公开(公告)号：US20190383270A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16464876

申请日：2017-12-18

Applicant: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S

Inventor： Adrian Botwright

IPC: F03D13/10 ,  F03D13/20

Abstract: An assembly of two structural parts of a wind turbine wherein the structural parts are to be connected in a flange-to-flange connection, the assembly further comprising a wind turbine installation system for guiding two structural parts of a wind turbine during installation, the system comprising: a guide system for guiding the engagement of the first structural part to the second structural part, the guide system comprising: a guide post coupled to the first structural part; a guide receiver coupled to the second structural part and configured to receive the guide post therein; and a shock absorber arranged to dampen shock loads from the engagement of the guide post with the guide receiver.

公开(公告)号：US10385827B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US15539281

申请日：2015-12-21

Applicant: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S

Inventor： Adrian Botwright ,  Mark Ursell-Smith ,  Stefan Maroti

IPC: F03D13/40 ,  B63B35/00 ,  B63B25/00

Abstract: A method is provided for handling wind turbine blades aboard a vessel, the method including providing on the vessel a blade rack assembly configured to accommodate more than one blade, the rack assembly having at least a root rack and a tip rack, and the root rack and tip rack defining between them a blade support plane. The method also includes providing a jack acting between the vessel and one of the root or tip rack; and raising or lowering one of the root or tip rack aboard the vessel by the jack to thereby move the blade support plane through an elevation angle θ. A jack assembly on a wind turbine installation vessel and an offshore wind turbine installation vessel are also provided, each capable of raising or lowering a rack of wind turbine blade root or tip support frame elements.