Tower cable installation in a wind turbine tower
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsHans Kjaer Blaabjerg, Malte Herbert Rumler, Madhup Tiwari
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Abstract
It is described a method of installing a power cable (5) in a wind turbine tower (1), in particular for transportation, the method comprising: arranging a section (5) of the cable within the tower, the section having a length, in particular by at least an upper excess cable portion, greater than the tower height (h), by forming a cable loop (27, 33) within the tower (1), wherein an angle enclosed between a normal (34) of a cable loop plane and the longitudinal direction (4) of the tower (1) is between 70° and 110°.
Claims15
A method of installing a power cable in a wind turbine tower, the method comprising:
- arranging a section of the cable within the tower, the section having a length, greater than the tower height, by forming a cable loop within the tower, wherein an angle enclosed between a normal of a cable loop plane and the longitudinal direction of the tower is between 70° and 110°.
A wind turbine tower including an arrangement for installing a power cable in the wind turbine tower, the arrangement comprising:
- a support system installed within the tower and adapted to support a section of a cable within the tower, the section having a length greater than the tower height by an excess cable portion, in a form of a cable loop within the tower, wherein an angle enclosed between a normal of a cable loop plane and the longitudinal direction of the tower is between 70° and 110°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.