Lightning protection for a direct drive wind turbine
US11852121B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 16, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/72
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Provided is a direct drive wind turbine that includes: a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational axis, the nacelle including an electrical generator connected to the hub in order to receive rotational energy from the hub, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, and a lightning protection arrangement including a plurality of protection conductors extending between the at least one blade and the tower, the plurality of protection conductors including at least a first protection conductor mounted on an external surface of the electrical generator.
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