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
• Published: 02.05.2024
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; 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; MASTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTINGBUILDINGS; SCAFFOLDING; SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS, SLAG, OR MIXTURESCONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER; SHUTTERING; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE

The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a tower structure with at least partially additively manufactured, stacked tower sections. Embodiments of the tower structure have a plurality of stacked tower sections, wherein at least one tower section of the plurality of stacked tower sections includes a wall element having one or more printed layers, and a base 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.