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US 11,988,004 B2Granted
Method for the disassembly of tower of a wind power plant
AssigneeWobben Properties GmbH
InventorsJens Hofmann, Jan Kapitza
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Abstract
A method for, in particular completely or partially, disassembling a tower of a wind power plant, comprising the following steps: selecting suitable disassembly measures as a function of the tower location and the tower characteristics; preparing the disassembly, in particular of the tower and optionally the surroundings; carrying out the disassembly; and transporting the disassembled tower away.
Claims14
A method for disassembling a tower of a wind power plant, the method comprising:
- selecting disassembly measures as a function of a location of the tower and characteristics of the tower;
- preparing the disassembly of the tower;
- separating tendons, wherein separating the tendons comprises:
- relaxing externally guided tendons;
- separating externally guided tendons at a top of the tower or on the base of the tower;
- and
- removing and winding the externally guided tendons using a drum-reeling apparatus;
- carrying out the disassembly of the tower;
- transporting the disassembled tower away;
- and
- removing coatings on the tower using one or more components from a list comprising a high-pressure water jet, an abrading installation, and a suction installation.
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The method as claimed in comminuting a plurality tower segments of the tower, wherein comminuting the tower segments includes:
- detonating the plurality of tower segments;
- and/or
- using one or more ground-based demolition tools from a list including a demolition excavator, an impact ball, a cable excavator, and demolition shears;
- and/or
- using one or more tower-based demolition tools from a list that includes a demolition robot, a walking excavator, and demolition shears.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.