Artificial wind turbine island
AssigneeLagerwey Windturbine B.V.
InventorHendrik Lambertus Lagerwey
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Abstract
The invention relates to an installation comprising windmills (1) which are mounted in a frame (5, 6, 7) said frame is provided with float bodies (15), and it is capable of rotation about a vertical axis in order to turn the windmills towards the wind. In order to keep the windmills upright, supporting means, for example a body (16) which is anchored to the bottom, are disposed some distance away from the plane of the windmills. Furthermore, means are provided for improving or simplifying maintenance.
Claims18
An installation for converting wind energy into electric energy, which installation comprises a number of windmills provided with vanes (1) which rotate about a substantially horizontal shaft, which horizontal shaft is supported in bearings in a gondola (2), as well as a frame for supporting said gondolas with their horizontal shafts extending substantially parallel to each other, in such a manner that said vanes rotate in a substantially common plane, and float bodies (15, 16) attached to said frame, which function to keep the installation afloat, characterized in that supporting means connected to the frame are provided, whereby said supporting means, which are disposed some distance away from said common plane, function to keep said common plane substantially vertically oriented.
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