Patent classifications
F05B2230/61
APPARATUS, TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORT OF AN OBJECT IN A WIND TURBINE
An apparatus for transport of an object in a wind turbine is provided, the apparatus including a main frame, a number of support elements, and a number of transfer bearings attached to the main frame. The support elements are configured to receive the object and to secure the object at the main frame, and the transfer bearings each comprise a movable part that is movable around at least two axes relative to the main frame. Further, a transport system and a method for transport of an object in a wind turbine is also provided.
System for servicing wind turbine rotor
A system for enabling servicing of a rotor of a wind turbine is provided. A rotor servicing fixture attaches to a first and second rotor blade, and contacts a wind turbine tower. A clamp assembly is connected to the rotor servicing fixture, and clamps onto a third rotor blade. The clamp assembly lowers the third rotor blade from a hub and raises it back to the hub. A lifting assembly is connected to the rotor servicing fixture and the clamp assembly, and is configured for raising and lowering the third rotor blade via the clamp assembly. A slide assembly is connected to the rotor servicing fixture, and is configured to support the rotor part and to slidably move the rotor part away from or towards the wind turbine. The system enables the rotor part to be removed or replaced without requiring the rotor to be removed from the wind turbine.
Methods and system for transporting a component of a wind turbine
Provided is a method for transporting a component of a wind turbine to a storing position, wherein the component is mounted on a transport frame, including providing a transport arrangement including at least two elongate, height-adjustable, self-propelled transporter units, positioning the transport frame with the component mounted thereon onto the transport arrangement such that the self-propelled transporter units are spaced apart by a predefined lateral distance from each other, using the transport arrangement, rolling the component to a storing position where at least one support device has been positioned, such that at least a part of the at least one support device is located between a pair of the self-propelled transporter units, lowering the self-propelled transporter units such that the transport frame comes to rest on the at least one support device, and removing the transport arrangement from under the supported transport frame.
Lifting device for a wind turbine rotor blade
A lift system for a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes a lifting device having a structural frame body having a root end and a tip end. The root end supports a root cradle and the tip end supports a tip cradle. The root and tip cradles each have a profile that corresponds to at least one exterior surface of the rotor blade so as to receive and support at least a portion of the rotor blade. Due to a shape of the rotor blade, when the rotor blade is installed in the lifting device and lifted uptower, the rotor blade can experience an asymmetric loading. Accordingly, the lift system also includes a variable airflow assembly coupled to tip end of the lifting device. The variable airflow assembly includes at least one surface moveable between a plurality of positions having varying resistances so as to counteract the asymmetric loading.
MASS DAMPER MODULE FOR WIND TURBINE INSTALLATION
A mass damper module (600) for a wind turbine installation comprises: an attachment interface (603a-d) adapted to removably attach the mass damper module to structural lifting parts (303a-d) of a nacelle (300) of the wind turbine installation; and an active tuned mass damper (601) controllable to damp vibration of the wind turbine installation when the mass damper module is so attached to the nacelle and the nacelle is attached to a tower (200) to form the wind turbine installation.
System for assembling a generator, generator vertical assembly device and corresponding assembling method
A system for assembling a generator, preferably a permanently excited generator of a wind turbine, comprising a rotor and a stator. A vertical assembly device connectable to the rotor and the stator is proposed, for guiding the rotor in parallel and coaxially aligned to the stator during assembly, the vertical assembly device comprising a first assembly element being connectable to the rotor, a second assembly element being connectable to the stator, and guiding means for guiding the first assembly element coaxially aligned to the second assembly element.
DEVICE AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE HORIZONTAL PREASSEMBLY OF A WIND TURBINE ROTOR
An adapter device for the horizontal preassembly of a wind turbine rotor includes a connection piece on the underside of the adapter device for fastening the adapter device to a tower system of a tower crane, and a rotor flange on the top side of the adapter device for fastening the rotor hub of the wind turbine rotor to be assembled.
WIND TURBINE BLADE LIFTING DEVICE
A wind turbine blade lifting device is provided, comprising a backing member adapted to contact an interior surface of a wind turbine blade; a connector rod having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end is rotatably connected to the backing member; a cover plate connected to the connector rod, wherein the cover plate includes an alignment member; a primary lifting shackle rotatably connected to a base member engaged with the connector rod; and a securing nut threadably connected to the upper end of the connector rod. One or more spacers are positioned around the connector rod between the cover plate and an exterior blade surface. The device preferably includes a holding tool connectable to the upper end of the connector rod. The cover plate preferably includes one of more secondary shackles to enable engagement with other rigging equipment.
NACELLE FOR WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING COMPONENTS
Aspects of the present invention relate to a nacelle (14) for a wind turbine generator (10), and a method for transferring components into and out of a wind turbine generator (10). The nacelle (14) comprises a housing (26) surrounding an internal volume (24) of the nacelle (14). The housing (26) has a maintenance opening (50). The nacelle comprises a carriage (54) configured to hold a component (48), the carriage (54) being movable between a first position and a second position to transfer the component (48) through the maintenance opening (50). When the carriage (54) is in the first position, the component (48) is held within the internal volume (24). When the carriage (54) is in the second position, the component (48) is held such that at least a portion of the component (48) is outside the housing (26).
Nacelle having liquid retaining properties
Provided is a nacelle for a wind driven power plant, the nacelle including a nacelle bottom cover, wherein the nacelle bottom cover includes two or more segments, each of the segments being configured to contain a respective predefined maximum volume of a liquid in a receptacle in a case of leakage, and wherein the respective receptacles are configured to collectively contain a total volume that corresponds to a total amount of liquids in the wind driven power plant, in particular a total amount of lubricating oils and/or cooling liquids in the wind driven power plant. Also provided is a wind driven power plant including the nacelle and a wind park including a plurality of the wind driven power plants.