Tower segment, tower section, tower, wind turbine, and method for producing a tower segment and for connecting tower segments
A tower segment of a tower of a wind turbine, a tower portion of a wind turbine, a tower of a wind turbine, a wind turbine, a method of producing a tower segment of a wind turbine and a method of connecting tower segments of a wind turbine. The tower segment includes a compression element and a tension element, wherein the tension element is arranged with its main direction of extent substantially horizontally in the installation state and is spaced from the tower segment in a direction in orthogonal relationship with its main direction of extent and is connected to the compression element by way of an intermediate element.
1. A tower segment of a tower of a wind turbine, the tower segment comprising:
a compression element; and
a tension element coupled to the compression element by an intermediate element, wherein the tension element has a longitudinal length arranged substantially horizontally in an installation state and is spaced from an inner surface of the compression element in a direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal length, the tension element having a clamping element configured to hold the tension element in tension.
2. The tower segment according to claim 1 wherein the compression element has at least one lateral surface arranged and adapted in the installation state to abut a lateral surface of an adjacent tower segment.
3. The tower segment according to claim 1 wherein the compression element has two lateral surfaces that are inclined relative to each other.
4. The tower segment according to claim 1 wherein the intermediate element is connected to the compression element, the tension element, or both by a plurality of connecting elements.
5. The tower segment according to claim 1 , wherein the tension element is coupled to the compression element by two intermediate elements, wherein a spacing between the two intermediate elements in the longitudinal length of the tension element is a multiple of a spacing between a respective one of the two intermediate elements and a closest lateral surface of the compression element.
6. The tower segment according to claim 1 wherein the spacing between the tension element and the compression element is at a maximum 50% of a radius of a tower.
7. The tower segment according to claim 6 , wherein the spacing between the tension element and the compression element is at a maximum 25% of a radius of a tower.
8. A tower portion of a wind turbine comprising a plurality of tower segments according to claim 1 , wherein the tension elements of adjacent tower segments are connected together, and the compression elements of adjacent tower segments abut one another.
9. The tower portion according to claim 8 wherein upper connecting surfaces of the compression elements are in different planes than lower connecting surfaces of the compression elements.
10. A tower of a wind turbine comprising at least one tower portion according to claim 8 .
11. A wind turbine comprising the tower according to claim 10 .
12. A method of connecting tower segments of a wind turbine, including:
providing two tower segments according to claim 1 ;
abutting the compression elements of the two tower segments; and
connecting the tension elements of the two tower segments.
13. The tower segment according to claim 1 , wherein the compression element has a plurality of positioning elements.
14. The tower segment according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate element is pivotable.
15. A tower segment of a tower of a wind turbine, the tower segment comprising:
a compression element; and
a tension element coupled to the compression element by an intermediate element, wherein the tension element has a longitudinal length arranged substantially horizontally in an installation state and is spaced from a surface of the compression element in a direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal length, wherein the intermediate element is of a pivotable configuration.
16. The tower segment according to claim 15 , wherein the intermediate element is pivotably connected to the compression element, the tension element or both.
17. A method of producing a tower segment of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
providing a compression element;
providing a tension element having a clamping element; and
connecting the tension element to the compression element using an intermediate element, wherein the tension element has a longitudinal length that extends substantially horizontally in an installation state and is spaced from an inner surface of the compression element in a direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal length, wherein the clamping element is configured to hold the tension element in tension.