Wind Power Plant

• US 20070214723A1
• Filed: 01/31/2005
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aloys Wobben
• Original Assignee: Aloys Wobben
• Inventors: Wobben, Aloys
• Granted Patent: US 7,806,660 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/68
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 80/00 Details, components or accessories not provided for in groups F03D1/00 - F03D17/00
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 80/50 Maintenance or repair
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/912 on a tower
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/913 on a mast
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/95 offshore
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/72 Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/727 Offshore wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/728 Onshore wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 416/06 Supports for natural fluid current motors

Abstract

The invention concerns a wind power installation, in particular a wind power installation for the offshore region. The object of the invention is to overcome the previous difficulties and avoid disadvantages, in particular also to allow people to be constantly landed on the installation even when weather is so bad that flying by means of helicopters is no longer possible. A wind power installation comprising an entry and a space in the interior of the wind power installation, in which electrical or electronic components of the wind power installation are disposed, characterized in that provided between the entry of the wind power installation and the internal space in which the electronic components are disposed is a lock which prevents water that enters through the entry and/or salt-bearing or moist air which enters when the entry is opened from passing into the internal space of the installation.

Claims

1. A wind power installation comprising:

a pylon;

an entry in the pylon;

an internal space in the pylon interior of the wind power installation, in which electrical or electronic components of the wind power installation are disposed; and

a lock provided between the entry of the wind power installation and the internal space in which the electronic components are disposed, the lock preventing moisture that enters through the entry when the entry is opened from passing into the internal space of the installation and having a drain through which water that passes into the lock can drain away.

2. The wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein the lock is formed from a non-rusting material.

3. The wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein the lock also serves as a clothes changing room.

4. The wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein the air is urged out of the interior of the wind power installation into the lock when the lock is opened to the interior.

5. The wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein the air pressure in the interior of the installation is greater than in the lock.

6. The wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein the lock is directly connected to the pylon.

7. The wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein the lock has a second door which leads to the internal space, the second door being smoke-tight.

8. The wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein the lock has an inside wall and an outside wall, insulating material being arranged between the inside wall and the outside wall.

9. The wind power installation according to claim 8 wherein the insulating material has a material which is heat-resistant and a poor thermal conductor.

10. The wind power installation according to claim 2 wherein the non-rusting material is a plastic material.

11. The wind power installation according to claim 3 wherein the non-rusting material is glass fiber reinforced plastic material.