Offshore platform for a marine environment
First Claim
1. An offshore platform for a marine environment, the platform configured to support offshore wind turbines, bridges and marine buildings thereon and adapted for a water depth greater than 5 meters in the marine environment, comprising:
- a regulating tower section supporting at least one offshore wind turbine thereon,at least one hollow, cylindrical buoyancy tube having an upper end attached to the regulating tower section and a tapered lower end extending downward from the tower section towards a seabed of the marine environment, anda concrete bed cast beneath a surface of the seabed and configured to support the tapered lower end of the at least one buoyancy tube therein, whereinthe tapered lower end is a cone-shaped bottom slab having a flat top surface with the apex of the cone-shaped bottom slab pointing downward towards the seabed,the concrete bed within the seabed includes a mirror-image or reversed cone-shaped indentation that is to receive the cone-shaped bottom slab therein, the reversed cone-shaped indentation having been formed in the concrete bed by the cone-shaped bottom slab of the at least one buoyancy tube prior to the concrete bed hardening to a final design strength, andthe cone-shaped bottom slab is fixedly secured within the reverse cone-shaped indention of the concrete bed to support the regulating tower section with the at least one offshore wind turbine thereon.
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Abstract
An offshore platform for a marine environment includes a regulating tower section supporting at least one offshore wind turbine, at least one buoyancy tube connected between the regulating tower section, the at least one buoyancy tube having a tapered lower end extending to a seabed, and a concrete bed within the seabed. The tapered lower end is a cone-shaped bottom slab having a flat top surface with an apex of the cone-shaped bottom slab pointing downward towards the seabed. The concrete bed includes a reversed cone-shaped indentation to which the cone-shaped bottom slab is to be fixed within that was formed in the concrete bed by the cone-shaped bottom slab prior to the concrete bed hardening to a final design strength.
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8 Claims
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1. An offshore platform for a marine environment, the platform configured to support offshore wind turbines, bridges and marine buildings thereon and adapted for a water depth greater than 5 meters in the marine environment, comprising:
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a regulating tower section supporting at least one offshore wind turbine thereon, at least one hollow, cylindrical buoyancy tube having an upper end attached to the regulating tower section and a tapered lower end extending downward from the tower section towards a seabed of the marine environment, and a concrete bed cast beneath a surface of the seabed and configured to support the tapered lower end of the at least one buoyancy tube therein, wherein the tapered lower end is a cone-shaped bottom slab having a flat top surface with the apex of the cone-shaped bottom slab pointing downward towards the seabed, the concrete bed within the seabed includes a mirror-image or reversed cone-shaped indentation that is to receive the cone-shaped bottom slab therein, the reversed cone-shaped indentation having been formed in the concrete bed by the cone-shaped bottom slab of the at least one buoyancy tube prior to the concrete bed hardening to a final design strength, and the cone-shaped bottom slab is fixedly secured within the reverse cone-shaped indention of the concrete bed to support the regulating tower section with the at least one offshore wind turbine thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An offshore platform for a marine environment, comprising:
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a plurality of buoyancy tubes, at least one of the buoyancy tubes supporting a wind turbine attached at an upper end thereof, a lower end of each buoyancy tube configured as a cone-shaped bottom slab with a flat top surface, where an apex of the cone-shaped bottom slab points downward towards the seabed, a plurality of horizontal beams interconnected between the buoyancy tubes so that the offshore platform has a triangular shape, and a plurality of concrete beds formed within the seabed, each concrete bed associated with a respective buoyancy tube, wherein each concrete bed includes a reversed cone-shaped indentation to which the cone-shaped bottom slab of its corresponding buoyancy tube is to be fixed within, the indention having been formed in the concrete bed by the cone-shaped bottom slab prior to the concrete bed hardening to a final design strength.
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