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US 11,111,905 B2Granted
Wind turbine and a method for operating a wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorGiovanni Airoldi
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Abstract
Provided is a wind turbine including a nacelle and a cooling circuit, wherein the cooling circuit includes at least one internal cooling device within the nacelle and at least one external cooling device outside of the nacelle, wherein a heat exchanging device coupling the cooling circuit with a second cooling circuit is provided, wherein the second cooling circuit includes a further external cooling device outside of the nacelle.
Claims10
A wind turbine comprising:
- a nacelle;
- and
- a cooling circuit, wherein the cooling circuit comprises at least one internal cooling device within the nacelle and at least one external cooling device outside of the nacelle;
- wherein a heat exchanging device coupling the cooling circuit with a second cooling circuit is provided;
- wherein the second cooling circuit is a closed circuit;
- and wherein the second cooling circuit comprises a further external cooling device outside of the nacelle.
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A method for operating a wind turbine, comprising:
- providing wind turbine comprising:
- a nacelle;
- and
- a cooling circuit, wherein the cooling circuit comprises at least one internal cooling device within the nacelle and at least one external cooling device outside of the nacelle;
- wherein a heat exchanging device coupling the cooling circuit with a second cooling circuit is provided;
- wherein the second cooling circuit is a closed circuit;
- and wherein the second cooling circuit comprises a further external cooling device outside of the nacelle, and
- controlling, by a control device, an operation of the second cooling circuit with respect to a temperature information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.