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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Equinor Energy As, Stavanger, NO;

Inventor:

Bjørn Skaare, Trondheim, NO;

Assignee:

EQUINOR ENERGY AS, Stavanger, NO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B63B 21/20 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/50 (2013.01); B63B 21/20 (2013.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.05); B63B 2035/446 (2013.01); F05B 2240/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wind turbine system including a rotationally asymmetric floating wind turbine installation and a rotationally asymmetric mooring system connected to the floating wind turbine installation. The mooring system includes a number of mooring lines connected, directly or indirectly, to the floating wind turbine installation such that the mooring system has a lower yaw stiffness when a wind acting on the wind turbine installation comes from 0° than when a wind acting on the wind turbine installation comes from ±90°. A wind coming from 0° is defined as a wind direction when the horizontal part of the aerodynamic rotor thrust force resulting from the wind is directed towards the center of gravity of the floating wind turbine installation.


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