Offshore wind turbine with a fluid supply assembly
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsFinn Daugaard Madsen, Mikkel Serup
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Abstract
An offshore wind turbine erected in a body of water including a generator, a base, a nacelle, a tower having a first end mounted to the base and a second end supporting the nacelle, an electrolytic unit electrically powered by the generator to produce hydrogen from an input fluid, in particular water, and a fluid supply assembly for supplying the input fluid from a fluid inlet arranged below a water level to the electrolytic unit arranged above the water level, wherein the fluid supply assembly includes a pump and a fluid connection between the fluid inlet and the electrolytic unit.
Claims16
An offshore wind turbine erected in a body of water comprising:
- a generator,
- a base,
- a nacelle,
- a tower having a first end mounted to the base and a second end supporting the nacelle,
- an electrolytic unit electrically powered by the generator to produce hydrogen from an input fluid, and
- a fluid supply assembly for supplying the input fluid from a fluid inlet arranged below a water level to the electrolytic unit arranged above the water level,
- wherein the fluid supply assembly comprises a pump and a fluid connection between the fluid inlet and the electrolytic unit,
- wherein the fluid inlet comprises an opening in the base or in the tower below the water level through which the input fluid is transported to the electrolytic unit,
- wherein a pipeline connects the fluid inlet with the electrolytic unit, wherein the pipeline extends at least partially through the inner part of the base,
- wherein the pump is installed inside the pipeline, and wherein the pump is configured to be lifted through the pipeline for inspection and maintenance.
An offshore wind turbine comprising:
- a generator,
- a base,
- a nacelle,
- a tower having a first end mounted to the base and a second end supporting the nacelle,
- an electrolytic unit electrically powered by the generator to produce hydrogen from an input fluid, and
- a fluid supply assembly for supplying the input fluid from a fluid inlet arranged below a water level to the electrolytic unit arranged above the water level,
- wherein the fluid supply assembly comprises a pump and a fluid connection between the fluid inlet and the electrolytic unit,
- wherein the fluid inlet comprises an opening in the base or in the tower below the water level,
- wherein a pipeline connects the fluid inlet with the electrolytic unit, and
- wherein the pipeline extends at least partially through an inner part of the base and/or an inner part of the tower, wherein the pump is installed inside the pipeline, and wherein the pump is configured to be lifted through the pipeline for inspection and maintenance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.