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US 2010/0061853 A1Published application
System for heating and cooling wind turbine components
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorBharat S. Bagepalli
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Abstract
A heating and cooling system for a wind turbine is provided and includes a gearbox, gearbox heat exchanger, generator, generator heat exchanger, and a cooling duct. The cooling duct is connected to the gearbox and generator heat exchangers, and is used to transport air across both heat exchangers to cool the gearbox and generator.
Claims8
A heating and cooling system comprising:
- a gearbox and gearbox heat exchanger;
- a generator and generator heat exchanger;
- a cooling duct connected to said gearbox heat exchanger and said generator heat exchanger;
- wherein, said cooling duct is used to transport air across said gearbox heat exchanger and said generator heat exchanger to cool said gearbox and said generator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.