Wind power plant with a movable container
US6750559B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/728
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention involves a wind power plant for converting wind power into electric energy and a process for replacing machine parts of the housing of a wind power plant of this type using on-board mechanisms. According to the invention, the wind power plant has a tower, a housing that is mounted onto the tower and functions to receive machine parts that include at least one gear and one generator, whereby the housing also has a longitudinal axis oriented essentially crosswise to the tower axis, and, on the underside of a housing part that is set off at a distance from the tower in the direction of the longitudinal axis, has an opening that serves the purpose of allowing machine parts to be moved through it, and the wind power plant also has an on-board crane arranged in the housing in order to convey objects in the direction of the tower axis. Furthermore, the wind power plant has a container functioning to receive structural parts, whereby the container can be moved underneath the opening in the direction of the longitudinal axis from an operating position, in which an area of the opening near the tower is covered by the container, into a mounting position, in which this area of th…
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