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US 2012/0222379 A1Published application
Wind Power Plant
OwnerGregor Prassinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a wind turbine (100) with a tower (10). The present invention is based on the task of advancing a wind turbine (100) in such a way that high degrees of efficiency in the use of input wind energy are maintained along with reduced production costs for wind turbines (100) and simple design features in the construction of the tower (10). The task is solved by said tower (10) being a timber-made hollow body, that said tower (10) consists of modules in the form of segments (16), which are arranged on top of each other, and that said segments (16) consist of timber panels (17, 18, 19, 20).
Claims5
A Wind Turbine Tower, comprising;
- a wind turbine and nacelle;
- and,
- a support tower comprised of a hollow body of stacked segments, wherein each segment is constructed from at least three flat timber panels forming a polyhedral cross-section, wherein;
- the timber panels are joined together by a wood adhesive with optional bolting to form the segments,
- the segments are stacked and joined together by a wood adhesive with optional bolting,
- the segments are shaped such that the tower cross-section decreases from the bottom to the top of the tower;
- and,
- the flat timber panels are shipped to the tower site and all construction and joining is done on site.
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