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PSP Technology
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The Pneumatically Stabilized Platform (PSP) system permits the design and
construction of very large-floating platforms of unlimited size. PSPs may be deployed
in regions with extreme wave heights and achieve more stability then achieved by
any other known technology. Since a PSP is also a breakwater, it will allow the
docking of vessels on the down wave sides which permits the safe transfer of materiel
and people to and from the platform
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The PSP is a patented design concept for large floating platforms, in which the
flotation force is derived from an array of open-bottom cylinders tapping pressurized
air that displaces the water.
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- Softer response to waves with higher deck load capacities
- More than 50 years of longevity without significant maintenance. Does not require
periodic haul outs
- Deployable in unlimited water depth and of unlimited size
- Supports multiple energy sources (wave, wind and current) as well as other multiple
functions (lodging, dining, medical facilities and maintenance facilities for turbine,
rotor and boat repairs etc.)
- Provides protected calm waters for supply ship and maintenance craft dockage
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The “secret” of the PSP’s motion stability lies in the mobility of its buoyancy
air.
It achieves its at-sea motion stability and structural loads mitigation by decoupling
the “hull” from ocean wave pressures through the use of air buoyancy, which is both
compressible and mobile. The air is contained in an array of interconnected, open-bottomed,
cylindrical tanks. The air is made mobile by means of ducting. The ducting arrangement
is selectable in real time to best suit the sea-state environment and platform deck
loading distribution. Local air pressure adjustments are made via Roots-type blowers,
as needed.
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How does PSP storage Energy?
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As the PSP is buoyantly supported afloat in large measure by pressurized air, and
the accessible internal volume of a PSP platform is quite large, considerable potential
energy can be stored.
That energy can be tapped during intervals of low wave activity to better match
varying demands of the load infrastructure.
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Renewable Energy (Waves and Wind )
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