CPC B63B 39/03 (2013.01) [B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 39/02 (2013.01); B63B 79/15 (2020.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.05); B63B 2035/446 (2013.01); F05B 2240/93 (2013.01); F05B 2240/95 (2013.01); F05B 2260/964 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A tuned mass damper (TMD) system in combination with a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) platform comprising:
a barge FOWT platform having a hull configured to have a wind turbine tower mounted thereon; and
a TMD system mounted in the hull, the TMD system having:
a first TMD configured to operate at a first frequency; and
a second TMD configured to operate at a second frequency different than the first frequency;
wherein the first TMD includes a first water ballast chamber that defines a mass of the first TMD, and wherein the second TMD includes a second water ballast chamber that defines a mass of the second TMD.
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