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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Equinor Energy As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventor:
Bjørn Skaare, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
EQUINOR ENERGY AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F03D 7/042 (2013.01); F03D 17/006 (2023.08);
Abstract
A motion controller for a floating wind turbine including a number of rotor blades is provided. The motion controller is arranged to adjust the blade pitch of each rotor blade when the floating wind turbine is operating in winds below the rated wind speed so as to create a net force that damps a surge motion of the floating wind turbine. Also provided is a method of damping the motion of a floating wind turbine and a wind turbine having such a motion controller.