Tension leg platform turbine: A unique integration of mature technologies

Proceedings of the 16th Offshore Symposium - Energy from the Oceans

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Moon III, William L ^a   Nordstrom, Charles J ^a  

^a Glosten Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain mooring; Design spiral; Floating; Tension leg platform; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN TOOL; FLOATING; MOORED STRUCTURES; NOVEL STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; OIL AND GAS; PAY LOAD; SHALLOW WATERS; TENSION LEG PLATFORMS; WATER DEPTH;

DESIGN; MOORING; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 78649376583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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