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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Habib J. Dagher, Veazie, ME (US);
Anthony M. Viselli, Bangor, ME (US);
University Of Maine System Board Of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Abstract
A semi-submersible wind turbine platform is capable of floating on a body of water and supporting a wind turbine, and includes a keystone. At least three bottom beams extend radially outward of the keystone, and a center column extends perpendicularly from an upper surface of the keystone, a first axial end of the center column attached to the keystone; the center column configured to have a tower attached to a second axial end thereof. One of a plurality of outer columns extends perpendicularly from an upper surface of each bottom beam, wherein first axial ends of the outer columns are attached to a distal end of each bottom beam. One of a plurality of top beams extends between a second axial end of each outer column and a second axial end of the center column, wherein the top beams are configured substantially not to resist bending moment of a tower attached to the center column.