WIND TURBINE TOWER STRUCTURE WITH STACKED TOWER SECTIONS

• Main Authors: Fang, Biao, Sheppard, Collin McKee, Turnquist, Norman Arnold, Cooper, Gregory Edward, Kenny, Christopher James, Li, Xiaopeng, Meyer, Pascal, Vogel, Ryan Eric
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.05.2024
• Subjects: BLASTING; BUILDING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR OTHER BUILDING AIDS, OR THEIRUSE; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FORMS; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MASTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTINGBUILDINGS; SCAFFOLDING; SHUTTERING; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; WEAPONS; WIND MOTORS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a tower structure (500) with at least partially additively manufactured, stacked tower sections (601). Embodiments of the tower structure have a plurality of stacked tower sections (601), wherein at least one tower section of the plurality of stacked tower sections includes a wall element having one or more printed layers (511), and a base (400) holding thereon the one or more printed layers. The present disclosure also is directed to a method of manufacturing a tower structure using a stacked tower sections and additive manufacturing. Embodiments of the method include forming a base of poured concrete or cast material, printing and depositing one or more printed layers to form a wall element, and stacking the plurality of tower sections to form the tower structure.