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US 2009/0266004 A1Published application
Composite wind turbine tower and a method for fabricating same
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLawrence Donald Willey, Shu Ching Quek, Danian Zheng
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Abstract
A method for fabricating a tower or component thereof for use with a wind turbine is disclosed. The method comprises weaving a fibrous tow in a shape corresponding to the shape of the tower or component to form a flexible textile preform; and laminating the flexible textile preform to form a composite shell. Also disclosed is a wind turbine assembly comprising a composite wind turbine tower and a wind turbine coupled to the tower.
Claims20
A method for fabricating a tower or component thereof for use with a wind turbine, said method comprising:
- weaving a fibrous tow in a shape corresponding to the shape of the tower or component to form a flexible textile preform;
- and
- laminating the flexible textile preform to form a composite shell or a section thereof.
A wind turbine assembly comprising:
- a composite wind turbine tower;
- and
- a wind turbine coupled to the tower, wherein the tower comprises a first textile composite layer, a second textile composite layer, and a layer of a core material, wherein the tower comprises a tensile modulus of from about 5 GPa to about 300 GPa.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.