Floating offshore power generator

Abstract

A floating wind power generation device includes a power generation unit that performs wind power generation and a floating body provided to support the power generation unit, the floating body may include a main column that supports the power generation unit, a plurality of auxiliary columns provided around the main column, a plurality of connecting members that connect the main column and the plurality of auxiliary columns, and a plurality of pontoons provided below the plurality of connecting members with respect to the direction of gravity and supporting the weight of the main column and the plurality of auxiliary columns.

Claims

1. The power generation unit performs wind power generation, Includes a floating body provided to support the power generation unit, The floating body is The main column supporting the aforementioned power generation unit, Multiple auxiliary columns are provided around the main column, Multiple connecting members that connect the main column and the multiple auxiliary columns, A floating wind turbine, comprising a plurality of pontoons provided below the plurality of connecting members with respect to the direction of gravity, and supporting the weight of the main column and the plurality of auxiliary columns.

2. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of pontoons are connected to the main column and the plurality of auxiliary columns from a region between the main column and the plurality of auxiliary columns, respectively.

3. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of pontoons are connected to each other in the area.

4. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of pontoons have the same length as one another.

5. Each of the aforementioned auxiliary columns includes a first auxiliary column and a second auxiliary column adjacent to the main column. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of pontoons include a first pontoon connected to the main column, a second pontoon connected to the first auxiliary column, and a third pontoon connected to the second auxiliary column.

6. The second pontoon and the third pontoon have the same length as each other. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first pontoon has a longer length than the second pontoon and the third pontoon.

7. The second pontoon and the third pontoon have the same length as each other. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first pontoon has a shorter length than the second pontoon and the third pontoon.

8. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first pontoon, the second pontoon, and the third pontoon have the same width as each other.

9. The second pontoon and the third pontoon have the same width as each other. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first pontoon has a narrower width than the second pontoon and the third pontoon.

10. The plurality of auxiliary columns each include a first auxiliary column and a second auxiliary column adjacent to the main column, and a third auxiliary column provided between the first auxiliary column and the second auxiliary column. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first to third auxiliary columns are located on a virtual circumference.

11. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of auxiliary columns further include N auxiliary columns arranged on the virtual circumference.

12. The first pontoon includes a first pontoon housing section formed inside the first pontoon to contain ballast water, The second pontoon includes a second pontoon housing formed inside the second pontoon to contain ballast water. The floating wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein the third pontoon includes a third pontoon housing formed inside the third pontoon to accommodate ballast water.

13. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first pontoon housing, the second pontoon housing, and the third pontoon housing form spaces that are separated from each other.

14. The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 12, wherein at least two of the first pontoon housing, the second pontoon housing, and the third pontoon housing are provided such that ballast water can be moved between them.

15. The main column includes a main column housing section provided for housing ballast water, The first auxiliary column includes a first auxiliary column housing section provided for housing ballast water, The floating wind power generation apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the second auxiliary column includes a second auxiliary column housing section provided for housing ballast water.

16. The main column housing and the first pontoon housing are connected to each other. The first auxiliary column housing and the second pontoon housing are connected to each other. The floating wind power generation device according to claim 15, wherein the second auxiliary column housing and the third pontoon housing are connected to each other.

17. The power generation unit performs wind power generation, Includes a floating body provided to support the power generation unit, The floating body is The main column supporting the aforementioned power generation unit, A first auxiliary column and a second auxiliary column are provided around the main column, A connecting member including a first connecting member that connects the main column and the first auxiliary column, a second connecting member that connects the main column and the second auxiliary column, and a third connecting member that connects the first auxiliary column and the second auxiliary column, It includes a pontoon provided below the connecting member with respect to the direction of gravity, which supports the weight of the main column, the first auxiliary column, and the second auxiliary column, The pontoon is a floating wind power generation device comprising the main column, a first pontoon connected to the main column from a region between the first auxiliary column and the second auxiliary column, a second pontoon connected to the first auxiliary column from the region, and a third pontoon connected to the second auxiliary column from the region.

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