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US 2008/0076345 A1Published application
Fire protection
OwnerAloys Wobbeninventor
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a wind power installation comprising a pylon and a pod arranged at the tip of the pylon. The invention further concerns a method of controlling such a wind power installation. In order to prevent a fire from occurring or at least to be able to rapidly extinguish a fire which has occurred, there is provided a first apparatus for producing an inert atmosphere.
Claims6
A method of controlling the atmosphere in a wind power installation comprising:
- providing a source of inert gas in the wind power installation;
- feeding an inert gas into a selected region of the wind power installation if at least one selected physical parameter of the wind power installation exceeds a threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.