Arrangement with a concrete foundation and a tower and a method for erecting a tower
AssigneeWobben Properties GmbH
InventorThomas Coordes
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Abstract
An arrangement with a concrete foundation and a tower for supporting a nacelle of a wind energy plant wherein the tower comprises a number of tower segments which are arranged along a tower axis and at least an uppermost tower segment comprises a head flange and a foot flange, wherein an uppermost tower segment of the number of tower segments is formed as a steel element; and a number of tension or traction wires braces the concrete foundation with the head flange of the uppermost tower segment under tensile stress. A method for erecting a tower for supporting a nacelle of a wind energy plant and to a wind energy plant comprising an arrangement according to the present embodiments.
Claims16
An arrangement comprising:
- a concrete foundation;
- a tower supported on the concrete foundation and for supporting a nacelle of a wind energy plant, wherein the tower comprises one or more tower segments, wherein the one or more tower segments is or includes at least one uppermost tower segment that is arranged along a tower axis, the at least one uppermost tower segment comprising a head flange and a foot flange, wherein all of the one or more tower segments of the tower are made of steel;
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- a plurality of tension or traction wires connecting the concrete foundation with the head flange of the at least one uppermost tower segment under tensile stress.
A method for erecting a steel tower for supporting a nacelle of a wind energy plant, the method comprising:
- placing a first tower segment on a concrete foundation;
- releasably connecting the concrete foundation and the first tower segment together;
- placing one or more uppermost tower segments over the first tower segment;
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- connecting the concrete foundation with the one or more uppermost tower segments by coupling a plurality of tension or traction wires to a head flange of the one or more uppermost tower segment such that the plurality of tension or traction wires couple the concrete foundation with the head flange of the one or more uppermost tower segments,
- wherein all the one or more tower segments are made of steel and are supported by the concrete foundation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.