Lightning protection system for a wind turbine
Patent
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OSTI ID:981833
- Chelsea, VT
- Williston, VT
In a wind turbine (104, 500, 704) having a plurality of blades (132, 404, 516, 744) and a blade rotor hub (120, 712), a lightning protection system (100, 504, 700) for conducting lightning strikes to any one of the blades and the region surrounding the blade hub along a path around the blade hub and critical components of the wind turbine, such as the generator (112, 716), gearbox (708) and main turbine bearings (176, 724).
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-98GO10337
- Assignee:
- Northern Power Systems, Inc. (Waitsfield, VT)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,377,750
- Application Number:
- 11/085,748
- OSTI ID:
- 981833
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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