IP Library Granted Patent US 9,347,236
Granted Patent B2
US 9,347,236 · App. 12/735,554 · Granted May 24, 2016

Wind turbine and tower or tower segment and door frame therefor

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Patent No.
US 9,347,236
App. No.
12/735,554
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a tower or a tower segment of a wind turbine, having a door for entering the inside of the tower, comprising a door frame, which has a door opening that is preferably closed by a door leaf. The Invention further relates to a door frame for a door of a tower of a wind turbine, said frame having a door opening that is preferably closed by a door leaf, and to a wind turbine having a tower, a door provided for entering the inside of the tower, and a staircase leading to the door on the outside of the tower, preferably of a tower described above. The underlying object of the invention is to provide an air passage opening in at least one advantageous location. This object is achieved according to the invention in that the door frame has at least one air passage opening, particularly an air inlet opening.

Claims (23)

1. A tower of a wind power installation, comprising:

an outer wall surrounding an interior of the tower,

a transformer for installing in the interior of the tower,

said outer wall comprising a reversibly detachable door frame comprising an outer contour, a door opening and a door leaf, wherein the door opening is closed with the door leaf,

at least one air passage intake arranged in the door frame below the door leaf, wherein the at least one air passage intake comprises a first ventilator that transports ambient air from an exterior of the tower to the interior of the tower for cooling the transformer,

at least one air discharge opening arranged in the door frame above the door leaf, wherein the at least one air discharge opening comprises a second ventilator that transports the air from the interior of the tower to the ambient air at the exterior of the tower,

wherein the transformer is housed in a housing and the ambient air that is drawn in through the at least one air passage intake is conducted through an air conduit of air transformer housing underneath the transformer, and wherein the transformer housing has an upper area in which heated air is trapped by a hood and conducted through a conduit to the air discharge opening,

wherein the outer contour of the door frame forms an area in the outer wall, and wherein the area in the wall is larger than a cross-sectional area of the transformer, and wherein the cross-sectional area of the transformer is larger than the door opening, and

a horizontal loading beam attached to a lifting appliance, wherein the transformer is temporarily attachable to the horizontal loading beam and the transformer is thereby transportable,

wherein the transformer is transported along the horizontal loading beam through the area in the outer wall into and out of the interior of the tower only when the door frame is detached and removed from the door opening.

2. The tower according to claim 1 , characterized in that the door frame has a substantially oval outside contour and that the door opening is substantially rectangular.

3. The tower according to claim 1 , characterized in that the door frame has a substantially oval outside contour and that the door opening is substantially rectangular.

4. A reversibly detachable door frame for a door of a tower of a wind power installation closed with a door leaf,

wherein the tower comprises an outer wall surrounding an interior of the tower, and a transformer for installing in the interior of the tower,

wherein the reversibly detachable door frame is arranged in the outer wall, and comprises an outer contour, a door opening and a door leaf, wherein the door opening is closed with the door leaf,

at least one air passage intake arranged in the door frame below the door leaf, wherein the at least one air passage intake comprises a first ventilator that transports ambient air from an exterior of the tower to the interior of the tower for cooling the transformer,

at least one air discharge opening arranged in the door frame above the door leaf, wherein the at least one air discharge opening comprises a second ventilator that transports the air from the interior of the tower to the ambient air at the exterior of the tower, and wherein the at least one discharge opening is arranged on a side of the tower facing away from the at least one air intake opening,

and wherein the air is trapped by a hood and discharged to the outside via an air conduit,

wherein the outer contour of the door frame forms an area in the outer wall, and wherein the area in the wall is larger than a cross-sectional area of the transformer, and wherein the cross-sectional area of the transformer is larger than the door opening, and

a horizontal loading beam attached to a lifting appliance, wherein the transformer is temporarily attachable to the horizontal loading beam and the transformer is thereby transportable,

wherein the transformer is transported along the horizontal loading beam through the area in the outer wall into and out of the interior of the tower only when the door frame is detached and removed from the door opening.

5. The door frame according to claim 4 , characterized in that the door frame has a substantially oval outer contour and that the door opening is substantially rectangular.

6. The door frame according to claim 4 , characterized in that the door frame has a substantially oval outer contour and that the door opening is substantially rectangular.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 064834/0873 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: SENVION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 064371/0624 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: SENVION GMBH
To: SENVION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 061462/0567 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: SENVION AG
To: SENVION GMBH
Reel/Frame 061068/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: SENVION SE
To: SENVION AG
Reel/Frame 060692/0328 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 23, 2015
From: REPOWER SYSTEMS SE
To: SENVION SE
Reel/Frame 034806/0074 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 21, 2015
From: REPOWER SYSTEMS AG
To: REPOWER SYSTEMS SE
Reel/Frame 034786/0585 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2014
From: REPOWER SYSTEMS AG
To: SENVION SE
Reel/Frame 033379/0857 →