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US 11,933,061 · App. 17/311,637 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Method for pretensioning a tower of a wind power plant

Inventor: Roy Kersten (Hohenwarthe, DE)
Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
E04H12/16E02D27/425E04C5/12F03D13/22F05B2240/912
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Patent No.
US 11,933,061
App. No.
17/311,637
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for pretensioning a tower of a wind power installation, comprising the steps: providing a tensioning device having an adapter element and/or a foundation arrangement and a tensioning element, and/or an adapter element and/or a foundation arrangement, fastening a lower end of a tensioning element a fastening means of the adapter element, fastening an upper end of a tensioning element to an upper end of the tower, tensioning the tensioning element at the lower end of the tensioning element and/or at the upper end of the tensioning element, wherein the tensioning of the tensioning element is effected by reduction of a clearance between the foundation and the adapter element.

Claims (15)

1. A method for pretensioning a tower of a wind power installation, the method comprising:

fastening a lower end of a tensioning element to an adapter element such that the tensioning element extends through a cavity within the adapter element;

fastening an upper end of the tensioning element to an upper end of the tower;

inserting a spacer between a foundation of the tower and the adapter element; and

tensioning the tensioning element at the lower end of the tensioning element and/or at the upper end of the tensioning element,

wherein tensioning the tensioning element comprises reducing a clearance between the foundation of the tower and the adapter element.

2. The method for tensioning a tower of a wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter element is coupled to a foundation arrangement comprising the foundation having an anchor portion and a support portion for supporting a tower wall, and wherein a connector connects the adapter element to the anchor portion of the foundation.

3. The method for tensioning a tower of a wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter element has a connection means that connects the adapter element to an anchor portion of the foundation.

4. The method for tensioning a tower of a wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein that the adapter element is annular shaped.

5. The method for tensioning a tower of a wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cavity extends substantially in a vertical direction from an upper side of the adapter element through the adapter element and/or into an interior of the adapter element.

6. The method for tensioning a tower of a wind power installation as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the anchor portion comprises a connection element configured to act in combination with the connection means.

7. The method for tensioning a tower of a wind power installation as claimed in claim 3 , comprising:

a first clearance between an underside of the cavity and the anchor portion that is dimensioned in such a manner to receive an anchor of the tensioning element.

8. The method for tensioning a tower of a wind power installation as claimed in claim 1 , comprising deflecting a tensioning element in a direction of the cavity.

9. The method for tensioning a tower of a wind power installation as claimed in claim 3 , comprising a second clearance between an underside of the adapter element and the anchor portion that is dimensioned in such a manner to receive an anchor of the tensioning element and/or a tensioning tool for tensioning the tensioning element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2021
From: KERSTEN, ROY
To: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 057741/0656 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 131 443.4 · Dec 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220025670A1 · Jan 27, 2022