Hydraulic device for a pitch system, a pitch system and wind turbine

Abstract

A hydraulic device for a pitch system of a wind turbine includes an air separation device which includes a fluid collector having an air accumulation portion, at least one fluid inlet and a fluid outlet portion, wherein a fluid emulsion of air and hydraulic fluid can be introduced into the fluid collector through the at least one fluid inlet. The fluid collector is labyrinth-shaped so that rotation of the air separation device about an axis of rotation causes the air in the fluid emulsion to move through the labyrinth-shaped fluid collector in a direction to the air accumulation portion and the hydraulic fluid in the fluid emulsion to move through the labyrinth-shaped fluid collector in a direction to the fluid outlet portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.