Removable bearing arrangement for a wind turbine generator
Abstract
A wind generator having removable change-out bearings includes a rotor and a stator, locking bolts configured to lock the rotor and stator, a removable bearing sub-assembly having at least one shrunk-on bearing installed, and removable mounting bolts configured to engage the bearing sub-assembly and to allow the removable bearing sub-assembly to be removed when the removable mounting bolts are removed.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1176351
- Patent Number(s):
- 7736125
- Application Number:
- 12/074,629
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS F03D - WIND MOTORS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04 F05B - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MACHINES OR ENGINES OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, TO WIND MOTORS, TO NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS, AND TO GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99GO10337
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2008 Mar 05
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 17 WIND ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Bagepalli, Bharat Sampathkumaran, Jansen, Patrick Lee, and Gadre, Aniruddha Dattatraya. Removable bearing arrangement for a wind turbine generator. United States: N. p., 2010.
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author = {Bagepalli, Bharat Sampathkumaran and Jansen, Patrick Lee and Gadre, Aniruddha Dattatraya},
abstractNote = {A wind generator having removable change-out bearings includes a rotor and a stator, locking bolts configured to lock the rotor and stator, a removable bearing sub-assembly having at least one shrunk-on bearing installed, and removable mounting bolts configured to engage the bearing sub-assembly and to allow the removable bearing sub-assembly to be removed when the removable mounting bolts are removed.},
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year = {Tue Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
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