Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for removing equipment parts from a platform of a wind turbine generator, and method for filling a fuel tank on said platform
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Application No.: US15515813Application Date: 2015-09-16
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Publication No.: US10384917B2Publication Date: 2019-08-20
- Inventor: Morten Frost Hansen , Peter Nordlyng , Mark Ursell-Smith , Kim Christensen , Ken Nakayama
- Applicant: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N
- Assignee: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
- Current Assignee: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DK201470621 20141007
- International Application: PCT/DK2015/050278 WO 20150916
- International Announcement: WO2016/055068 WO 20160414
- Main IPC: B66C23/16
- IPC: B66C23/16 ; B66D3/00 ; B65G67/24 ; B60P1/64 ; B63B27/32 ; B66D3/02 ; B67D9/00 ; F03D80/50

Abstract:
A power pack [2] is located within a housing [3] on the platform [1] of a wind turbine generator tower. The power pack [2] is supplied from a fuel tank [4]. With the door [6] of the housing [3] open, the power pack [2] may be removed for servicing and repair by using a U-shaped support structure [8] to which an electric motor [11] is mounted. Two support rails [12] permanently located within the housing [3] support the housed power pack [2]. A chain [15] attached to the power pack [2] is driven by the motor [11] to remove the power pack [2] from the housing [3] by sliding the power pack [2]along the support structure [8]. A pulley arrangement reduces the necessary torque. After removing the power pack [2] from the housing [3], a crane [7] is used to lift the power pack [2] from the platform [1] and to lower it down to a sea vessel [17]. The crane [7] may also be used in the refilling of the fuel tank [4] by hauling a fuel line [18] from a sea vessel up to the platform [1] and connecting it to the fuel tank [4].
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