Concrete floating system

By using the honeycomb structure and stiffening rib design of the concrete floating system, combined with the use of mooring chains, the stability and safety issues of offshore photovoltaic systems in complex marine environments have been solved, improving the adaptability and operational reliability of offshore photovoltaic power generation devices.

CN120986610APending Publication Date: 2025-11-21HUANENG CLEAN ENERGY RES INST +2

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Application Number
CN202511389798.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-09-26
Publication Date
2025-11-21

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Technical Problem

Traditional fixed and floating marine photovoltaic systems are difficult to guarantee in complex and variable marine environments, especially in sea areas with significant tidal ranges or strong waves, where structural fatigue damage and corrosion problems are prone to occur.

Method used

The system employs a concrete floating system, including a concrete float, an embedded steel barrel, and a mooring chain. The honeycomb structure design and stiffening ribs enhance structural stability, while the mooring chain allows the float to move up and down with the tides, reducing weight and increasing the stress contact area.

Benefits of technology

It improves the adaptability and operational reliability of offshore photovoltaic power generation devices under different sea conditions, enhances the stability and safety of the system, and reduces the risk of structural fatigue damage and corrosion.

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Abstract

The invention discloses a concrete floating system which comprises a concrete floating body, an embedded steel drum and a plurality of mooring chains, the lower end of the embedded steel drum is embedded in the upper surface of the concrete floating body, the end of each mooring chain is connected to the side face of the concrete floating body, and the system can adapt to the complex and changeable marine environment and is high in practicability. And the safety and the stability of the new energy equipment are improved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application belongs to the technical field of new energy equipment, and relates to a concrete floating system. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the increasing demand for renewable energy, offshore photovoltaics have become an important direction for photovoltaic development due to their advantages of not occupying land resources and superior irradiation conditions. However, traditional fixed offshore photovoltaic systems are difficult to adapt to complex and changeable marine environments, especially in sea areas with significant tidal range or strong wave action, and the system stability and photovoltaic module safety face severe challenges.

[0003] With the global energy structure accelerating towards low-carbon and clean transformation, the demand for renewable energy is showing an explosive growth trend. Under this background, offshore photovoltaics, with its unique resource endowment and ecological advantages, is moving from the stage of technological research and development to a new era of large-scale application. As a product of the deep integration of the photovoltaic industry and the marine economy, offshore photovoltaics not only breaks through the constraints of land resources - about 70% of China's coastal areas belong to restricted development areas, and can rely on vast marine space to realize the strategic layout of "getting electricity from the sea", but also because of the water cooling effect, the working temperature of photovoltaic modules is reduced by 8-12℃, and the power generation efficiency is increased by more than 10% compared with land, at the same time, the ocean surface reflectivity is low, the atmospheric transparency is high, and the annual average sunshine hours are generally more than 1800 hours, forming a unique "resource superposition advantage".

[0004] The utility model discloses a floating floating body platform of eliminating arbitrary direction wave force, including main floater and at least three secondary floater, the secondary floater is evenly distributed in the four around of main floater with the main floater as center, at least connect three mooring chains on each secondary floater, and the mooring chain on each secondary floater is independent group, the angle between adjacent group mooring chain is equal, and the number of mooring chain in each group mooring chain and the angle between adjacent mooring chain are equal. The utility model discloses a plurality of secondary floater on the common point formula connection multiple mooring chains, and the mooring chain on each secondary floater is independent group, the angle between adjacent group mooring chain is equal, and the number of mooring chain in each group mooring chain and the angle between adjacent mooring chain are equal, make the utility model discloses floating floating body platform under the comprehensive action of self buoyancy, gravity, combined with the ingenious setting of mooring chain can eliminate the influence of arbitrary direction wave force, and can resist the effect of huge rotating wave force, and the stability is very strong. The main floater and the secondary floater are connected through the horizontally arranged cross support, the inclined support is arranged between the cross support and the main floater, and the upper end of the secondary floater is inclinedly arranged towards the main floater, the main floater, the secondary floater, the cross support and the inclined support form an umbrella rib type structure. Obviously, the utility model is different from the traditional semi-submersible cylindrical floating body, adopts the special umbrella rib type multi-floating body structure, combines the advantages of semi-submersible floating body and Spar type floating body, reduces the gravity of the structure, and reduces the size of the structure, greatly reduces the amount of steel. When there is ocean wave force from any direction, the utility model can utilize the comprehensive action of the pulling force of the common point formula multiple mooring chains, the buoyancy of the floating body and the gravity, offset the influence of wave force on the platform, and the anchor chain force of the nine mooring chains of the umbrella rib type multi-floating body platform can resist the strong rotating wave force, so that the stability of the utility model discloses multi-floating body structure is very strong. The main floater, spring body and heaving plate of the utility model can reduce the gravity of the whole floating body platform, when encountering huge wave upsurging force, the spring body can provide the restoring force of buffering effect, thereby preventing the risk of collapse of offshore wind turbine, so that the stability of the utility model discloses multi-floating body structure is very strong, thereby ensuring the normal operation of offshore wind turbine.

[0005] CN118992037A discloses a floating wind power hydrogen production foundation, which comprises a central column, a fan platform and a fan tower are fixedly installed at the top end of the central column, the central column is divided into at least three branch pipes at the middle part, each branch pipe is connected with a reinforced concrete cavity at the bottom through a tension type mooring chain, the reinforced concrete cavity has a hydrogen production and storage chamber in the inner cavity, the hydrogen production and storage chamber is fixedly installed with a hydrogen production module and a hydrogen storage module which are in communication, the hydrogen production module is connected to a water inlet at the top of the reinforced concrete cavity, and the hydrogen production and storage chamber has a water storage chamber at the bottom. The seat bottom type anchoring foundation is installed in a split mode and then combined, which can adapt to different seabed topographies, has low material cost, and is simple and fast in installation, operation and maintenance, repair and removal. The overall structure type is simple, the technical difficulty and cost are low, the engineering amount of the gravity type anchoring device is reduced, the foundation can well adapt to different seabed topographies, and the overall stability of the foundation is effectively improved. The hydrogen production and the floating wind power are combined, the problem of high cost of offshore wind power transmission is solved, the hydrogen production and storage system is arranged in the gravity type anchoring device, and the problems of high gravity center, large load, poor foundation economy and stability in the traditional scheme are solved. However, the complexity of the marine environment poses severe challenges to photovoltaic systems. Traditional fixed structures use pile foundations or floating foundations, which face double tests in the intertidal zone of the near shore: on the one hand, the average tidal range of China's coastal areas is 2.5-3.5 meters, and the maximum tidal range in some areas such as Hangzhou Bay exceeds 8 meters. The periodic alternating load on the photovoltaic array caused by the drastic change in tidal level twice a day easily leads to structural fatigue damage; on the other hand, during the typhoon season, the combined effect of 12-level gales and 5-meter-high waves can cause a vertical displacement of 3-5 meters and a tilting swing of more than 15 degrees for water-floating systems, resulting in a 300% increase in failure rate of components such as component cracking and junction box falling. More severely, the seawater salt spray corrosion rate is 5-8 times that of the land environment, and the penetration of chloride ions can cause aluminum alloy supports to corrode and perforate within 5 years, and cable insulation layers to crack and become brittle within 3 years. SUMMARY

[0006] The purpose of the present application is to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art and provide a concrete floating system which can adapt to complex and variable marine environments and improve the safety and stability of new energy equipment.

[0007] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present application discloses a concrete floating system, which comprises a concrete floating body, an embedded steel barrel and a plurality of mooring chains, wherein the lower end of the embedded steel barrel is embedded in the upper surface of the concrete floating body, and the end of each mooring chain is connected to the side surface of the concrete floating body.

[0008] Further improvements of the concrete floating system of the present application are as follows: Further, the concrete floating body comprises a plurality of prismatic molds, wherein adjacent prismatic molds are connected by rib plates, and the prismatic molds are provided with inner cavities.

[0009] Further, the inner cavity is a triangular prism structure, each prism mold and each rib plate form a honeycomb structure.

[0010] Further, a groove is arranged at the center position of the upper surface of the concrete floating body, and the lower end of the embedded steel barrel is inserted into the groove.

[0011] Further, a plurality of first stiffening ribs are arranged on the outer wall of the lower end of the embedded steel barrel, and each first stiffening rib is inserted into the concrete floating body.

[0012] Further, the cross section of the embedded steel barrel is a circular structure, and each first stiffening rib is uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction.

[0013] Further, the height of the first stiffening rib is less than the height of the embedded steel barrel.

[0014] Further, a second stiffening rib is arranged in the prism mold.

[0015] Further, during the pouring of the concrete floating body, the prism mold is placed at the designed position as a formwork inside the concrete floating body, thereby forming a honeycomb structure inside the concrete floating body, and the prism mold does not need to be taken out after pouring is completed.

[0016] The application discloses a concrete floating system, which comprises a concrete floating body, an embedded steel barrel and a plurality of mooring chains, wherein the lower end of the embedded steel barrel is embedded in the upper surface of the concrete floating body, and the end of each mooring chain is connected to the side surface of the concrete floating body. The concrete floating body comprises a plurality of prism molds, wherein the adjacent prism molds are connected through rib plates, and the prism mold is provided with an inner cavity. A groove is arranged at the center position of the upper surface of the concrete floating body, and the lower end of the embedded steel barrel is inserted into the groove. A plurality of first stiffening ribs are arranged on the outer wall of the lower end of the embedded steel barrel, and each first stiffening rib is inserted into the concrete floating body.

[0017] The application has the following beneficial effects: The concrete floating system has the following beneficial effects: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] The accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The embodiments of the application, and their Figure 1 is a structural diagram of the present application; Figure 2 is a structural diagram of the concrete float 2 in the present application; Figure 3 is a plan view of the concrete float 2 in the present application; Figure 4 is a structural diagram of the prism mold 23; Figure 5 is a structural diagram of the embedded steel barrel 1.

[0019] In the figure, 1 is an embedded steel barrel, 2 is a concrete float, 3 is a mooring chain, 11 is a first stiffening rib, 21 is a groove, 22 is a rib plate, 23 is a prism mold, and 24 is a chamfer structure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are some of the embodiments of the present application but not all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the scope of the present application.

[0021] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms “include” and “contain” indicate the existence of described features, integers, steps, operations, elements and / or components, but do not exclude the existence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and / or sets thereof.

[0022] It should also be understood that the terms used in the specification of the present application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present application. As used in the specification and the appended claims of the present application, unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms.

[0023] It should be further understood that the term “and / or” used in the specification and the appended claims of the present application means any combination of one or more of the associated listed items and all possible combinations, and includes these combinations, for example, A and / or B can represent three cases of A alone, A and B together, and B alone. In addition, the character “ / ” in the present application generally represents an “or” relationship between the front and rear associated objects.

[0024] It should be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. can be adopted in the embodiments of the present application to describe the preset ranges, etc., the preset ranges should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the preset ranges from each other. For example, the first preset range can also be referred to as the second preset range, and similarly, the second preset range can also be referred to as the first preset range without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

[0025] Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein can be interpreted to mean "when" or "while" or "in response to determining" or "in response to detecting." Similarly, the phrase "if it is determined" or "if (a stated condition or event) is detected" can be interpreted to mean "when it is determined" or "in response to determining" or "when (the stated condition or event) is detected" or "in response to detecting (the stated condition or event)".

[0026] For the purpose of making the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application described and shown in the drawings herein can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed present application, but only represents selected embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts based on the embodiments in the present application belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0027] Various structural schematic diagrams according to the disclosed embodiments of the present application are shown in the drawings. These diagrams are not drawn to scale, in which certain details are exaggerated for the purpose of clarity and certain details can be omitted. The shapes of various regions, layers and their relative sizes and positional relationships shown in the drawings are only exemplary, and in actuality, there can be deviations due to manufacturing tolerances or technical limitations, and regions / layers with different shapes, sizes and relative positions can be additionally designed by those skilled in the art according to actual needs.

[0028] It is known that offshore floating bodies are engineering structures floating on the sea surface or submerged in seawater, which realize stable floating through the principle of buoyancy, and their design integrates fluid mechanics, material science and ocean engineering, and they are widely used in energy development, transportation logistics, scientific observation and national defense security fields. The following analyzes from four dimensions of technical principle, structure type, application scene and development trend: According to Archimedes' principle, the weight of the floating body displaces the weight of the sea water equal to its own gravity, so as to realize floating. For example, the ten-thousand-ton cargo ship reduces the overall density through the hollow structure design, so that the weight of the water displaced is equal to the total weight of the ship body, forming a buoyancy balance.

[0029] Stability design: the center of gravity is collinear with the center of buoyancy: when the floating body is tilted, if the metacenter (the intersection of the action line of buoyancy) is higher than the center of gravity, the gravity and the tilted buoyancy form a restoring moment, so that the floating body automatically returns to normal. Wind and wave resistance: offshore floating bodies need to withstand dynamic loads such as wind, waves, and currents. For example, the OFPV system in the North Sea area connects the modules through hinges, so that the floating platform can maintain structural integrity in storm surges (wave height 9~10 meters, wind speed exceeding 30.56 meters / second).

[0030] Material innovation: corrosion resistance: using alloy steel, glass steel or high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and other materials, and coating the surface with a corrosion-resistant coating to prolong the service life. For example, the offshore pipeline floating body is filled with polystyrene foam plastic inside and the outer layer is medium-density polyethylene, which can resist low-temperature attack and seawater corrosion. Lightweight and strength balance: steel materials achieve lightweight through reasonable structural design while meeting the load demand. For example, the super-large floating body module adopts a steel semi-submersible structure with a displacement of 500~200,000 tons, which can be assembled into an offshore airport or a floating logistics base.

[0031] Example one Reference Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 and Figure 5 , the concrete floating system comprises a concrete floating body 2, an embedded steel barrel 1 and a plurality of mooring chains 3, wherein the lower end of the embedded steel barrel 1 is embedded in the upper surface of the concrete floating body 2, and the end of each mooring chain 3 is connected to the side surface of the concrete floating body 2. The concrete floating body 2 comprises a plurality of prism molds 23, wherein the adjacent prism molds 23 are connected by a rib plate 22, and the prism mold 23 is provided with an inner cavity. A recess 21 is arranged at the center position of the upper surface of the concrete floating body 2, and the lower end of the embedded steel barrel 1 is inserted into the recess 21. A plurality of first stiffening ribs 11 are arranged on the outer wall of the lower end of the embedded steel barrel 1, and each first stiffening rib 11 is inserted into the concrete floating body 2.

[0032] Example two Reference Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 and Figure 5For further improvement of the present application, the concrete floating system includes a concrete floating body 2, an embedded steel barrel 1 and a plurality of mooring chains 3, wherein the lower end of the embedded steel barrel 1 is embedded in the upper surface of the concrete floating body 2, and the end of each mooring chain 3 is connected to the side surface of the concrete floating body 2. It should be noted that the concrete floating body 2 is moored in the target sea area by the mooring chain 3, and the concrete floating body 2 can move up and down with the tide, which can improve the adaptability and operation reliability of the photovoltaic power generation device in different sea conditions while ensuring the stability of the system.

[0033] Specifically, the concrete floating body 2 includes a plurality of prism molds 23, wherein adjacent prism molds 23 are connected by rib plates 22, the prism molds 23 are provided with inner cavities, the inner cavities are three-prism structures, each prism mold 23 and each rib plate 22 form a honeycomb structure, and the weight of the concrete floating body 2 can be reduced by the prism molds 23, so that heavier new energy equipment can be installed on the embedded steel barrel 1.

[0034] A recess 21 is arranged at the center position of the upper surface of the concrete floating body 2, the lower end of the embedded steel barrel 1 is inserted into the recess 21, and a plurality of first stiffening ribs 11 are arranged on the outer wall of the lower end of the embedded steel barrel 1, each first stiffening rib 11 is inserted into the concrete floating body 2, preferably, the cross section of the embedded steel barrel 1 is a circular structure, each first stiffening rib 11 is uniformly distributed along the circumference, and the height of the first stiffening rib 11 is less than the height of the embedded steel barrel 1, so that the contact area between the embedded steel barrel 1 and the concrete floating body 2 can be increased by the first stiffening rib 11, and the stress can be better provided.

[0035] The prism mold 23 is provided with a second stiffening rib, it should be noted that the prism mold 23 is a standard part made of composite material, which improves the strength of the prism mold 23. During the pouring process of the concrete floating body 2, the prism mold 23 is placed at the designed position and can be used as a formwork inside the concrete floating body 2, so that a honeycomb can be formed inside the concrete floating body 2, the amount of concrete floating body 2 can be saved, and the prism mold 23 does not need to be taken out after pouring, which improves the processing efficiency of the concrete floating body 2.

[0036] The top of the embedded steel barrel 1 is provided with a wind turbine or a photovoltaic power generation device and other offshore new energy structure to support the offshore new energy structure.

[0037] The concrete floating body 2 is a hexagonal structure, the concrete floating body 2 is formed by pouring concrete, and the corners of the prism mold 23 are chamfered structures 24.

[0038] It should be noted that the present application sets the concrete floating body 2 with buoyancy greater than self-weight, the mooring chain 3 connected to the fixed pile foundation, so that the photovoltaic module platform can freely rise and fall with the tide and wave, while ensuring the stability of the system, improve the adaptability and operation reliability of photovoltaic power generation device in different sea conditions. The technology fully considers the actual working condition problems such as marine organism attachment and wave load buffering in the structural design, and provides an effective technical path for the popularization and application of offshore photovoltaic system in high tidal range area.

[0039] Other embodiments of the application will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the application disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the application being indicated by the following claims.

[0040] It should be understood that the application is not limited to the precise construction that has been described above and shown in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the application. The scope of the application is indicated only by the appended claims.

[0041] The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, not any limitation to the present application, any simple modification, change and equivalent structure change of the above embodiment according to the technical essence of the present application are still within the protection scope of the technical scheme of the present application.

Claims

1. A concrete floating system, characterized in that, It includes a concrete float (2), an embedded steel barrel (1) and several mooring chains (3), wherein the lower end of the embedded steel barrel (1) is embedded in the upper surface of the concrete float (2), and the ends of each mooring chain (3) are connected to the side of the concrete float (2).

2. The concrete floating system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The concrete float (2) includes several prism molds (23), wherein adjacent prism molds (23) are connected by ribs (22), and the prism molds (23) are provided with an inner cavity.

3. The concrete floating system according to claim 2, characterized in that, The inner cavity is a triangular prism structure, and each prism mold (23) and each rib plate (22) form a honeycomb structure.

4. The concrete floating system according to claim 1, characterized in that, A groove (21) is provided at the center of the upper surface of the concrete float (2), and the lower end of the embedded steel barrel (1) is inserted into the groove (21).

5. The concrete floating system according to claim 4, characterized in that, The lower end of the embedded steel barrel (1) is provided with a number of first stiffening ribs (11), and each first stiffening rib (11) is inserted into the concrete float (2).

6. The concrete floating system according to claim 5, characterized in that, The cross-section of the embedded steel barrel (1) is circular, and each of the first stiffening ribs (11) is evenly distributed along the circumference.

7. The concrete floating system according to claim 5, characterized in that, The height of the first stiffening rib (11) is less than the height of the embedded steel barrel (1).

8. The concrete floating system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The prism mold (23) is provided with a second stiffening rib.

9. The concrete floating system according to claim 1, characterized in that, During the pouring of the concrete float (2), the prism mold (23) is placed in the designed position as a template inside the concrete float (2), thereby forming a honeycomb structure inside the concrete float (2). After the pouring is completed, the prism mold (23) does not need to be removed.

10. A concrete floating system, characterized in that, It includes a concrete float (2), an embedded steel barrel (1) and several mooring chains (3), wherein the lower end of the embedded steel barrel (1) is embedded in the upper surface of the concrete float (2), and the ends of each mooring chain (3) are connected to the side of the concrete float (2). The concrete float (2) includes a plurality of prism molds (23), wherein adjacent prism molds (23) are connected by ribs (22), and the prism molds (23) are provided with an inner cavity; A groove (21) is provided at the center of the upper surface of the concrete float (2), and the lower end of the embedded steel barrel (1) is inserted into the groove (21); The lower end of the embedded steel barrel (1) is provided with a number of first stiffening ribs (11), and each first stiffening rib (11) is inserted into the concrete float (2).

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