Stability

Survivability
Combined RES
Capture/Conversion
Capacity
Smaller Ocean footprint
Leeward Calm water
Berthing zone
MULTI-TASK APPS
Transport, Energy
Aquaculture
Leisure
ADAPTABILITY
Multi-task platform
Breakwater, Marina
Commercial Port
Modular, Monolithic
Construction
Offshore
Deep-ocean
Floating Platform
Float Incs
Offshore Floating
Ocean Energy
System
(OFOES)
Float Inc. Pneumatically Stabilized Platform (PSP)
Primary Design as a Deep Ocean Offshore Floating Platform
Float Inc. PSP Marine Technology Characteristics Confirmed & Validated
Defense Advanced Research
Project Agency (DARPA)
Confirmation of PSP
marine technology
(1995 1996)

Office of Naval Research
(ONR)
Validation of PSP marine
technology characteristics
(1997 1998)

Float Inc. Pneumatically
Stabilized Platform (PSP)
marine technology chosen for
inclusion in a national R&D
program U.S.A.
Department of Defense
Mobile Offshore Base
Program
Float Inc. PSP Marine Technology
Characteristics Confirmed & Validated
Stable with large Variable Deck Loads Capabilities
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 within the PSP platform cylinders.
Modular
PSP cylinders assembled into modules
Modules assembled into PSP platform configuration
Modules assembly can be accomplished in Sea State 3
levels
Monolithic platform
Modular construction and assembly
Float Inc. PSP Marine Technology
Characteristics Confirmed & Validated
Extensible
PSP modular construction permits extension of existing PSP
without interruption of existing activities onboard
Mobile
PSP can be repositioned to a different area/zone as the PSP
is simply retained in position by the appropriate anchorage
system
Long life
PSP is constructed of post constraint, reinforced concrete
having a useful life exceeding 70-years.
No dry-docking required, and requires no significant
maintenance of the basic hull.
< A Module
Adjustable
Air Ducting >
< Mobile
Buoyancy Air
Exchange
Float Inc. Pneumatically Stabilized Platform (PSP)
Wave Incident / Wave - Transmitted = Attenuation of Wave Energy Model
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Incident Transmitted
Energy Flows
Office of Naval Research (ONR) Model Tank Test Results concerning wave attenuation revealed:
Wave Attenuation
Wave Period Wave Height (% and meters)
7 seconds 0m90 94% & 0m05
9 seconds 2m50 72% & 0m70
12 seconds 5m50 50% & 2m75
16 seconds 10m00 63% & 3m70
20 seconds 15m50 54% & 7m13
Float Inc.
Rho-Cee Wave Energy Converter
Initial tank testing performed
at Ohmsett - BOEM tank testing facility in December 2009
Available power comparison,
wind and wave.
Some pics/ideas for

Oceans Offshore Energy System
Offshore Floating Ocean Energy System
proposed and presented by
Float Inc Offshore Floating Ocean Energy System
(OFOES) accommodates onboard the
Pneumatically Stabilized Platform (PSP)
Offshore Wind Energy
Offshore Wave Energy
Offshore Ocean Current Energy
Potential Energy Storage (PES)
Ancillary Applications:
Aquaculture & related
activities
Desalination plant
LNG Liquefaction & Re-
gasification Facilities
Offshore Ro-Ro and/or
Container Port
NB: Not an exhaustive list
All on the same Platform - PSP
Float Inc Pneumatically Stabilized
Platform
Deep-ocean floating Platform
Stable + Extensible
Long life
Renewable Energy Capture & Storage
Ancillary Applications
Floating Real-Estate Applications
Hydrokinetic turbine
Renewable energy source
Ocean Current
Wind turbine
Renewable energy source
Wind Energy
Rho-Cee Wave Energy Converter
Renewable energy source
Wave Energy
PSP Potential Energy Storage
Storage & Reconstitution of
Renewable Energy Sources
Electricity
Offshore Wind Turbine Farm
onboard the Float Inc
Offshore Floating Ocean Energy System (OFOES)
Structural stability that allows any
standard Offshore Wind Turbine to
be easily deployed.
Wind Turbine foundations
same as onshore
Wind Turbines at end-of-life can
be replaced onboard the OFOES
Access, maintenance and
operation similar to onshore
Transformer station in-the-dry
One grid connection cable to shore
Storage of spare and repair parts
No new specialized vessels needed
to transport equipment or
personnel directly from ports to
platform
Waves, Winds 60
Calm
zone
Calm
zone
Wind & Wave Together - Extending the Wind Turbine farm
Complimentary on the Float Inc
Offshore Floating Ocean Energy System (OFOES)
PSP span @ 1 200m Rho-Cee WEC width @ 1 040m
Wind Turbines spacing @ 200m (extendable-leeward) with rotor diameter @ 90m
Wind Turbine rating @ 3MW Rho-Cee WEC rating @ 60kW/m
200m dock - struts 200m x 5m concrete culvert pipe, w/rails
Total Power Rating: 98MW PES Storage: ~12MW-Hr, cold
Calm
zone
Case Study Example of an Offshore Zone
Preliminary Calculations: Galicia, Spain
source 40+ year Wave Data History
Annual incident
wave power

Recognized

40

kW/m
Incident wave
power multiplied by

8,760 hours/year

350,400

kWh/m year
Rho-Cee WEC Economic
optimization
capture rate 60%

210

MWh/m year
Rho-Cee WEC Wave energy
conversion rate 78%

164

MWh/m year
Rho-Cee WEC Wave-front span
1,040meters

170,547

MWh/year
Average annual
home
Electricity use
8MWh

21,318

Homes
Annual incident
wave power

Recognized

70

kW/m
Incident wave
power multiplied by

8,760 hours/year

613,200

kWh/m year
Rho-Cee WEC Economic
optimization
capture rate 60%

368

MWh/m year
Rho-Cee WEC Wave energy
conversion rate 78%

287

MWh/m year
Rho-Cee WEC Wave-front span
1,040meters

298,457

MWh/year
Average annual
home
Electricity use
8MWh

37,307

Homes
Case Study Example of an Offshore Zone
Preliminary Calculations: Belmullet, Ireland
source SOWFIA DMP & NOAA
Hindcast 7-year Wave Data History

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