Liquid damper
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsJacobus Klaassen, Matthias Lenssen, Martin Moeskjaer, Marc Seidel
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Abstract
A liquid damper for a wind turbine tower includes a damper housing formed from a horizontal lower annulus, a horizontal upper annulus, an essentially cylindrical outer vertical wall and an essentially cylindrical inner vertical wall, wherein the outer diameter of the damper corresponds to the interior diameter of the tower; an operational volume of liquid contained in the damper; and an arrangement of vertical ribs mounted to a vertical wall of the damper. Further provided is a method of assembling a wind turbine.
Claims15
A liquid damper for a wind turbine tower, comprising
- a damper housing formed from a horizontal lower annulus, a horizontal upper annulus, an essentially cylindrical outer vertical wall and an essentially cylindrical inner vertical wall, wherein the outer diameter of the damper corresponds to the interior diameter of the tower;
- an operational volume of liquid contained in the damper;
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- an arrangement of vertical ribs mounted to a vertical wall of the damper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.