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US 8,426,995 B2Granted
Wind turbine generator and wind turbine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorAndre Langel
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Abstract
According to the present disclosure, a wind turbine power generator (118) including a stator (120) comprising at least one stator segment (120, 121), a rotor (122) rotatably mounted in the stator (120, 121) and one or more conversion assemblies (210, 220, 222) is provided. The one or more power conversion assemblies (210, 220) are attached to the at least one stator segment (120, 121).
Claims18
A wind turbine power generator comprising:
- a stator segmented into two or more stator segments which are configured to operate independently from each other;
- a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator;
- and
- one or more conversion assemblies,
- wherein the one or more conversion assemblies are mechanically attached to the two or more stator segments.
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A wind turbine comprising:
- a nacelle supported by a tower;
- at least one rotor blade to capture wind energy;
- and
- a power generator for converting the wind energy into electrical energy, comprising:
- a stator segmented into two or more stator segments, wherein each of the two or more stator segments is configured to operate individually;
- a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator;
- and
- one or more conversion assemblies,
- wherein the one or more conversion assemblies are integrally connected to the two or more stator segments.
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A method for attaching one or more conversion assemblies to a stator of a wind turbine power generator, the method comprising:
- segmenting the stator into two or more stator segments which are configured to operate independently from each other;
- providing the one or more conversion assemblies;
- mechanically attaching the one or more conversion assemblies to the two or more stator segments;
- and
- installing the generator comprising the preassembled one or more conversion assemblies into a nacelle of a wind turbine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.