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公开(公告)号：US20230135211A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-04
申请号：US17515608
申请日：2021-11-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Xiaopeng Li , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer , Christopher James Kenny
Abstract: A method and system of additively-manufacturing a structure having a reinforced access opening includes printing, via an additive printing device having at least one printer head, a portion of the structure adjacent to a support surface. The portion of the structure is printed of a cementitious material, and the printed portion of the structure defines an access opening for the structure. Moreover, the method includes providing a void of the cementitious material at a top boundary of the access opening, placing one or more reinforcement members in the void such that the one or more reinforcement members extend across the void, and continuing to print the printed portion of the structure around the void to build up the structure. Thus, the method also includes backfilling the void with a backfill material to incorporate the one or more reinforcement members within the void into the printed portion of the structure.
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公开(公告)号：US20240240615A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-18
申请号：US18015595
申请日：2021-07-13
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Pascal Meyer , Biao Fang , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Xiaopeng Li , Gregory Edward Cooper , Christopher James Kenny
IPC: F03D13/20
CPC classification number: F03D13/201 , F05B2240/912
Abstract: A tower structure particularly suited for a wind turbine includes a lower tower section formed of concrete and an upper tower section formed of steel. A transition system connects the upper tower section to the lower tower section, the transition system including a concrete component having a tubular wall with a base portion fixed on the lower tower section and a head portion connected to the upper tower section. The head portion extends radially outward beyond the upper tower section. A plurality of first tensioning tendons extend longitudinally at least partially through the tubular wall and are anchored to the concrete component at a top face of the head portion at locations radially outward of the upper tower section.
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公开(公告)号：US20220032496A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-03
申请号：US17278837
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Biao Fang , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Gregory Edward Cooper , Pascal Meyer
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine at a wind turbine site. The method includes determining an optimized shape of the tower structure based on one or more site parameters. Further, the optimized shape of the tower structure is non-symmetrical. In a further step, the method include printing, via an additive printing device, the optimized shape of the tower structure of the wind turbine at the wind turbine site, at least in part, of a cementitious material. In addition, the method includes allowing the cementitious material to cure so as to form the tower structure of the wind turbine.
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公开(公告)号：US12163352B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-10
申请号：US17279314
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Vitali Victor Lissianski , Biao Fang , Gregory Edward Cooper , Pascal Meyer
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine includes printing, via an additive printing device, a plurality of concentric sections of the tower structure of the wind turbine. The concentric sections may be printed simultaneously from concrete, may include tensioning cables or other structural supports, and may define other support flanges or overhangs. After curing, the method may include raising an inner section of the plurality of concentric sections to a top of an adjacent outer section and joining the two sections. This process may be repeated to telescope the concentric sections and raise the tower structure.
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公开(公告)号：US11970868B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-30
申请号：US17278814
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Gregory Edward Cooper , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Vitali Victor Lissianski , Biao Fang , James Robert Tobin , Pascal Meyer
CPC classification number: E04G21/0427 , B33Y30/00 , F03D13/20 , B33Y80/00 , F05B2230/31 , F05B2230/50 , F05B2230/90
Abstract: An additive printing device and a method for using the same to manufacture a tower structure of a wind turbine is provided. The additive printing device includes a vertical support structure, a support ring suspended from the vertical support structure, and a printer head movably coupled to the support ring for selectively depositing cementitious material. A drive mechanism, such as a rack and pinion, moves the printer head around the support ring while selectively depositing cementitious material. The vertical support structure may be raised and/or the relative position between the vertical support structure and the printer head may be adjusted to raise the printer head to print subsequent layers. This process may be repeated to print the tower structure layer-by-layer from the ground up.
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公开(公告)号：US20220034108A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-03
申请号：US17278814
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Gregory Edward Cooper , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Vitali Victor Lissianski , Biao Fang , James Robert Tobin , Pascal Meyer
Abstract: An additive printing device and a method for using the same to manufacture a tower structure of a wind turbine is provided. The additive printing device includes a vertical support structure, a support ring suspended from the vertical support structure, and a printer head movably coupled to the support ring for selectively depositing cementitious material. A drive mechanism, such as a rack and pinion, moves the printer head around the support ring while selectively depositing cementitious material. The vertical support structure may be raised and/or the relative position between the vertical support structure and the printer head may be adjusted to raise the printer head to print subsequent layers. This process may be repeated to print the tower structure layer-by-layer from the ground up.
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公开(公告)号：US10676952B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-09
申请号：US15881158
申请日：2018-01-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Biao Fang , Srikrishna Mantravadi , Nikolina Kourteva Kristeva , Ingo Paura , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Todd DarVel Andersen , Pascal Meyer , Gregory Edward Cooper , James Henry Madge
Abstract: A wind turbine system includes a wind turbine generator having a rotor and a nacelle mounted atop a tower structure. The tower structure is mounted to a foundation structure and includes a plurality of tower sections, each including one or more tower section flanges. The wind turbine system further includes one or more connector rings. Each of the one or more connector rings is disposed proximate two adjacent tower section flanges and includes a plurality of pad eye adaptors each having an opening formed therein. The wind turbine system further includes a plurality of tensioned cables, with each coupled to one of the pad eye adaptors at a first end and the foundation structure at a second end. The plurality of tensioned cables are coupled to the tower structure at different or multiple connector ring heights based on site conditions to yield the desired lateral stability.
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公开(公告)号：US11939762B2
公开(公告)日：2024-03-26
申请号：US17241553
申请日：2021-04-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Gregory Edward Cooper , Xiaopeng Li , Christopher James Kenny , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer
CPC classification number: E04B1/166 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y80/00 , F03D13/20 , F05B2240/912
Abstract: A system and method are provided for manufacturing a tower structure. Accordingly, one or more layers of a wall element are deposited with a printhead assembly. At least one recess is defined in the wall element. The recess(es) has a single, circumferential opening positioned along an inner reference curve or an outer reference curve of the wall element. The recess(es) also has a depth which extends in a radial direction and intersects a midline reference curve. A reinforcing element is placed entirely within the recess(es) at the midline reference curve.
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公开(公告)号：US11613904B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-28
申请号：US16951011
申请日：2020-11-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Xiaopeng Li , Christopher James Kenny , Gregory Edward Cooper , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes providing an additive printing device having at least one printer head atop a support surface. The method also includes positioning a pre-fabricated component adjacent to the support surface. The pre-fabricated component is constructed of a composite material reinforced with a plurality of reinforcement members. Further, portions of the plurality of reinforcement members protrude from the composite material. Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the at least one printer head, a cementitious material onto the support surface to build up the tower structure layer by layer around the pre-fabricated component. Thus, the portions of the plurality of reinforcement members that protrude from the composite material reinforce the cementitious material around the pre-fabricated component.
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公开(公告)号：US20220341152A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-27
申请号：US17241553
申请日：2021-04-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Gregory Edward Cooper , Xiaopeng Li , Christopher James Kenny , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer
Abstract: A system and method are provided for manufacturing a tower structure. Accordingly, one or more layers of a wall element are deposited with a printhead assembly. At least one recess is defined in the wall element. The recess(es) has a single, circumferential opening positioned along an inner reference curve or an outer reference curve of the wall element. The recess(es) also has a depth which extends in a radial direction and intersects a midline reference curve. A reinforcing element is placed entirely within the recess(es) at the midline reference curve.
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