OFFSHORE INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL ENERGY

摘要

Offshore installation for producing electrical energy. This offshore installation producing electrical energy from the thermal energy of the oceans, of the type comprising a floating platform (1) carrying means of producing electrical energy from the temperature difference between the water at the surface and the water deep down, and associated with means (2) that form a suction pipe for drawing up water from a depth, is characterized in that the means forming a suction pipe for drawing up water from a depth comprise three parts, these being a first part (3) formed of a rigid pipe (6), the lower end of which is submerged at a great depth and the upper end of which is submerged between two waters at a shallower depth, a second part (4) formed of flexible pipes (9) for coupling the upper end of this rigid suction pipe (6) to a third part (5) of the means that form the suction pipe, this third part being formed of rigid pumping pipes (10) making up a lattice of pipes which is fixed under the platform.