Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine with a tower-mounted heat exchange structure
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Application No.: US15310256Application Date: 2015-06-16
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Publication No.: US10018188B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Jesper Nyvad , Thue Søndergård Thomsen
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DK201470411 20140702
- International Application: PCT/DK2015/050170 WO 20150616
- International Announcement: WO2016/000715 WO 20160107
- Main IPC: F24H3/00
- IPC: F24H3/00 ; F03D80/60 ; F28D1/04 ; F28F9/013 ; F28G1/16 ; F28D1/02

Abstract:
A wind turbine with a tower; a nacelle supported by said tower; at least one unit to be cooled and arranged in the tower or the nacelle; a tower mounted heat exchange structure arranged outside the nacelle and tower; and a circuit facilitating a flow of a fluid medium between the at least one unit and the heat exchange structure. To improve thermal convection with the ambient space, the heat exchange structure comprises a set of panels mutually angled and extending outwards from the tower such that a flow of ambient air can pass transversely trough the panels and thereby cool the unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170175716A1 A WIND TURBINE WITH A TOWER-MOUNTED HEAT EXCHANGE STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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