Method for manufacturing a wind turbine tower structure based on wind direction
AssigneeGE Infrastructure Technology LLC
InventorsBiao Fang, Norman Arnold Turnquist, Gregory Edward Cooper, Pascal Meyer
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine at a wind turbine site. The method includes determining an optimized shape of the tower structure based on one or more site parameters. Further, the optimized shape of the tower structure is non-symmetrical. In a further step, the method include printing, via an additive printing device, the optimized shape of the tower structure of the wind turbine at the wind turbine site, at least in part, of a cementitious material. In addition, the method includes allowing the cementitious material to cure so as to form the tower structure of the wind turbine.
Claims17
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine at a wind turbine site, the method comprising:
- determining an optimized shape of the tower structure based, at least in part, on a predominate wind direction at the wind turbine site;
- printing, via an additive printing device, the optimized shape of the tower structure of the wind turbine at the wind turbine site, at least in part, of a cementitious material;
- and
- allowing the cementitious material to cure so as to form the tower structure of the wind turbine,
- wherein the tower structure comprises one or more first portions aligned with the predominate wind direction and one or more second portions offset from the predominate wind direction,
- wherein the one or more first and second portions are printed with the cementitious material to form a monolithic part defining the tower structure, and
- wherein the one or more first portions are thicker than the one or more second portions.
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine at a wind turbine site, the method comprising:
- determining a predominate wind direction at the wind turbine site;
- determining an optimized shape of the tower structure based on the predominate wind direction;
- printing, via an additive printing device, one or more molds on a foundation of the wind turbine, wherein the one or more molds define the optimized shape of the tower structure;
- filling the one or more molds, at least in part, with a cementitious material;
- and
- curing the cementitious material within the one or more molds so as to form the tower structure,
- wherein the tower structure comprises one or more first portions aligned with the predominate wind direction and one or more second portions offset from the predominate wind direction,
- wherein the one or more first and second portions are printed with the cementitious material to form a monolithic part defining the tower structure, and
- wherein the one or more first portions are thicker than the one or more second portions.
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine at a wind turbine site, the method comprising:
- determining a predominate wind direction at the wind turbine site;
- determining an optimized shape of the tower structure based on the predominate wind direction;
- and
- forming the optimized shape of the tower structure of the wind turbine at the wind turbine site, at least in part, of a cementitious materials
- wherein the tower structure comprises one or more first portions aligned with the predominate wind direction and one or more second portions offset from the predominate wind direction,
- wherein the one or more first and second portions are printed with the cementitious material to form a monolithic part defining the tower structure, and
- wherein the one or more first portions are thicker than the one or more second portions.
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