Heating installation arrangement
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsJoe Cuoghi, Adrian Edwards, Karl Gregory, Catherine Anne McCarroll, Paul Todd
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a heating installation arrangement and a method of forming the heating installation arrangement for a wind turbine blade. The heating installation arrangement (100) for a wind turbine blade comprises a sleigh (101), wherein the sleigh (101) forms a platform of the heating installation arrangement (100), the sleigh further includes a recess (109), wherein the recess (109) includes one or more connection points (110, 112) for a corresponding one or more heating apparatus.
Claims25
A heating installation arrangement for a wind turbine blade comprising:
- a sleigh within the wind turbine blade, wherein the sleigh forms a platform of the heating installation arrangement;
- and
- wherein a portion of the sleigh forms a recess within the sleigh, wherein the recess forms a lower portion of an air flow channel, wherein the air flow channel comprises an air input and an air output, wherein one or more connection points are disposed within the recess and correspond to one or more heating apparatuses also disposed within the recess and the air flow channel, wherein the one or more heating apparatuses are disposed between the air input and the air output of the air flow channel, wherein the one or more heating apparatuses comprise one or more of a heater and a fan.
A method of forming a heating installation arrangement comprising:
- forming a sleigh for a wind turbine blade from a composite material, wherein a portion of the sleigh is formed with a recess within the sleigh, wherein the recess forms a lower portion of an air flow channel, wherein the air flow channel comprises an air input and an air output;
- and
- forming one or more connection points within the recess for a corresponding one or more heating apparatuses disposed within said recess and the air flow channel, wherein the one or more heating apparatuses are disposed between the air input and the air output of the air flow channel, wherein the one or more heating apparatuses comprise one or more of a heater and a fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.