Patent ID: 11881689
Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  F  E  Y | IPC B  F  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for installing an offshore installation, the method comprising:
a) providing a pipe for connecting the offshore installation with another offshore installation or an onshore installation;
b) arranging an electrical cable inside the pipe;
c) determining a level at or above a seabed, wherein the pipe comprises a first portion arranged below the level and a second portion arranged above the level, and wherein the electrical cable is arranged inside the pipe to form a gap with an inner wall of the pipe along the first portion and the second portion;
d) determining an amount of cooling liquid such that;
when the cooling liquid has a first temperature, the cooling liquid fills the gap along the first portion of the pipe, wherein the second portion of the pipe is free of the cooling liquid, and
when the cooling liquid cools the electrical cable and has a second temperature higher than the first temperature, it is expanded from the first portion into the second portion, filling the gap along the first portion and the second portion of the pipe, and

e) providing the amount of the cooling liquid inside the pipe.