Wind turbine with liquid medium distribution system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorChristian Becker
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Abstract
A wind turbine with a tower, a nacelle, a main shaft, a hub and blades is provided. The wind turbine also includes a liquid medium distribution system for transport of liquid medium in the wind turbine. The liquid medium distribution system has a first distribution sub-system located in the tower, a second distribution sub-system located in the nacelle, a third distribution sub-system located in the hub, a tower-nacelle-interface connecting the first distribution sub-system to the second distribution sub-system, and a nacelle-hub-interface connecting the second distribution sub-system to the third distribution sub-system. Further, a method of transporting liquid medium in a wind turbine is provided.
Claims17
-15. (canceled)
A wind turbine, comprising:
- a tower;
- a nacelle;
- a main shaft;
- a hub;
- a plurality of blades;
- a liquid medium distribution system for transporting liquid medium in the wind turbine, the liquid medium distribution system comprising:
- a first distribution sub-system located in the tower;
- a second distribution sub-system located in the nacelle;
- a third distribution sub-system located in the hub;
- a tower-nacelle-interface connecting the first distribution sub-system to the second distribution sub-system;
- and
- a nacelle-hub-interface connecting the second distribution sub-system to the third distribution sub-system.
A method of transporting liquid medium in a wind turbine, comprising:
- transporting the liquid medium by a first distribution sub-system inside a tower of the wind turbine;
- transporting the liquid medium into a nacelle of the wind turbine by a tower-nacelle-interface;
- transporting the liquid medium inside the nacelle by a second distribution sub-system;
- transporting the liquid medium into a hub of the wind turbine by a nacelle-hub-interface;
- and
- distributing the liquid medium inside the hub by a third distribution sub-system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.