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patent · US8053918

Wind turbine comprising a generator cooling system

8 November 2011

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This patent is cited by material in the archive, so it is indexed here by number, title and inventor. The archive holds no copy of its text.

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Abstract

A wind power installation is provided having a pylon, a pod mounted rotatably on the pylon, a generator arranged within the pod and having a rotor and a stator, and at least one fan in the region of the pod. In order to reduce the entry of moisture, sand and other foreign substances into the pod and also to reduce the fan noise which reaches the exterior, the fan may suck in outside air through a downwardly open first air gap, in particular between the pylon and the pod. The...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2005-09-23
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2011-11-08
Inventors
Aloys Wobben