Features and Functionalities of the
HAWT Wind Turbine
Tandem Wind Turbine is introducing a Novel Wind Turbine patent-pending concept product. Our turbine is a “SwayTolerant” single or dual rotored HAWT wind turbine with tripod-like stability. This concept with a novel platform-level YAW Ring is well suited for both floating or fixed platforms. The weight and top-heaviness are significant. Moreover, the top-heaviness, derived from the YAW mechanism, decreases as it is moved from the top of the tower to the platform level.
Tripod Support Structure
Our product is a tripod support structure which removes the bending moment singularity of the conventional wind turbine platform base attachment.
The weight of the turbine, as well as the bending moments, can now be distributed via a tripod over a wide circular yaw ring using a lighter “lattice” tripod construction. It is the floating platform sway motion de-coupling from the wind turbine.
It is accomplished by a self-adjusting capability to negate the angle sways of its floating platform and performed by a telescoping tilt rod. This tilt rod also functions as the third leg of the tripod support.
Tandem Wind Turbine Concept
Our Tandem Wind Turbine Concept is designed by re-positioning the turbine’s yaw. On a common platform base, yaw cannot be shared by two HAWT wind turbines. The dual-rotored HAWT with a common yaw base essentially doubles the energy density of any off-shore array.
