Method for realising a submerged floating foundation with blocked vertical thrust for the coordinated production of mariculture and electrical energy using wind in open sea conditions and submergeable floating foundation for carrying loads to be used in said method

• US 20060062676A1
• Filed: 12/16/2003
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blue H Intellectual Property Cyprus Limited
• Original Assignee: Enertec AG
• Inventors: Boschetti, Giovanni, Jakubowski, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 7,476,074 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 416/244.R
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 61/60 Floating cultivation devices, e.g. rafts or floating fish-farms
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 2035/446 for converting wind energy into electric energy
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 35/44 Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices construction methods for floating offshore platforms B63B75/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02B 2017/0091 Offshore structures for wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 27/42 Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys sockets or holders for poles or masts per se E04H12/22
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 27/425 specially adapted for wind motors masts wind motors per se F03D1/00
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 13/22 Foundations specially adapted for wind motors
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 13/25 specially adapted for offshore installation
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/93 on a structure floating on a liquid surface
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/95 offshore
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/81 Aquaculture, e.g. of fish
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/72 Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/727 Offshore wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/60 Fishing; Aquaculture; Aquafarming
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

The invention refers to a novel submerged floating foundation body (6,13;16) which is mounted to the bottom (1) of the sea or a lake by cables or chains (3) and supporting a structure especially a wind turbine tower (10) below the wave motion area (8). It may have also a mariculture cage (7) on said floating body.

Claims

1-19. -19. (canceled)

20. Combination of innovative techniques for the conception, project design, and realisation of a submerged floating foundation (6,13,16) with blocked thrust, combined with the use of the upper part of the foundation (6,13,16) as a base for a wind turbine in combination with and submerged upper surface of the foundation (6,13,16) as a base for attaching a fish farming installation.

21-40. -40. (canceled)