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Title:
FLOATING-BODY TYPE WIND POWER GENERATING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/084633
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A floating-body type wind power generating device includes: a wind turbine; a floating body for supporting the wind turbine offshore and comprising a first column to which the wind turbine is provided, a second column and a third column which, along with the first column, form each vertex of a virtual triangle in a planar view, and at least a pair of connecting parts which respectively connect the first column to the second column and the third column; mooring lines which are connected to the floating body; and at least one plate member provided below the water line, along the corner at which a side surface of the floating body and the bottom surface of the floating body intersect, and at a distance from the mooring lines. The at least one plate member is configured such that there is a gap between the floating body and the at least one plate member, and such that sea water flows in and out, via the gap, between a first region, formed from the side surface of the floating body and the at least one plate member, and a second region, formed from the bottom surface of the floating body and the at least one plate member.

Inventors:
OHTA MAKOTO (JP)
KOMATSU MASAO (JP)
KUMAMOTO HITOSHI (JP)
TANIGAKI SHINKICHI (JP)
HONDA AKIHIRO (JP)
UEDA YOSHINORI (JP)
YAMADA MASATO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/078433
Publication Date:
June 13, 2013
Filing Date:
November 02, 2012
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
F03D9/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2011137903A22011-11-10
Foreign References:
JP2002037184A2002-02-06
JP2004058691A2004-02-26
JP2003034289A2003-02-04
JP2011521820A2011-07-28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TAKAHASHI, MATSUMOTO & PARTNERS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP. (JP)
Patent business corporation Takahashi 松本 & partners (JP)
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