Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tower vibration damper
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Application No.: US16640525Application Date: 2018-09-04
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Publication No.: US11293411B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Peter Sigfred Mortensen , Miroslava Vastlová
- Applicant: Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Offshore Wind A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DKPA201770661 20170904
- International Application: PCT/DK2018/050219 WO 20180904
- International Announcement: WO2019/042516 WO 20190307
- Main IPC: F16F7/10
- IPC: F16F7/10 ; E04B1/98 ; F16F15/02 ; F03D80/80 ; F16F13/06

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wind turbine tower comprising a tower vibration damper (100) with a tuned mass damper and one or more impact damping units (113, 114, 115, 200, 300, 400). The tuned mass damper comprises a pendulum structure (101, 208), a chamber connecting a friction media (112) to the pendulum structure (101, 208) is at least partly immersed, and a suspension arrangement (103-111) suspending the pendulum structure (101, 208) inside the wind turbine tower such that the pendulum structure (101) is allowed to displace from a neutral position towards the outer boundary (102) of the chamber. The impact damping units (113, 114, 115, 200, 300, 400) are positioned between the pendulum structure (101, 208) and the outer boundary (102), such that the outer boundary (102) of the chamber and the pendulum structure (101, 208) may collide via the impact damping units (113, 114, 115, 200, 300, 400).
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