Offshore installation for producing electrical energy from thermal energy of oceans for driving thermal engine, has suction pipe forming unit whose part is formed of flexible pipes for coupling upper end of rigid pipe to platform

摘要

The installation has a floating platform (1) on which a producing unit is provided, where the producing unit produces electrical energy from temperature difference between water at a surface and water deep down. The floating platform is associated with a suction pipe forming unit (2). The suction pipe forming unit comprises two parts (3, 4), where one of the parts is formed of a rigid pipe (5) whose lower end is immersed in large depth and upper end is immersed at reduced depth. The other part is formed of flexible pipes (9) for coupling the upper end of the rigid pipe to the platform.