F05B2260/20

Heat exchange system and motor

The present application discloses a heat exchange system and a motor. The heat exchange system includes: a first heat exchange unit disposed in a to-be-cooled area of the motor for heat exchange, the first heat exchange unit including a plurality of first heat exchange branches connected in parallel; a second heat exchange unit disposed outside the motor, and being connected to the first heat exchange unit through a pipeline assembly to form a closed heat exchange loop. Each first heat exchange branch is connected with a first heat exchanger, a first valve group, and a first pressure information component, and the opening and closing of the first valve group is controlled according to the first pressure information of the first pressure information component.

COOLING OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES

An electrical machine (50) comprising a rotor (70), a stator (60), a stator cooling system (80) including stator cooling channels (66) conducting cooling fluid to active parts of the stator (60), and a rotor cooling system (90) for cooling active parts of the rotor (70) is provided. The rotor cooling system (90) is configured to provide a rotor cooling gas flow, and the rotor cooling gas flow is cooled by the stator cooling channels (66). Methods for cooling electrical machines (50) are also provided, as well as wind turbines comprising generators with cooling systems.

Centrifugal compressor with diffuser

A centrifugal compressor includes a rotation shaft, a compressor impeller attached to one end of the rotation shaft, and a first wall surface and a second wall surface formed inside a housing so as to face each other in an axial direction. A diffuser is formed between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the axial direction, and a wall portion separates the diffuser from an axial space inside the housing in which the rotation shaft extends. The wall portion includes at least one extraction hole that fluidly couples the diffuser to the axial spate and that is configured to extract a gas from the diffuser.

METHOD OF COOLING A WIND TURBINE
20220003217 · 2022-01-06 ·

A method of cooling a wind turbine. A cooling system is operated with a first setpoint temperature to cool the wind turbine over a first period. The method comprises measuring a temperature of the wind turbine over the first period to obtain temperature measurements; allocating each of the temperature measurements to a temperature range, wherein one or more of the temperature ranges are critical temperature ranges; and for each critical temperature range, comparing a parameter indicative of a number of the temperature measurements allocated to the critical temperature range with a threshold; selecting a second setpoint temperature on the basis of the comparison(s); and operating the cooling system with the second setpoint temperature over a second period. An equivalent method is also disclosed in which a power setting of the wind turbine is changed on the basis of the comparison(s).

Wind turbine and cooling device for a wind turbine
11215168 · 2022-01-04 · ·

There is provided a wind turbine comprising a tower which has a wall, a cooling device having an air inlet unit and an air outlet unit which are provided in the lower region of the tower. The air inlet unit and the air outlet unit each have an outer portion, a central portion and a shutter unit. The outer portions are provided outside the wall of the tower, the central portions are provided in the region of the wall of the tower and the shutter units are provided within the tower. The air inlet unit and the air outlet unit have fixing units, by means of which the central portions can be fixed to the wall of the tower from the interior of the tower.

Cooler for a wind turbine having pivotable cooling panels

A wind turbine (10) includes a tower (12), a nacelle (14) coupled to the tower (12) and housing one or more heat generating components (18, 20), a rotor (16) having a least one wind turbine blade (24), and a cooler (38) mounted to the nacelle (14) and configured to cool the one or more heat generating components (18, 20) in the nacelle (14) by circulating a working fluid. The cooler (38) includes a support frame (46) coupled to the nacelle (14) and a heat exchanger (48) coupled to the support frame (46) and configured to cool the working fluid. The heat exchanger (48) includes at least two cooling panels (58) in non-planar relation with each other. The at least two cooling panels (50) may also be pivotably coupled to each other. A method of assembling a cooler (38) is also disclosed.

A ROTOR BLADE FOR A WIND TURBINE
20230313777 · 2023-10-05 ·

A rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed, comprising a root section, a tip section, a middle section, a blade skin, an electric heating arrangement having a heating strip, and a blade portion of an energy transfer arrangement being electrically connected to the heating arrangement. The blade further comprises a lightning arrangement having one lightning receptor mounted to the tip section and being electrically connected to the heating strip, wherein electrical energy of a lightning strike can be conducted from the lightning receptor into the heating strip. Furthermore, the lightning arrangement comprises a grounding device which is mounted to the root section, which is configured for conducting electrical energy received from the lightning receptor via the heating strip into a grounding arrangement. The heating strip has a width-thickness relation of at least 50:1, is flexible, arranged with the blade skin and extends over 50% of a total length of the rotor blade. The design of the heating strip is chosen that an adhesive bonding between ice and the blade skin can be terminated by electrically heating a respective surface of the blade skin, and lightning caused currents of at least 10 kA can be conducted without causing damage to the rotor blade.

A SOLAR-POWERED, TEMPERATURE CASCADING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION

A concentrating solar power plant includes a solar light capturing part configured to capture solar light; and a heat exchange part configured to transform solar energy, from the captured solar light, into heat, which is stored in a solid medium, wherein the solid medium is stored underground. The solar light capturing part has a heliostat farm, a beam down solar concentrator, and a compound concentrator, each configured to reflect the solar light.

Fluid compressor
11746784 · 2023-09-05 ·

The present invention relates to a fluid compressor comprising: a driving module comprising a driving motor embedded in a motor case; and a compression module comprising a rotor, which is rotatably driven by a driving motor and which has a plurality of variable blades radially provided along the outer peripheral surface thereof, a rotor housing for encompassing the rotor, and a cover of the rotor, for closing the rotor housing, wherein the compression modules are stacked and airtight to block contact between fluid passing through the compression module and air outside the compression module, so that the fluid flowing into any one compression module sequentially passes through the remaining compression modules. The rotary shafts provided in each center of the rotors are connected a shaft coupler. The present invention simultaneously achieves a high-efficiency compression ratio and reduces noise caused by the excessive velocity of any compression module.

Gas turbine engine with trailing edge heat exchanger

A gas turbine engine includes a fan assembly, a compressor assembly, a combustion chamber, a turbine assembly, a bypass duct conveying rearward a bypass airstream driven by the fan assembly when the gas turbine engine is in use, a fairing extending across at least a portion of the bypass duct downstream of the fan assembly, and a heat exchanger having an inlet fluidly connected to the compressor assembly and an outlet fluidly connected to a pneumatic actuator of the gas turbine engine. The fairing has a leading edge and a trailing edge. The heat exchanger is disposed adjacent the trailing edge of the fairing.