METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING AND STORING AT LEAST TWO WIND TURBINE BLADES
First Claim
1. A transport system for a wind turbine blade having a tip end and a root end, the blade further having a bolt circle diameter D at said root end, wherein the transport system comprises:
- at least one root end transport frame for supporting a root end of a wind turbine blade;
at least one tip end transport frame for supporting a portion of a wind turbine blade towards the tip end of said blade, said tip end transport frame comprising a base frame and a support bracket provided on top of said base frame for receiving a portion of a wind turbine blade;
wherein the tip end transport frame is stackable on top of the root end transport frame, such that the transport system is operable to stack successive wind turbine blades in an alternating root end to tip end arrangement;
wherein said root end transport frame has a height H;
wherein said tip end transport frame comprises a base frame having a height h; and
wherein (H+h) is approximately equal to D,such that a root end transport frame and the base frame of a successively stacked tip end transport frame overlap with a root end of a wind turbine blade supported by said root end transport frame.
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Abstract
A transportation and storage system for at least two wind turbine blades include a first wind turbine blade and a second wind turbine blade is described. The wind turbine blades each have a root end and a tip end. The system includes a packaging system adapted to place the first wind turbine blade so that the tip end of the first wind turbine blade points in a first direction, with the tip end of the second wind turbine blade pointing in a second direction, which is substantially opposite to the first direction. The tip end of the second wind turbine blade extends beyond the root end of the first wind turbine blade, and the tip end of the first wind turbine blade extends beyond the root end of the second wind turbine blade, when the first and the second wind turbine blades are arranged in the packaging system.
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19 Claims
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1. A transport system for a wind turbine blade having a tip end and a root end, the blade further having a bolt circle diameter D at said root end, wherein the transport system comprises:
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at least one root end transport frame for supporting a root end of a wind turbine blade; at least one tip end transport frame for supporting a portion of a wind turbine blade towards the tip end of said blade, said tip end transport frame comprising a base frame and a support bracket provided on top of said base frame for receiving a portion of a wind turbine blade; wherein the tip end transport frame is stackable on top of the root end transport frame, such that the transport system is operable to stack successive wind turbine blades in an alternating root end to tip end arrangement; wherein said root end transport frame has a height H; wherein said tip end transport frame comprises a base frame having a height h; and wherein (H+h) is approximately equal to D, such that a root end transport frame and the base frame of a successively stacked tip end transport frame overlap with a root end of a wind turbine blade supported by said root end transport frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of transporting at least two wind turbine blades having a tip end and a root end, the method comprising the steps of:
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supporting a first wind turbine blade, wherein a first root end transport frame is arranged to support the root end of said first wind turbine blade and a first tip end transport frame is arranged to support a portion of said first wind turbine blade towards the tip end of said first blade, said first wind turbine blade having a bolt circle diameter D at said root end; supporting a second wind turbine blade, wherein a second root end transport frame is arranged to support the root end of said second wind turbine blade and a second tip end transport frame is arranged to support a portion of said second wind turbine blade towards the tip end of said second blade, and stacking said second root end transport frame on top of said first tip end transport frame, and stacking said second tip end transport frame on top of said first root end transport frame, wherein said second wind turbine blade is stacked in an alternating root end to tip end arrangement above said first wind turbine blade to form a unit for transport, wherein at least said first root end transport frame is arranged to have a height H, wherein said first and second tip end transport frames are arranged to support the respective first and second wind turbine blades at a height h above the base of the first and second tip end transport frames, and wherein (H+h) is approximately equal to D, such that said first root end transport frame and at least a portion of said second tip end transport frame overlap with the root end of said first wind turbine blade.
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