Nacelle having liquid retaining properties
AssigneeAdwen GmbH
InventorsElmar Taubenrauch, Dror Avner
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Abstract
Provided is a nacelle for a wind driven power plant, the nacelle including a nacelle bottom cover, wherein the nacelle bottom cover includes two or more segments, each of the segments being configured to contain a respective predefined maximum volume of a liquid in a receptacle in a case of leakage, and wherein the respective receptacles are configured to collectively contain a total volume that corresponds to a total amount of liquids in the wind driven power plant, in particular a total amount of lubricating oils and/or cooling liquids in the wind driven power plant. Also provided is a wind driven power plant including the nacelle and a wind park including a plurality of the wind driven power plants.
Claims8
A nacelle for a wind driven power plant, the nacelle comprising:
- a nacelle bottom cover, the nacelle bottom cover comprising at least two segments, each of the at least two segments being configured to contain a respective predefined maximum volume of a liquid in a receptacle in a case of leakage, and wherein the respective receptacles are configured to collectively contain a total volume that corresponds to a total amount of liquids in the wind driven power plant, wherein the total amount of liquids includes at least one of a total amount of lubricating oils and cooling liquids in the wind driven power plant, a first segment of the at least two segments being adjacent to a second segment of the at least two segments and the first segment and the second segment being coupled by a channel being configured to distribute the liquid from the first segment to the second segment if the amount of liquid in the first segment exceeds the predefined volume of the first segment, each of the at least two segments comprising a lower surface, and a circumferential upraised surface surrounding the lower surface, the lower surface and the circumferential upraised surface forming the receptacle, and a section of the circumferential upraised surface forming the channel and a bottom of the channel having a lower vertical height than the remainder of the circumferential upraised surface, thereby defining a maximum fill-level of the receptacle,
- wherein the nacelle comprises a plurality of panels forming the nacelle bottom cover, each panel of the plurality of panels comprising at least one segment of the at least two segments, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels has a flange integral with the respective panel to form an overlapping flange connection with at least one adjacent panel, wherein the flange extends in a same plane as the panel to which it belongs, and the respective circumferential upraised surface forms at least a part of the respective flange,
- wherein at least one panel of the plurality of panels forms a raised collar that surrounds a tower opening in the nacelle bottom cover, and wherein the raised collar rises above the maximum fill-level of each receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.