Wind turbine/generator set having a stator cooling system located between stator frame and active coils
Abstract
A wind turbine comprising an electrical generator that includes a rotor assembly. A wind rotor that includes a wind rotor hub is directly coupled to the rotor assembly via a simplified connection. The wind rotor and generator rotor assembly are rotatably mounted on a central spindle via a bearing assembly. The wind rotor hub includes an opening having a diameter larger than the outside diameter of the central spindle adjacent the bearing assembly so as to allow access to the bearing assembly from a cavity inside the wind rotor hub. The spindle is attached to a turret supported by a tower. Each of the spindle, turret and tower has an interior cavity that permits personnel to traverse therethrough to the cavity of the wind rotor hub. The wind turbine further includes a frictional braking system for slowing, stopping or keeping stopped the rotation of the wind rotor and rotor assembly.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Northern Power Systems Utility Scale, Inc., Barre, VT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1176490
- Patent Number(s):
- 8308430
- Application Number:
- 13/032,173
- Assignee:
- Northern Power Systems Utility Scale, Inc.
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS F03D - WIND MOTORS
- DOE Contract Number:
- YCX-1-30209-02
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 17 WIND ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Bevington, Christopher M., Bywaters, Garrett L., Coleman, Clint C., Costin, Daniel P., Danforth, William L., Lynch, Jonathan A., and Rolland, Robert H. Wind turbine/generator set having a stator cooling system located between stator frame and active coils. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web.
Bevington, Christopher M., Bywaters, Garrett L., Coleman, Clint C., Costin, Daniel P., Danforth, William L., Lynch, Jonathan A., & Rolland, Robert H. Wind turbine/generator set having a stator cooling system located between stator frame and active coils. United States.
Bevington, Christopher M., Bywaters, Garrett L., Coleman, Clint C., Costin, Daniel P., Danforth, William L., Lynch, Jonathan A., and Rolland, Robert H. Tue .
"Wind turbine/generator set having a stator cooling system located between stator frame and active coils". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176490.
@article{osti_1176490,
title = {Wind turbine/generator set having a stator cooling system located between stator frame and active coils},
author = {Bevington, Christopher M. and Bywaters, Garrett L. and Coleman, Clint C. and Costin, Daniel P. and Danforth, William L. and Lynch, Jonathan A. and Rolland, Robert H.},
abstractNote = {A wind turbine comprising an electrical generator that includes a rotor assembly. A wind rotor that includes a wind rotor hub is directly coupled to the rotor assembly via a simplified connection. The wind rotor and generator rotor assembly are rotatably mounted on a central spindle via a bearing assembly. The wind rotor hub includes an opening having a diameter larger than the outside diameter of the central spindle adjacent the bearing assembly so as to allow access to the bearing assembly from a cavity inside the wind rotor hub. The spindle is attached to a turret supported by a tower. Each of the spindle, turret and tower has an interior cavity that permits personnel to traverse therethrough to the cavity of the wind rotor hub. The wind turbine further includes a frictional braking system for slowing, stopping or keeping stopped the rotation of the wind rotor and rotor assembly.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Tue Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2012}
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