Two types of single shared anchor mooring systems and installation method for station-keeping of floating offshore wind turbines are disclosed. The first type has one anchor on the seabed, a plurality of mooring lines, three-dimensional fairlead devices, and pendent gravity units. Each of the mooring lines runs from a first end attached to the corresponding pendent gravity unit suspended in mid-water vertically upward through the corresponding three-dimensional fairlead device attached to the floater and extends downward to a second end attached to the anchor. The mooring line has a constant tension equal to the submerged weight of the pendent gravity unit. The second type has one anchor on the seabed, one pendent gravity unit suspended in mid-water above the anchor, a plurality of mooring fairleads and interconnected mooring lines. Each of the mooring lines runs upward from a first end connected to the anchor through the mooring fairlead attached to the floater and extends downward to a second end connected to the pendent gravity unit. The mooring systems are secured to the floater at quayside, towed-out with the floater, and installed by lowering the anchor and the pendent gravity units under gravity at the offshore site.
SINGLE SHARED ANCHOR MOORING SYSTEMS AND INSTALLATION METHOD FOR FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES
2025-07-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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