Patent ID: 11939032
Assignee: VL OFFSHORE, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 10:
11. A method of stabilizing a power cable connected to a floating foundation supporting a wind turbine, the method comprising:
determining an optimal number and position of a plurality of buoyancy modules to be disposed on at least one power cable;
installing the plurality of buoyancy modules in the at least one power cable according to the determined optimal number and position;
deploying the floating foundation and the at least one power cable into a water body,
wherein the at least one power cable is an inter-array power cable for transferring power generated by the wind turbine to or from another floating foundation and/or an export power cable for exporting the generated power to an offshore/onshore station,
wherein the optimal number and position of the plurality of buoyancy modules are determined based on at least a distance between the floating foundation and the another floating foundation or the offshore/onshore station, and
wherein the at least one power cable with the plurality of buoyancy modules is positioned in an optimal submergence range of the water body due to the number and position of the plurality of buoyancy modules.