WO2024068710A1 - Adaptateur d'une tour d'une tour d'éolienne et section de béton d'une tour d'une éolienne - Google Patents

Adaptateur d'une tour d'une tour d'éolienne et section de béton d'une tour d'une éolienne Download PDF

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WO2024068710A1
WO2024068710A1 PCT/EP2023/076668 EP2023076668W WO2024068710A1 WO 2024068710 A1 WO2024068710 A1 WO 2024068710A1 EP 2023076668 W EP2023076668 W EP 2023076668W WO 2024068710 A1 WO2024068710 A1 WO 2024068710A1
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tower
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Iván García Maestre
Iñigo RUBIO GUILLEN
Teresa Arlabán
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Nordex Energy Spain, S.A.U.
Nordex Energy Se & Co. Kg
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Priority claimed from EP23382623.9A external-priority patent/EP4345293A1/fr
Application filed by Nordex Energy Spain, S.A.U., Nordex Energy Se & Co. Kg filed Critical Nordex Energy Spain, S.A.U.
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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
    • F03D13/20—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors
    • F03D13/201—Towers
    • F03D13/205—Connection means, e.g. joints between segments
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
    • E04H12/16—Prestressed structures
    • 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
    • F03D13/20—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C5/00—Reinforcing elements, e.g. for concrete; Auxiliary elements therefor
    • E04C5/08—Members specially adapted to be used in prestressed constructions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
    • E04H12/02—Structures made of specified materials
    • E04H12/08—Structures made of specified materials of metal
    • E04H12/085—Details of flanges for tubular masts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2230/00—Manufacture
    • F05B2230/60—Assembly methods
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/91—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure
    • F05B2240/912—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure on a tower
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction

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  • the object of the invention is an adapter of a tower of a wind turbine and a concrete section of a tower of a wind turbine.
  • the invention also relates to a wind turbine comprising a tower which in turn comprises the adapter and/or the concrete section.
  • the wind turbines comprise a tower, a nacelle which houses the electrical generator and a rotor formed in turn by at least two blades.
  • the tower of the wind turbine supports the nacelle and the rotor.
  • Large wind turbines have steel, lattice, or reinforced concrete towers or even mixed-type towers, the latter comprising sections of different materials, for example, a lower section of concrete and an upper section of steel or lattice.
  • the tower Due to the height of the wind turbines, the tower has to be divided into several annular sections which are stacked during the wind turbine assembly stage thus forming the full height of the tower. Dividing the tower into sections has the advantage that each section has a size such that its transport by road or rail is easier.
  • the towers for wind turbines being of the kind of “concrete-steel hybrid” towers comprising a first tower section comprising at least two concrete segments and further comprising a second tower section made of steel, the tower further comprising an adapter for connecting the two tower sections, and the towers for wind turbines being of the kind of “full-concrete” towers comprising an adapter disposed in the upper part of the upper concrete tower section and below a wind turbine component, the wind turbine component being preferably the yaw bearing of the nacelle.
  • the adapter comprises an annular concrete element and a steel element that has at least one annular flange, wherein the flange covers an upper surface of the concrete element of the adapter in installation position. Consequently, this adapter consists of concrete and steel, in which case the steel element is cast directly with the concrete element of the adapter.
  • the annular flange of the steel element is fully grouted in the concrete without air inclusions.
  • the steel element with an annular flange is initially provided for building the adapter, which is installed headlong in a ring-shaped formwork. Afterwards, concrete is placed in the formwork and as a result of that, the annular concrete element of the adapter can be made.
  • the concrete is placed directly on the underside of the flange so that, in the finished adapter, the flange is fully grouted establishing a connection between the concrete element and the steel element of the adapter.
  • the adapter is made entirely of steel, and a grout layer must be disposed between the adapter and the first tower section made of concrete to establish a connection between the steel adapter and the concrete section.
  • the adapter is joined to the immediately below concrete part or section by means of bolts passing through a first set of holes.
  • the adapter also comprises a second set of holes for allowing the passage of tensioning elements of the tower.
  • the first set of holes and the second set of holes are disposed in concentrical circumferences with different radius, thus needing more material and complex system for attaching auxiliary devices of the tower or thus resulting in technical solutions wherein the disposition of the tensioning elements far from the inner tower wall not carrying out an optimum post-tensioning of the concrete wall.
  • the present invention solves the problems described above.
  • the invention relates to an adapter of a tower of a wind turbine, wherein the tower comprises the adapter, a concrete section, a plurality of tensioning elements configured to tension the tower and a plurality of bolts configured to join the adapter to the concrete section; wherein the concrete section comprises:
  • the adapter comprises:
  • each hole of the first set of holes comprises an axis and a first diameter
  • each hole of the second set of holes comprises an axis and a second diameter; wherein the axes of the holes of the first set of holes define a first imaginary cylinder having a first radius with regards to the central vertical axis and the axes of the holes of the second set of holes define a second imaginary cylinder having a second radius with regards to the central vertical axis, wherein the absolute value of a difference between the first radius and the second radius is smaller than the first diameter of the first set of holes.
  • the absolute value of the difference between the first radius and the second radius is smaller than the second diameter of the second set of holes.
  • the absolute value of the difference between the first radius and the second radius is smaller than 30mm, preferably smaller than 20mm, preferably smaller than 10mm and more preferably smaller than 5mm.
  • the adapter so configured, intended to be connected to the concrete section disposed below comprises a region, i.e., the lower flange, wherein the tensioning elements and the bolts are not overlapped in a radial direction, thus reducing the stresses in the lower flange.
  • the axes of the holes of the first set of holes and the axes of the holes of the second set of holes are essentially contained in the same imaginary cylinder.
  • the adapter further comprises an upper flange configured to join the adapter, in use, to at least one second tower section or to a wind turbine component; and a central portion joining the lower flange and the upper flange; wherein the lower flange comprises an annular horizontal zone and an inclined circumferential zone adjacent to the central portion, wherein the inclined circumferential zone comprises a proximal end adjacent to the annular horizontal zone, wherein the axes of the holes of the first set of holes and the axes of the holes of the second set of holes are disposed on the annular horizontal zone.
  • the holes of the first set of holes comprise a first diameter and the holes of the second set of holes comprise a second diameter, wherein the first diameter and the second diameter are contained in the annular horizontal zone.
  • the first diameter of the holes of the first set of holes is between 175 and 225 mm, more preferably between 190 and 210mm and the second diameter of the holes of the second set of holes is between 60 and 80 mm, more preferably between 65 and 75 mm.
  • a distance from the axes of the holes of the first set of holes and the axes of the holes of the second set of holes, to the proximal end of the inclined circumferential zone of the lower flange is between 100mm and 160mm, preferably between 115 and 145mm.
  • the plurality of tensioning elements accommodated in the holes of the first set of holes and/or the plurality of the bolts accommodated in the holes of the second set of holes comprise heads, wherein the heads are disposed essentially tangential to the proximal end of the inclined circumferential end of the lower flange.
  • the tensioning elements and the bolts are disposed as close as possible to the central portion of the adapter, so limiting the stresses since the loads coming above the adapter are transmitted by the central portion.
  • the first set of holes and the second set of holes are disposed in a single circumferential row.
  • the invention also relates to a concrete section of a tower of a wind turbine, wherein the tower comprises the concrete section, an adapter, a plurality of tensioning elements configured to tension the tower and a plurality of bolts configured to join the adapter to the concrete section; wherein the concrete section comprises:
  • each hole (31 ) of the first set of holes (31 ) comprises an axis and a first diameter
  • each hole of the second set of holes comprises an axis and a second diameter; wherein the axes of the holes of the first set of holes define a first imaginary cylinder having a first radius with regards to the central vertical axis and the axes of the holes of the second set of holes define a second imaginary cylinder having a second radius with regards to the central vertical axis, wherein the absolute value of a difference between the first radius and the second radius is smaller than the first diameter of the first set of holes.
  • the absolute value of the difference between the first radius and the second radius is smaller than the second diameter of the second set of holes.
  • the absolute value of the difference between the first radius and the second radius is smaller than 30mm, preferably smaller than 20mm, preferably smaller than 10mm and more preferably smaller than 5mm.
  • the concrete section so configured comprises a region, i.e., the upper flange, wherein the tensioning elements and the bolts are not overlapped in a radial direction, thus reducing the stresses in the upper flange.
  • the axes of the holes of the first set of holes and the vertical axes of the holes of the second set of holes are essentially contained in the same imaginary cylinder.
  • the holes of the first set of holes comprise a first diameter and the holes of the second set of holes comprise a second diameter, wherein the first diameter of the holes of the first set of holes is between 175 and 225 mm, more preferably between 190 and 210mm and the second diameter of the holes of the second set of holes is between 60 and 80 mm, more preferably between 65 and 75 mm.
  • the first set of holes and the second set of holes are disposed in a single circumferential row.
  • the invention also relates to a tower of a wind turbine comprising the adapter described above and/or the concrete section described above.
  • the tower further comprises a plurality of tensioning elements configured to tension the tower and a plurality of bolts configured to join the adapter to the concrete section.
  • Figure 1 shows a concrete part and a steel part of an adapter of a wind turbine tower according to the state of the art, showing bolts passing through a first set of holes and a second set of holes for allowing the passage of tensioning elements of the tower, wherein the first set of holes and the second set of holes are disposed in concentrical circumferences with different radius.
  • Figure 2 shows an elevation view of a tower of a wind turbine comprising an adapter according to the invention and a concrete section according to the invention.
  • Figure 3 shows a detail of section view LL of the tower of Figure 2 according to a first embodiment, wherein the adapter has been partially deleted to shown the upper flange of the concrete section of the tower.
  • Figure 4 shows a section view JJ of Figure 3.
  • Figure 5 shows a section view GG of Figure 3.
  • Figure 6 shows a section view HH of Figure 3.
  • Figure 7 shows a perspective view of the adapter according to the invention.
  • Figure 8 shows a section view BB of Figure 7 and a detail of this section view BB.
  • the adapter (20) of a tower (100) of a wind turbine wherein the tower comprises the adapter (20), a concrete section (50), a plurality of tensioning elements (30) configured to tension the tower (100) and a plurality of bolts (40) configured to join the adapter (20) to the concrete section (50); wherein the concrete section (50) comprises:
  • each hole (41 ) of the first set of holes (41 ) comprises an axis (41 ’) and a first diameter (51 );
  • each hole (42) of the second set of holes (42) comprises an axis (42’) and a second diameter (52); wherein the axes (41 ’) of the holes (41) of the first set of holes (41 ) define a first imaginary cylinder having a first radius with regards to the central vertical axis (29) and the axes (42’) of the holes (42) of the second set of holes (42) define a second imaginary cylinder having a second radius with regards to the central vertical axis (29), wherein the absolute value of a difference between the first radius and the second radius is smaller than the first diameter of the first set of holes;
  • an upper flange (23) configured to join the adapter, in use, to at least one second tower section or to a wind turbine component;
  • the lower flange (22) comprises an annular horizontal zone (26) and an inclined circumferential zone (27) adjacent to the central portion (21 ), wherein the inclined circumferential zone (27) comprises a proximal end (28) adjacent to the annular horizontal zone (26), wherein the axes (41 ’) of the holes (41 ) of the first set of holes (41 ) and the axes (42’) of the holes (42) of the second set of holes (42) are disposed on the annular horizontal zone (26).
  • the first set of holes (41 ) and the second set of holes (42) are disposed in a single circumferential row.
  • the first diameter (51 ) and the second diameter (52) are contained in the annular horizontal zone (26), wherein the first diameter (51 ) of the holes (41 ) of the first set of holes (41) is between 175 and 225 mm and the second diameter (52) of the holes (42) of the second set of holes (42) is between 60 and 80 mm.
  • a distance (d1 , d2) defined from the axes (41 ’) of the holes (41 ) of the first set of holes (41 ) and the axes (42’) of the holes (42) of the second set of holes (42), to the proximal end (28) of the inclined circumferential zone (27) of the lower flange (22) is between 100mm and 160mm, preferably between 115mm and 145mm.
  • the plurality of tensioning elements (30) accommodated in the holes (41) of the first set of holes (41 ) and/or the plurality of the bolts (31 ) accommodated in the holes (42) of the second set of holes (42) comprise heads, wherein the heads are disposed essentially tangential to the proximal end (28) of the inclined circumferential end (27) of the lower flange (22).
  • the concrete section (50) of a tower (100) of a wind turbine wherein the tower (100) comprises the concrete section (50), an adapter (20), a plurality of tensioning elements (30) configured to tension the tower and a plurality of bolts (40) configured to join the adapter (20) to the concrete section (50); wherein the concrete section (50) comprises:
  • each hole (31 ) of the first set of holes (31) comprises an axis (31 ’) and a first diameter (61 );
  • each hole (32) of the second set of holes (32) comprises an axis (32’) and a second diameter (62); wherein the axes (31 ’) of the holes (31 ) of the first set of holes (31 ) define a first imaginary cylinder having a first radius with regards to the central vertical axis (55) and the axes (32’) of the holes (32) of the second set of holes (32) define a second imaginary cylinder having a second radius with regards to the central vertical axis (55), wherein the absolute value of a difference between the first radius and the second radius is smaller than the first diameter (61 ) of the first set of holes (31 ).
  • the first diameter (61 ) of the holes (31 ) of the first set of holes (31 ) is between 175 and 225 mm and the second diameter (62) of the holes (32) of the second set of holes (32) is between 60 and 80 mm.
  • the first set of holes (31 ) and the second set of holes (32) are disposed in a single circumferential row.
  • the tower (100) of a wind turbine comprising the adapter (20) described above, the concrete section (50) described above and a plurality of tensioning elements (30) configured to tension the tower (100) and a plurality of bolts (40) configured to join the adapter (20) to the concrete section (50).

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Abstract

L'objet de l'invention est un adaptateur d'une tour d'une éolienne, une section en béton d'une tour d'une éolienne et une éolienne comprenant une tour comportant elle même l'adaptateur et/ou la section en béton.
PCT/EP2023/076668 2022-09-27 2023-09-27 Adaptateur d'une tour d'une tour d'éolienne et section de béton d'une tour d'une éolienne WO2024068710A1 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP22382884.9A EP4345290A1 (fr) 2022-09-27 2022-09-27 Système de levage pour un système d'ensemble éolienne et procédé de levage associé
EP22382885.6 2022-09-27
EP22382885.6A EP4345291A1 (fr) 2022-09-27 2022-09-27 Procédé d'assemblage d'une éolienne et système d'assemblage d'éolienne, et procédé d'assemblage d'un parc éolien et système d'assemblage de parc éolien
EP22382884.9 2022-09-27
EP23382623.9A EP4345293A1 (fr) 2022-09-27 2023-06-21 Adaptateur d'une tour d'une tour d'éolienne et section en béton d'une tour d'éolienne
EP23382623.9 2023-06-21

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US20180238070A1 (en) * 2015-08-31 2018-08-23 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Inc. Tower segment and method utilizing segmented bearing plate
CN111287902A (zh) * 2018-12-06 2020-06-16 深圳京创重工特种工程有限公司 塔筒的转接段

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US20110138707A1 (en) * 2010-08-18 2011-06-16 General Electric Company Tower with adapter section
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CN111287902A (zh) * 2018-12-06 2020-06-16 深圳京创重工特种工程有限公司 塔筒的转接段

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