IN AN AUTOMATIC ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR A FLOATING PLANT

In an automatic anchoring system for a floating plant, with several mooring cables each anchored at the bottom of the sea and held under controlled tension by a winch aboard the plant, the diviations from desired position are measured and converted into steering signals for the devices controlling the cable tension to reduce the diviations.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • German Patent Application Number 1,506,265.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais du Petrole

  1 et 4 Avenue de Bois-Preau, BP 311
  92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Moulin, P
• Publication Date: 1969-8-21

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mooring; Moorings; Single point moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Mooring mechanism drives
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056663
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM