Method for realising a submerged floating foundation with blocked vertical thrust for the coordinated production of mariculture and electrical energy using wind in open sea conditions and submergeable floating foundation for carrying loads to be used in said method
The invention refers to a novel submerged floating foundation body ( 6,13;16 ) which is mounted to the bottom ( 1 ) of the sea or a lake by cables or chains ( 3 ) and supporting a structure especially a wind turbine tower ( 10 ) below the wave motion area ( 8 ). It may have also a mariculture cage ( 7 ) on said floating body.
1. A method of implementing a buoyant foundation operable to support a load composing:
immersing a buoyant foundation body below a wave motion area of water;
disposing a turbine tower having a wind turbine on an upper part of the foundation body; and
attaching a counterweight to the foundation body using a tension cable, operable to bias the foundation body against thrusting vertically into the wave motion area.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
controlling the depth of the foundation body in the water through adjustment of the counterweights.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising employing an anchoring system extendable from the body and contacting a surfacing of a floor of a body of water.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
connecting electrical generating equipment to the wind turbine; and
utilizing the wind turbine to generate electricity.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising attaching a fish farming installation to the foundation body.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting the buoyancy by increasing or decreasing an amount of gas in the foundation body of the foundation body in the water.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the gas is air.
8. A buoyant foundation comprising:
a foundation body having a lower submergible buoyant part operable to be submerged below a wave motion area of a body of water, the foundation body comprising an upper part comprising a wind turbine extending therefrom and operable to extend above a surface of the water, and further comprising a first tension cable tethered to the upper part and tethered to the foundation body, and
at least one counterweight, tethered to the foundation body, operable to bias the foundation body against thrusting vertically into the wave motion area and operable to be disposed on a surface of a floor of a body of water,
wherein the upper part further comprises a chamber for an electrical installation to control the wind turbine, and at least one storage chamber.
9. The invention of claim 8 further comprising an anchoring system extending from the foundation body and the surface of a floor of a body of water wherein said anchoring system is adapted to retain the foundation body submerged below the wave motion area of water.
10. The invention of claim 9 said anchoring system comprising a tethering device connected to a counterweight contacting the surface of the floor of a body of water.
11. The invention of claim 10 wherein said counterweight is adapted to have adjustable buoyancy.
12. The invention of claim 8 wherein the foundation body comprises a chamber fillable with water and optionally gas.
13. The invention of claim 8 wherein the foundation body is operable as a base for attaching a fish farming installation.
14. The invention of claim 13 wherein the fish farming installation composes a cage or a net.
15. The invention of claim 8 , wherein the lower part of the foundation body comprises a polygonal or circular hollow body surrounding a central body, arranged around a central part adapted to extend vertically from the lower part beyond the upper part.
16. The invention of claim 15 , wherein the lower part comprises a ring-shaped hollow body and a plurality of radially arranged hollow arms connecting the ring-shaped hollow body to the central body.
17. The invention of claim 16 , wherein a fish farming device is located between the lower part of the foundation and the surface of the water.
18. The invention of claim 17 , wherein the fish farming device comprises at least one fish farming cage disposed around the central body.
19. The invention of claim 18 , wherein the at least one fish farming cage has the form of a polygon and is arranged between the radial arms and two hollow bodies.
20. The invention of claim 8 , wherein the foundation body is constructed as a single piece with a plurality of integrated hollow chambers.
21. The invention of claim 8 , wherein the outside form of the lower part is hexagonal.
22. The invention of claim 8 , wherein the wind turbine further comprises an electrical energy production component, and wherein the electrical energy is operable to power an automatic fish feeding-related service, of the foundation.
23. The buoyant foundation of claim 8 , wherein the lower buoyant part is submerged below the wave motion area of the body of water, the wind turbine extends above the surface of the water, and the at least one counterweight is tethered to the foundation body with at least the second tension cable, the at least one counterweight is disposed on the surface of the floor of the body of water and biases the foundation body against thrusting vertically into the wave motion area.