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Title: Methods and apparatus for cooling wind turbine generators

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [4];  [5]
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  1. Niskayuna, NY
  2. Rexford, NY
  3. Schenectady, NY
  4. Alplaus, NY
  5. (Clifton Park, NY)
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
985170
Patent Number(s):
7443066
Application Number:
11/193,882
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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
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DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-99GO10337
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY

Citation Formats

Salamah, Samir A, Gadre, Aniruddha Dattatraya, Garg, Jivtesh, Bagepalli, Bharat Sampathkumaran, Jansen, Patrick Lee, and Carl, Jr., Ralph James. Methods and apparatus for cooling wind turbine generators. United States: N. p., 2008. Web.
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Salamah, Samir A, Gadre, Aniruddha Dattatraya, Garg, Jivtesh, Bagepalli, Bharat Sampathkumaran, Jansen, Patrick Lee, & Carl, Jr., Ralph James. Methods and apparatus for cooling wind turbine generators. United States.
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Salamah, Samir A, Gadre, Aniruddha Dattatraya, Garg, Jivtesh, Bagepalli, Bharat Sampathkumaran, Jansen, Patrick Lee, and Carl, Jr., Ralph James. Tue . "Methods and apparatus for cooling wind turbine generators". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/985170.
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@article{osti_985170,
title = {Methods and apparatus for cooling wind turbine generators},
author = {Salamah, Samir A and Gadre, Aniruddha Dattatraya and Garg, Jivtesh and Bagepalli, Bharat Sampathkumaran and Jansen, Patrick Lee and Carl, Jr., Ralph James},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
month = {Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2008}
}
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