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US 8,047,774 B2Granted
System for heating and cooling wind turbine components
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorBharat S. Bagepalli
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Abstract
A heating and cooling system for a wind turbine is provided and includes a gearbox, gearbox heat exchanger, generator, generator heat exchanger, and a cooling duct. The cooling duct is connected to the gearbox and generator heat exchangers, and is used to transport air across both heat exchangers to cool the gearbox and generator.
Claims9
A heating and cooling system comprising:
- a gearbox and gearbox heat exchanger;
- a generator and generator heat exchanger;
- a cooling duct connected to said gearbox heat exchanger and said generator heat exchanger;
- wherein, said cooling duct is used to transport air across said gearbox heat exchanger and said generator heat exchanger to cool said gearbox and said generator, and wherein the heating and cooling system is used with a wind turbine, the heating and cooling system further comprising a bypass device located near an exhaust portion of the cooling duct.
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A heating and cooling system comprising:
- a gearbox;
- a gearbox heat exchanger;
- a generator;
- a generator heat exchanger;
- a cooling duct having at least two or more cooling duct sections, the two or more cooling duct sections comprising a first cooling duct section connected to the gearbox heat exchanger and a second cooling duct section connected to the generator heat exchanger;
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- wherein the cooling duct is configured to transport air across the gearbox heat exchanger and the generator heat exchanger to cool the gearbox and the generator, and wherein separate and distinct airflow passes through the first cooling duct section and the second cooling duct section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.