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Ventilation arrangement

US8186940B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

7References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Bernard Landa · Pittsfield, US
Lane Porter · Simpsonville, US
Ulrich Uphues · Salzbergen, DE
Lawrence D. Willey · Simpsonville, US
Ulrich Neumann · Roßdorf, DE
Negel E. Martin · West Palm Beach, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 5, 2007
Grant date	May 29, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ventilation arrangement for a wind turbine includes an air inlet opening located in a nose cone of said wind turbine, a manhole cover for covering a manhole of a rotor hub of said wind turbine, the manhole cover providing a vent opening for venting hot air from an internal space of said rotor hub, and a flexible piping establishing fluid communication between the internal space of the rotor hub and the air inlet opening.

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