Methods and apparatus for cooling wind turbine generators
Patent
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OSTI ID:985170
- Niskayuna, NY
- Rexford, NY
- Schenectady, NY
- Alplaus, NY
A wind turbine generator includes a stator having a core and a plurality of stator windings circumferentially spaced about a generator longitudinal axis. A rotor is rotatable about the generator longitudinal axis, and the rotor includes a plurality of magnetic elements coupled to the rotor and cooperating with the stator windings. The magnetic elements are configured to generate a magnetic field and the stator windings are configured to interact with the magnetic field to generate a voltage in the stator windings. A heat pipe assembly thermally engaging one of the stator and the rotor to dissipate heat generated in the stator or rotor.
- Research Organization:
- Midwest Research Institute
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99GO10337
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,443,066
- Application Number:
- 11/193,882
- OSTI ID:
- 985170
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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