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US 9,803,694 B2Granted
Direct drive wind turbine with a cooling system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorUffe Eriksen
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Abstract
A direct drive wind turbine with a cooling system has a generator with a rotor and a stator and a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring connecting the rotor and the stator rotatively. The cooling system includes at least one heat sink which is in thermal communication with the inner ring of the bearing and a heat dissipater which is in thermal communication with the heat sink.
Claims9
A direct drive wind turbine comprising:
- a generator with a rotor and a stator;
- a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring connecting the rotor and the stator rotatively,
- a cooling system comprising:
- a heat sink being in thermal communication with the inner ring of the bearing, and
- a heat dissipater being in thermal communication with the heat sink.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.