Method of Assembling A Floating Wind Turbine Platform

    公开(公告)号:US20190263477A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16411172

    申请日:2019-05-14

    摘要: A method of assembling a floating wind turbine platform includes forming a base assembly of the floating wind turbine platform in either a cofferdam or a graving dock built in water having a first depth. The base assembly includes a keystone and a plurality of buoyant bottom beams extending radially outward of the keystone, wherein longitudinal axes of each of the plurality of bottom beams are coplanar. The cofferdam or the graving dock is flooded and the assembled base assembly is floated to an assembly area in water having a second depth. A center column and a plurality of outer columns are assembled or formed on the base assembly, a tower is assembled or formed on the center column, and a wind turbine is assembled on the tower, thereby defining the floating wind turbine platform.

    Nanofibril-polymer composites
    94.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10280294B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US14905349

    申请日:2014-07-17

    摘要: The present invention provides, among other things, compositions comprising nanofibrils, at least one maleic-anhydride (MA) copolymer and at least one matrix polymer, and methods of making such compositions. The provided methods and compositions allow for the production of composites with unexpectedly superior properties including improved impact resistance, tensile modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, and flexural modulus of elasticity as compared to previously known composites. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods including the steps of providing cellulose nanofibrils, associating the cellulose nanofibrils with a maleic-anhydride (MA) copolymer to form a nanofibril-MA copolymer blend, preparing the nanofibril-MA copolymer blend for addition to a matrix polymer, and forming a composite by associating the nanofibril-MA copolymer blend with the matrix polymer, wherein the amount of cellulose nanofibrils in the composite is between 3% and 50% by weight of the composite.

    Exploiting phase-change memory write asymmetries to accelerate write

    公开(公告)号:US09601191B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-21

    申请号:US14759085

    申请日:2013-12-20

    IPC分类号: G11C11/00 G11C13/00

    摘要: To improve the write performance of PCM, the disclosed technology, in certain embodiments, provides a new write scheme, referred to herein as two-stage-write, which leverages the speed and power asymmetries of writing a zero bit and a one bit. Writing a data block to PCM is divided into two separated stages, i.e., write-0 stage and write-1 stage. Without violating power constraints, during the write-0 stage, all zero bits in this data block are written to PCM at an accelerated speed; during the write-1 stage, all one bits are written to PCM, with more bits being written concurrently. In certain embodiments, the disclosed technology provides a new coding scheme to improve the speed of the write-1 stage by further increasing the number of bits that can be written to PCM in parallel.

    Floating Wind Turbine Support System
    100.
    发明申请
    Floating Wind Turbine Support System 有权
    浮动风力发电机支持系统

    公开(公告)号:US20160230746A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-11

    申请号:US15023839

    申请日:2014-09-24

    摘要: A semi-submersible wind turbine platform is capable of floating on a body of water and supporting a wind turbine, and includes a keystone. At least three bottom beams extend radially outward of the keystone, and a center column extends perpendicularly from an upper surface of the keystone, a first axial end of the center column attached to the keystone; the center column configured to have a tower attached to a second axial end thereof. One of a plurality of outer columns ex-tends perpendicularly from an upper surface of each bottom beam, wherein first axial ends of the outer columns are attached to a distal end of each bottom beam. One of a plurality of top beams extends between a second axial end of each outer column and a second axial end of the center column, wherein the top beams are configured substantially not to resist bending moment of a tower attached to the center column.

    摘要翻译: 半潜式风力涡轮机平台能够漂浮在水体上并支撑风力涡轮机,并且包括梯形失真。 至少三个底部梁在梯形件的径向外侧延伸,并且中心柱从梯形件的上表面垂直地延伸,中心柱的第一轴向端附接到梯形失真件; 所述中心柱被构造成具有附接到其第二轴向端的塔。 多个外柱中的一个从每个底梁的上表面垂直地倾斜,其中外柱的第一轴向端附接到每个底梁的远端。 多个顶梁中的一个在每个外柱的第二轴向端和中心柱的第二轴向端之间延伸,其中顶梁被配置为基本上不抵抗连接到中心柱的塔的弯矩。