IP Library Granted Patent US 8,161,693
Granted Patent B2
US 8,161,693 · App. 12/712,283 · Granted Apr 24, 2012

Method and arrangement to install a wind-turbine

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Patent No.
US 8,161,693
App. No.
12/712,283
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

At least one blade of the wind-turbine is attached firm but detachable with the tower by a fixture. The tower and the attached blade are transported to a planned site. The tower and the attached blade are brought together into an upright position in a single lift-action. A hub and a nacelle of the wind-turbine are mounted on the top of the tower. A wire of a winch, which is located inside the nacelle or the hub, is connected with a root of the blade. The blade is detached from the tower by unlocking the fixture. The blade is lift up to the hub for its attachment there.

Claims (30)

1. A method to install a wind-turbine, comprising:

transporting a blade of the wind-turbine to an installation site, the transported blade is firmly but detachably locked to a tower by a fixture before the transporting;

lifting the tower together with the attached blade into an upright position in a single lift-action;

mounting a hub and a nacelle of the wind-turbine on a top of the tower;

connecting a wire of a winch, which is located inside the nacelle or the hub, with a root of the blade;

detaching the blade from the tower after connecting the wire, the detaching by unlocking the fixture;

lifting the detached blade up to the hub via the winch; and

attaching the lifted blade to the hub.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fixture is remote controlled in order to lock or unlock the blade.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the fixture is electro-magnetically or mechanically controlled.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the fixture uses an electrical motor or a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor to lock or unlock the blade.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the fixture is a single common fixture which attaches a plurality of blades to the tower.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of blades are attached to the tower via a plurality of fixtures.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

transporting the hub of the wind-turbine, which is mounted at the nacelle of the wind-turbine before the transportation, to the installation site, wherein

the mounting the hub and the nacelle on top of the tower is in a single lift-action.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

removing the fixture from the tower with the aid of the wire of the winch.

9. An arrangement of a wind-turbine, comprising:

a wind-turbine blade including a blade root;

a wind-turbine tower of the wind-turbine;

a fixture configured to detachably lock the wind-turbine blade to the wind-turbine tower to allow joint transportation to an installation site where the wind-turbine blade and the wind-turbine tower are jointly brought into an upright position by a single lift-action;

a winch comprising a wire is included in a nacelle or a hub, the wire is configured to lift the wind-turbine blade up to the hub, the wire is configured to connect to the blade root to allow the winch to raise the wind-turbine blade up to the hub.

10. The arrangement according claim 9 , wherein the hub and the nacelle are pre-mounted before transportation to the installation site.

11. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the fixture is a remote controlled in order to lock or unlock the blade.

12. The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the fixture is an electro-magnetically or mechanically controlled fixture.

13. The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the fixture comprises an electrical motor or a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor to lock or unlock the blade.

14. The arrangement according claim 10 , wherein the pre-mounted hub and nacelle are mounted on top of the tower in a single lift-action.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2019
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
Reel/Frame 048003/0631 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2010
From: KROGH, MIKKEL VERNER; MADSEN, JONAS
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 023989/0037 →