Wind turbine assembling method and wind turbine assembled according to said method
View Patent ↗A wind turbine tower that may be assembled fast, including a nacelle and a rotor, the tower comprising at least two stackable annular sections made of concrete connected through a main connecting arrangement adapted to withstand loads induced by the wind turbine rotor, and an auxiliary connector.
1. A wind turbine, comprising:
a nacelle;
a rotor, and
a tower comprising stackable annular sections comprising:
at least two annular sections made of concrete, and
main connectors positioned and configured to connect the sections to each other and to connect the upper section to the nacelle, the main connectors being adapted to withstand loads induced by the wind turbine rotor,
the wind turbine further comprising an auxiliary connector positioned and configured to connect the annular sections made of concrete to each other, the auxiliary connector being adapted to withstand assembly loads and loads induced by wind on the wind turbine in absence of the rotor, but not loads induced by the rotor.
2. The wind turbine of claim 1 , wherein the annular sections made of concrete comprise:
bars that emanate at least from a lower base of each of the annular sections, and
housings located in an upper base of each of the annular sections, so that each bar is insertable into a respective housing of a lower annular section, each bar and each housing defining a bar-housing assembly.
3. The wind turbine of claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary connector comprises resin in gaps existing between bars and housings in some of the bar-housing assemblies.
4. The wind turbine of claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary connector comprises:
a recess located in the annular sections, the recess being open towards an interior of the annular section located at the lower part of some of the housings, and
a retaining element located on the bar in the recess area.
5. The wind turbine of claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary connector comprises:
first lugs which are integral with the upper base of the annular sections made of concrete,
second lugs which are integral with the lower base of the annular sections, and
dowel rods blocked between the first and second lugs of adjacent annular sections.
6. The wind turbine of claim 1 , further comprising tensioning cables having an upper end and a lower end,
wherein the upper end is connected to the tower and the lower end is connected so that the tensioning cables are tensioned in such way so as to provoke compression stress on the tower.