townsend, Union Grove, AL (US);
Rebecca L. Williams, Huntsville, AL (US);
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Orono, ME (US);
Abstract
A tuned mass damper (TMD) system in combination with a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) platform includes a barge type FOWT platform having a hull configured to have a wind turbine tower mounted thereon. A TMD system is mounted in the hull and has a first TMD configured to operate at a first frequency, and a second TMD configured to operate at a second frequency different than the first frequency.