WO2023093956 - A NACELLE INSTALLATION METHOD AT A WIND TURBINE
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Publication Number
WO/2023/093956
Publication Date
01.06.2023
International Application No.
PCT/DK2022/050226
International Filing Date
31.10.2022
Title **
[English]
A NACELLE INSTALLATION METHOD AT A WIND TURBINE
[French]
PROCÉDÉ D'INSTALLATION DE NACELLE SUR UNE ÉOLIENNE
Applicants **
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
Inventors
SØRENSEN, Jakob
BAUN, Torben Ladegaard
Priority Data
PA202170582
23.11.2021
DK
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| China | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2072 | |
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Abstract[English]
Wind turbine installation method the installation method including: providing a nacelle (2) at a wind turbine erection site, said nacelle (2) comprising: a main unit (20), arranged to be connected to the wind turbine tower (3), and configured for housing a rotor-supporting assembly of the wind-turbine; at least one auxiliary unit (21, 22) housing an operative component (34) forming part of the power conversion assembly, wherein: the main unit (20) and the auxiliary unit (21, 22) are separate units configured to be connected by a unit fixation structure at an interface, and wherein the operative component (34) is supportable directly on the main unit (20), said method further including: receiving a said main unit (20)and an auxiliary unit (21, 22) and an operative component (34) to said site of erection of the wind turbine, attaching to said main unit (20) the said auxiliary unit (21, 22) and said operative component (34), and attaching a lifting yoke (50) to the main unit (20) and hoisting the main unit (20) together with the auxiliary unit (21, 22) by means of a crane attached to the lifting yoke (50), wherein the auxiliary unit (21, 22) is supported and lifted by the main unit (20) during the hoisting, and installing the main unit (20) and the attached auxiliary unit (21, 22) at the tower top.[French]
L'invention concerne un procédé d'installation d'éolienne, le procédé d'installation consistant à : fournir une nacelle (2) sur un site de construction d'éolienne, ladite nacelle (2) comprenant : une unité principale (20), agencée pour être reliée à la tour d'éolienne (3), et conçue pour loger un ensemble de support de rotor de l'éolienne ; au moins une unité auxiliaire (21, 22) logeant un composant fonctionnel (34) faisant partie de l'ensemble de conversion d'énergie, l'unité principale (20) et l'unité auxiliaire (21, 22) étant des unités séparées conçues pour être reliées par une structure de fixation unitaire au niveau d'une interface, et le composant fonctionnel (34) pouvant être supporté directement sur l'unité principale (20), ledit procédé consistant en outre à : recevoir une unité principale (20) et une unité auxiliaire (21, 22) et un composant fonctionnel (34) sur ledit site de construction de l'éolienne, fixer à ladite unité principale (20) ladite unité auxiliaire (21, 22) et ledit composant fonctionnel (34), et fixer un palonnier de levage (50) à l'unité principale (20) et lever l'unité principale (20) conjointement avec l'unité auxiliaire (21, 22) au moyen d'une grue fixée au palonnier de levage (50), l'unité auxiliaire (21, 22) étant supportée et soulevée par l'unité principale (20) pendant le levage, et installer l'unité principale (20) et l'unité auxiliaire (21, 22) fixée au niveau de la partie supérieure de la tour.