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AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsJesper Rømer HANSEN, Alexander REUMERT, Torben Ladegaard BAUN
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A wind turbine comprising a tower, a nacelle mounted rotatably on the tower via a yaw system and a hub carrying at least one wind turbine blade is disclosed. The wind turbine comprises a generator, an AC/DC converter connected to the generator and an electrolysis system connected to a DC power output of the AC/DC converter for producing hydrogen, the electrolysis system being arranged in an up-tower part of the wind turbine. A hydrogen transport line is connected to the electrolysis system for transporting hydrogen produced by the electrolysis system away from the electrolysis system, the hydrogen transport line extending in an interior part of the tower at least partly between the up-tower part of the wind turbine and a lower part of the tower. At least one hydrogen sensor are arranged in the interior part of the tower.
A wind turbine comprising a tower, a nacelle mounted rotatably on the tower via a yaw system and a hub carrying at least one wind turbine blade, the hub being mounted rotatably on the nacelle, the wind turbine further comprising a generator, an AC/DC converter connected to the generator and an electrolysis system connected to a DC power output of the AC/DC converter, the electrolysis system being arranged in an up-tower part of the wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine further comprises a hydrogen transport line connected to the electrolysis system for transporting hydrogen produced by the electrolysis system away from the electrolysis system, the hydrogen transport line extending in an interior part of the tower at least partly between the up-tower part of the wind turbine and a lower part of the tower, the wind turbine further comprising at least one hydrogen sensor arranged in the interior part of the tower.
The wind turbine according to claim 9, wherein a part of the hydrogen transport line which passes the yaw system is arranged outside the tower and the nacelle.
A method for operating an electrolysis system and a hydrogen transport line forming part of a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a tower, a nacelle mounted rotatably on the tower via a yaw system, a generator and an AC/DC converter connected to the generator, the electrolysis system being arranged in an up-tower part of the wind turbine and being connected to a DC power output of the AC/DC converter, the hydrogen transport line extending in an interior part of the tower at least partly between the up-tower part of the wind turbine and a lower part of the tower, the method comprising:
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