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Title: Wind turbine generators having wind assisted cooling systems and cooling methods

Abstract

A wind generator includes: a nacelle; a hub carried by the nacelle and including at least a pair of wind turbine blades; and an electricity producing generator including a stator and a rotor carried by the nacelle. The rotor is connected to the hub and rotatable in response to wind acting on the blades to rotate the rotor relative to the stator to generate electricity. A cooling system is carried by the nacelle and includes at least one ambient air inlet port opening through a surface of the nacelle downstream of the hub and blades, and a duct for flowing air from the inlet port in a generally upstream direction toward the hub and in cooling relation to the stator.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5]
  1. Niskayuna, NY
  2. Delanson, NY
  3. Rexford, NY
  4. Scotia, NY
  5. Cambridge, MA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
984517
Patent Number(s):
7,427,814
Application Number:
11/385,730
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-99GO10337
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY

Citation Formats

Bagepalli, Bharat, Barnes, Gary R, Gadre, Aniruddha D, Jansen, Patrick L, Bouchard, Jr., Charles G., Jarczynski, Emil D, and Garg, Jivtesh. Wind turbine generators having wind assisted cooling systems and cooling methods. United States: N. p., 2008. Web.
Bagepalli, Bharat, Barnes, Gary R, Gadre, Aniruddha D, Jansen, Patrick L, Bouchard, Jr., Charles G., Jarczynski, Emil D, & Garg, Jivtesh. Wind turbine generators having wind assisted cooling systems and cooling methods. United States.
Bagepalli, Bharat, Barnes, Gary R, Gadre, Aniruddha D, Jansen, Patrick L, Bouchard, Jr., Charles G., Jarczynski, Emil D, and Garg, Jivtesh. 2008. "Wind turbine generators having wind assisted cooling systems and cooling methods". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/984517.
@article{osti_984517,
title = {Wind turbine generators having wind assisted cooling systems and cooling methods},
author = {Bagepalli, Bharat and Barnes, Gary R and Gadre, Aniruddha D and Jansen, Patrick L and Bouchard, Jr., Charles G. and Jarczynski, Emil D and Garg, Jivtesh},
abstractNote = {A wind generator includes: a nacelle; a hub carried by the nacelle and including at least a pair of wind turbine blades; and an electricity producing generator including a stator and a rotor carried by the nacelle. The rotor is connected to the hub and rotatable in response to wind acting on the blades to rotate the rotor relative to the stator to generate electricity. A cooling system is carried by the nacelle and includes at least one ambient air inlet port opening through a surface of the nacelle downstream of the hub and blades, and a duct for flowing air from the inlet port in a generally upstream direction toward the hub and in cooling relation to the stator.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/984517}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
month = {Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2008}
}