US 2015/0316035 A1 · WIND TURBINE TOWER ASSEMBLY

Abstract

A structural tower for a wind turbine assembly, includes along at least a base section: a plurality of peripheral sections extending peripherally of a central section. Each includes a convex-shaped wall having two longitudinal side edges and an inner framework connected to a respective one of the convex-shaped walls and extending inwardly therein. The inner framework includes spaced-apart transversal structural members connecting the two longitudinal side edges of the convex-shaped walls together and pairs of connecting structural members extending inwardly towards the central section. Each connecting structural member of a pair has a peripheral end connected to a respective one of the longitudinal side edges and an inner end connected to an inner end of a respective one of the connecting structural members of an adjacent one of the peripheral sections to define a structural concavity in the structural tower between adjacent peripheral sections.

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Dependent claims

A structural tower for a wind turbine assembly, comprising, along at least a base section thereof:

a central section;
and a plurality of peripheral sections extending peripherally of the central section, each one of the peripheral sections including a convex-shaped wall having two longitudinal side edges and an inner framework connected to a respective one of the convex-shaped walls and extending inwardly therein, the inner framework comprising a plurality of transversal structural members connecting the two longitudinal side edges of the respective one of the convex-shaped walls together and a plurality of pairs of connecting structural members extending inwardly towards the central section, each connecting structural member of a pair having a peripheral end connected to a respective one of the longitudinal side edges and an inner end connected to an inner end of a respective one of the connecting structural members of an adjacent one of the peripheral sections to define a structural concavity in the structural tower between adjacent peripheral sections.

A wind turbine tower assembly comprising a structural tower with a base section, the base section of the structural tower comprising:

at least three convex-shaped walls, each one of the at least three convex-shaped walls having two spaced-apart longitudinal side edges;
and
an inner framework connected to each of the convex-shaped walls, each of the inner frameworks comprising a plurality of transversal structural members connecting the two longitudinal side edges of a respective one of the convex-shaped walls and a plurality of connecting structural members having a peripheral end connected to one of the longitudinal side edges of the convex-shaped walls, and an inner end, the connecting structural members extending inwardly towards a central section of the base section of the structural tower with the inner ends being connected to the inner end of another one of the connecting structural members having its peripheral end connected to a different and adjacent one of the convex-shaped walls to define a structural concavity in the base section of the structural tower.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Wind turbine tower assembly

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Abstract

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