System and process for transporting wind turbines

A technology for wind turbines and towers, applied in the field of wind turbines, can solve the problems of vulnerable parts, large structures of wind turbines, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-12-20
VESTAS AMERICAN WIND TECH
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Some types of wind turbines are relatively large structures with fragile parts, so they must be transported with care to avoid damage

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[0037] turn to Figure 3 to Figure 16 , showing a rail transport system for the tower section. refer to image 3 and Figure 4 , the bottom tower section 50 and the top tower section 52 are located on a rail car 54 . It is worth noting that the tower sections are substantially cylindrical and that the length of the bottom tower section 50 is roughly half the length of the top tower section 52 . Since the middle tower section is of similar length to the top member 52 and is shipped in the same manner as the top member 52, the middle tower section is not shown. Tower sections 52 and 50 are coupled to railcar 54 via mounting systems 56 and 58, which will be described further below.

[0038] refer to Figure 5 , it will be appreciated that there are two types of loading systems, a first type 56 and a second type 58 . The first type of loading system 56 includes two short floor pockets 59 and four end stops 62 each welded to the floor of the rail car 54 near one end of the car...

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A system is used to transport wind turbines on railroad cars. The wind turbines are partially disassembled into four types of components - nacelles, blades, rotor hubs and tower sections. The blades are stored in cargo containers suitable for use in multi-mode transportation of freight by ship, rail and truck. The nacelles and rotor hubs are not stored in containers but are affixed to transport structures. Brackets are affixed to the tower sections. Then the components are mounted on railroad cars.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to wind turbines and, more particularly, to transporting wind turbines on railroad cars. Background technique [0002] Wind turbines are used to generate electrical energy, a conventional wind turbine 1 is shown in FIG. 1 . The turbine 1 is mounted on the ground 5 and it comprises a multi-part tower 6 topped with a nacelle 10 . A rotor 12 is fixed to the front end of the nacelle 10 and blades 14 are connected to the rotor 12 . The components of the tower 6 include: a bottom member 16 , an intermediate member 17 and a top member 18 . [0003] Turning to FIG. 2 , FIG. 2 shows components of a nacelle 10 of a conventional wind turbine 1 . The nacelle 10 is rotatably mounted on the upper flange 15 of the top tower member 18 by a bearing 19 having an inner ring and an outer ring connected to the flange 15 . The inner ring of the bearing 19 is connected to an annular nacelle mounting plate 20 having a diameter greater than th...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60P1/64B60P3/40B60P7/13B61D3/16B61D47/00B65D88/00B65D88/02B65D88/12B65D90/00
CPCB65D88/022Y02E10/72B61D3/16B60P7/132B65D2585/6897B61D47/00F03D1/005B65D85/68B65D90/0006B65D88/121B60P3/40B65D88/005F03D13/40
Inventor 卡尔森·安德松斯科特·兰德勒姆
Owner VESTAS AMERICAN WIND TECH
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