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SUBMARINE POWER STATION AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF

  • US 20110170954A1
  • Filed: 07/03/2009
  • Published: 07/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An installation method for an underwater power plant having1.1 a nacelle (1) comprising a nacelle housing (2) having a first nacelle housing section (4);

  • 1.2 a water turbine (3), which has a drive connection to a drive shaft (5), the drive shaft (5) being mounted inside the first nacelle housing section (4);

    1.3 an electrical generator (6), comprising a generator rotor (7) and a generator stator (8);

    1.4 a generator housing (9);

    characterized in that1.5 the electrical generator (6) and the generator housing (9) form a separate generator module (10), which can be handled and installed as a whole, and an adjustment of the bearings (18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4) for the drive shaft (5) is executed before the production of a coupling between the generator module (10) and the drive shaft (5); and

    1.6 the generator housing (9) is coupled in a rotationally-fixed manner to the first nacelle housing section (4) and the generator rotor (7) is coupled in a rotationally-fixed manner to the drive shaft (5), the generator rotor (7) being carried by the drive shaft (5) after the coupling.

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