Means and method for rigidizing the frame of the gondola of a wind turbine (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

• Main Author: LAZCOZ SANTESTEBAN, FERMIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 19.06.2012
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; STANDS OR SUPPORTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS; WIND MOTORS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

Means and method to stiffen the gondola frame of a wind turbine that is located in areas of adverse climatology. The invention describes the use of different means (3, 4) stiffeners in the front part of the frame (1) of the wind turbine depending on the appearance or not of cracks in areas (z1, z2) sensitive to failure and/or rupture by fatigue . (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) Medios y método para rigidizar el bastidor de la góndola de un aerogenerador que se encuentra ubicado en áreas de climatología adversa. La invención describe el uso de diferentes medios (3, 4) rigidizantes en la parte delantera del bastidor (1) del aerogenerador en función de la aparición o no de fisuras en zonas (Z1, Z2) sensibles a fallos y/o ruptura por fatiga.