Device for controlling humidity in wind turbines
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorMikkel Aggersbjerg Kristensen
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Abstract
A wind turbine including: a pressure supply system for operating the actuator of at least an aerodynamic device by means of a pressurized gas, wherein the pressure supply system includes: a pressure generator for pressurizing the pressurized gas, a pressure supply line connecting the pressure generator and the pneumatic actuator for providing the pressurized gas to the pneumatic actuator, the pressure supply line including a pressure reservoir, a return line connecting the pressure generator and the pneumatic actuator for returning the pressurized gas to the pressure generator, the return line including a return reservoir having a negative relative pressure, is provided.
Claims7
A wind turbine comprising:
- at least one rotor blade;
- at least one aerodynamic device for influencing an airflow flowing from a leading edge section of the at least one rotor blade to a trailing edge section of the at least one rotor blade, wherein the at least one aerodynamic device is mounted at a surface of the at least one rotor blade;
- a pneumatic actuator of the at least one aerodynamic device for actuating the at least one aerodynamic device at least between a first protruded configuration and a second retracted configuration;
- a pressure supply system for operating the pneumatic actuator by means of a pressurized gas;
- wherein the pressure supply system comprises:
- a pressure generator for pressurizing the pressurized gas;
- a pressure supply line connecting the pressure generator and the pneumatic actuator for providing the pressurized gas to the pneumatic actuator, the pressure supply line comprising a pressure reservoir;
- a return line connecting the pressure generator and the pneumatic actuator for returning the pressurized gas to the pressure generator, the return line comprising a return reservoir having a negative relative pressure;
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- a regeneration line directly connected to the return line for connecting a source of gas to the return line;
- wherein the regeneration line includes a check valve configured for opening and putting in communication the source of gas to the return line whenever the negative relative pressure in the return reservoir decreases up to a predefined threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.