WO2005071261A1 - Methods of handling a wind turbine blade and system therefor - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
- B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
- B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
- B66C1/108—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means for lifting parts of wind turbines
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03D—WIND MOTORS
- F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
- F03D13/10—Assembly of wind motors; Arrangements for erecting wind motors
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03D—WIND MOTORS
- F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
- F03D13/40—Arrangements or methods specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
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- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
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- Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
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- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
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- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49316—Impeller making
- Y10T29/49332—Propeller making
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49316—Impeller making
- Y10T29/49336—Blade making
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- the invention relates to methods of handling and manufacturing a wind turbine blade, handling system, wind turbine blade, handling means and use hereof.
- the wind turbine blade is a very important component in a modern wind turbine and is highly important in defining the energy production and the lifespan of the wind turbine.
- the transport of the blades from the place of production to the place of erecting the wind turbine is thus a matter that requires a lot of consideration in relation to handling the blade safely during the transport.
- the wind turbine blade comprises a smooth, polished and quite delicate surface that slopes from the root of the wind turbine blade toward the tip.
- wind turbine blades have been handled by different handling systems such as straps tighten around the blade surface or adapted form parts forced against the blade surface.
- the well-known handling systems have all been less advantageous as they may either slide of or damage the wind turbine blade e.g. by creating deformations in the blade surface. They are especially less advantageous during unsteady transports such as sea or road transport in which the wind turbine blades are not surveyed in long time periods.
- the handling systems must define the rigid structure in which the long, heavy and very flexible blade is incorporated.
- the size of the well-known handling systems thus becomes quite significant and complex in order to get the firmer grip on the wind turbine blades while still protecting the wind turbine blades and especially the surface.
- the invention relates to a method of handling a wind turbine blade at least during storage, transport or mounting of the blade, said method comprising the steps of:
- mounting one or more handling means including mounting means in said at least one hole
- said at least one mounting hole is established by a drilling process.
- drilling the holes it is possible to establish holes which have clear definitions e.g. perfectly circular holes in the desired position.
- the clear definitions of the holes will especially be advantageous in connection with the subsequent closing of the holes in which the quality of the closing will affect the strength of the blade in the region.
- said at least one mounting hole is marked with visual signs indicating the location of the hole e.g. visual lines or circles on the surface of the blade.
- visual signs indicating the location of the hole e.g. visual lines or circles on the surface of the blade.
- said mounting includes entering said mounting means through the blade.
- said mounting means includes entering said mounting means through the blade.
- the mounting means may in a simple embodiment of the invention penetrate the surface without going through e.g. by establishing a hold to the shell of the blade only with a number of screws.
- said one or more handling means are forced against the surface of the blade by said mounting means. By the handling means being forced against the surface of the blade, it is ensured that the blade is held and supported by the handling means.
- said handling means are connected to handling rods, plates or walls.
- connection to said handling rods, plates or walls is established by use of bolts, welding means or the like.
- connection may easily be established with use of only a few necessary tools.
- the connection or amendment of the connection can thus be performed anywhere necessary e.g. in areas with less possibility of energy supply such as on the road or at sea.
- the blade is handled at least by the suspension points established by said handling means.
- the non-moveable suspension points it is easier to control and predict the movement of the wind turbine blade e.g. during transport. Further, it is easier to protect the blade from damage as movement of the blade is avoided and damage thus primarily may come from outside objects hitting the surface of the blade.
- the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade to be handled, said method comprising the steps of:
- the invention also relates to a handling system for handling a wind turbine blade at least during storage, transport or mounting of the blade, said system comprising
- one or more handling means to be positioned on the surface of the wind turbine blade and mounting means to be mounted in said at least one hole.
- said handling means are connected to a handling structure such as handling rods, handling plates and/or handling walls e.g. of a transport container.
- said handling means are made in metal such as steel plate, in glass fiber reinforced plastic materials alone or glass fiber reinforced plastic materials reinforced with carbon fiber or aramid.
- said system comprises two handling means positioned on the opposite sides of the wind turbine blade.
- the handling means as vice jaws. Due to the surface penetration of the blade by the mounting means, the handling means is arranged without the risk of sliding off.
- said mounting means is one or more bolts with corresponding nuts.
- the bolts and nuts make it easy to adjust the position and angle of the handling means by loosen and tighten the nuts, respectively, e.g. in restricted or rural places.
- said mounting means goes through the wind turbine blade next to the beam or any other strengthening structure in the blade.
- two of said mounting means go through the blade on opposite side of said beam or any other strengthening structure in the blade.
- two of said mounting means go through the blade on opposite side of said beam or any other strengthening structure in the blade.
- one or more of the surfaces of said handling means comprise a high friction material.
- the layer of high friction material enhances the connection between the handling means and the wind turbine blade, especially in a longitudinal direction of the blade. Further, the layer protects the surface of the wind turbine blade against damage from the handling system during mounting and use.
- the layer may be attached to the surface of the handling means e.g. by using adhesive material. However, the layer may also be a separate sheet which is positioned between the wind turbine blade and the handling means before the mounting means are tightened.
- the high friction material may be made in a number of materials such as rubber or a composition of Kevlar/Graphite.
- said blade comprises at least one hole area with one or more reinforcement layers on the inner surface of the blade.
- the hole area is as strong or stronger than the rest of the blade and thus may sustain the handling forces without sustaining any damage.
- the hole area is at least as strong as the rest of the blade during normal use after the handling process has ended e.g. during rotation in connection with power production of the wind turbine.
- said reinforcement layers comprise glass fiber reinforced plastic materials alone or reinforced with carbon fiber or aramid.
- the length of said blade is at least 30 meters such as approximately 39, 44 or 49 meters or more and the weight of said blade is at least 6000 kilogram such as 6000 to 7500 kilogram e.g. approximately 6400, 6800 or 7200 kilogram.
- 6000 kilogram such as 6000 to 7500 kilogram e.g. approximately 6400, 6800 or 7200 kilogram.
- the invention even further relates to a wind turbine blade to be handled at least during storage, transport or mounting, said blade comprising at least one hole area with one or more reinforcement layers on the inner surface of the blade and at least one hole where said at least one hole penetrates the surface of the blade at the hole area.
- the surface of said at least one hole area includes visual signs indicating the location of the at least one hole e.g. visual lines or circles.
- one or more of said at least one hole is part of the lightning protection system of the blade e.g. lightning receptor holes.
- the holes are part of the lightning protection system of the blade e.g. lightning receptor holes.
- the length of said blade is at least 30 meters such as approximately 39, 44 or 49 meters or more and the weight of said blade is at least 6000 kilogram such as 6000 to 7500 kilogram e.g. approximately 6400, 6800 or 7200 kilogram.
- the weight of said blade is at least 6000 kilogram such as 6000 to 7500 kilogram e.g. approximately 6400, 6800 or 7200 kilogram.
- the invention also relates to handling means for a wind turbine blade at least during storage, transport or mounting, said handling means comprising
- one or more of the surfaces comprise a high friction material.
- fig. 2 illustrates an example of well-known means for handling a wind turbine blade
- fig. 3 illustrates a cross sectional view of the handling system according to the invention mounted on a wind turbine blade and magnified sections of the same
- fig. 4 illustrates an embodiment of the handling means of the handling system in a perspective view
- fig. 5a illustrates a wind turbine blade with handling means mounted in different positions
- fig. 5b illustrates a section of the wind turbine blade with handling means mounted on the blade surface
- fig. 5c illustrates the section of the wind turbine blade with visual signs
- fig. 7 illustrates another embodiment of the handling means according to the invention mounted on the surface of a partly transparent wind turbine blade
- fig. 8a illustrates in a detailed side view, the embodiment of the handling means in fig. 7,
- Figure 1 illustrates a modern wind turbine 1 with a tower 2 and a wind turbine nacelle 3 positioned on top of the tower.
- the blades 5 of the wind turbine rotor are connected to the nacelle through the low speed shaft which extends out of the nacelle front.
- wind over a certain level will activate the rotor and allow it to rotate in a perpendicular direction to the wind.
- the rotation movement is converted to electric power which usually is supplied to the transmission grid as will be known by skilled persons within the area.
- the handling system comprises two handling means 9a, 9b positioned on opposite side of the wind turbine blade 5.
- the handling means 9a, 9b are illustrated as two brackets in which each bracket has a surface that substantially follows the shape of the blade in question.
- the end sections of the brackets are slightly elevated above the surface which establishes spaces for distance pieces 15 between the sections and the surface of the wind turbine blade.
- the distance pieces are in a material protecting the blade against damage from the handling system. Further, the distance pieces ensure that water may not enter the area protected by the pieces e.g. the interior of the blade.
- the handling means comprises a number of holes in which two sets of mounting holes 20a, 20b are intended for mounting means such as two bolts 11, 13 and corresponding two nuts 12, 14.
- the opposite handling means may be connected by only one bolt in which the surface shape of the handling means establishing the further grip of the wind turbine blade.
- the one bolt may be positioned beneath the beam in such a manner that the beam rests on the bolt and the handling of the blade e.g. is established by rigid connections to the handling means above the bolt. The connections and the bolt ensure that the handling means are kept in place against the opposite surfaces of the blade.
- the shape of the relevant blade section should, substantially or partly, be reflected in the shape of the handling means regardless the number of holes/bolts in order to handle the blade safely.
- Figure 5 a illustrates a wind turbine blade 5 such as a standard 39, 44 or 49 meters Vestas wind turbine blade with a weight between 6000 and 7500 kilogram e.g. approximately 6400 (39 meters), 6800 (44 meters) or 7200 kilogram (49 meters).
- the wind turbine blade 5 is illustrated with handling means 9 mounted on the surface of the blade.
- the wind turbine blade 5 is illustrated with a flange 23 at the blade root and a number of handling means 9. Further, the blade is illustrated with a beam which declines in size from the root toward the blade tip.
- the handling means 9 are positioned at different positions in the longitudinal direction of the blade.
- the length of the two handling means (perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the blade) and especially the distance between the two holes are illustrated as being different for the different handling means. The distances are different in order to ensure that the mounting means do not meet the beam when penetrating the blade.
- the visual signs are created with lines and/or circles established on the surface of the wind turbine blade at the position of each hole, opened or closed, or at the position in which each hole is to be drilled.
- the lines and/or circles naturally indicate the position of the hole e.g. by vertical and horizontal lines forming a cross at the center of the hole and/or a circle with the same center and diameter as the hole.
- the first handling means 9a is illustrated as a fastening flange with a fastening hole 10 and the second handling means 9b as a similar flange but without the hole. Also the handling means may be without the flange and then be a flat plate as illustrated in fig. 3 e.g. combined with eyebolts as mounting means.
- the two handling means may be the same in shape or be a combination of the different handling means e.g. the ones illustrated or other forms such as two flanges holding the holding rods or plates between them.
- the first suspension point may be the root flange 23 of the wind turbine blade which during normal use connects the blade to the wind turbine hub 4.
- the flange is connected directly or indirectly to the wall 25 of the transport means.
- FIG 8a and 8b illustrate the embodiment of the handling means in figure 7 in more details.
- Each handling means 29 comprises two parallel plates - first and second plate 29a, 29b of the handling means in which the plates are substantially perpendicular with the surface of the wind turbine blade after the mounting.
- the two flanges 27 are welded or in similar way connected to the ends of the plates and has holes for the thread bars 26a, 26b and corresponding nuts 28 to use as mounting means for the handling means.
- the four-sided structure which is created by the first and second plate 29a, 29b of the handling means and two flanges 27, may in an embodiment be more rigid set up by using further plates or rods e.g. from corner to corner in the structure.
- the handling means may be made in numerous ways with different shapes e.g. four-sided, round or any other regular or irregular shape that are appropriated for the application and the blade in question.
- the size of the handling means may be altered e.g. the length in relation to the span of the blade beam.
- the shape of the relevant blade section should substantially be reflected in the shape of the handling means in order to handle the blade.
- Figure 9 illustrates an example of a use place for the handling system according to the invention.
- the handling system and especially the handling means may also be used in other situations besides transport e.g. at storage of the blades before transport in which the handling system and means secure that the blades especially do not need to rest on the edges of the blades.
- the handling system may be used in connection with the manufacturing of the wind turbine blade:
- the blade is often manufactured as two shell parts and beam in which the beam is positioned on one shell part before the other shell part is lifted up and positioned above the first shell and the beam as a sort of lid.
- handling means already mounted in each shell e.g. by positioning a temporary bracket on the interior surface of the blade, it is possible to control the blade shell part during the lifting and positioning of the part.
- the temporary brackets may be removed just before the final position of the shell part or simply stay as reinforcements of the holes in the wind turbine blade.
- the holes may be closed before leaving the manufacturing plant e.g. by using a GRP rod or some kind of adhesive tape covering the holes in which the closing means are removed at the handling of the wind turbine blade. Further, each of the holes may be subsequently after the handling be closed/filled with a GRP rod which may comprise a slightly declining shape e.g. a standard cone shape corresponding to the hole diameter.
- the cone may be covered in an adhesive material and entered into the hole. When the cone has reached its position in the hole, the cone top is cut of in level with the surface of the wind turbine blade and the area is fully closed with filler material and a layer of paint.
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