Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine cooling system
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Application No.: US17294789Application Date: 2019-11-06
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Publication No.: US11885309B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Erik Eduard Kostandyan , Poul T. Tietze , Sandra Ann Hoffecker , Carsten Krogh Nielsen
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DK 201870762 2018.11.20
- International Application: PCT/DK2019/050336 2019.11.06
- International Announcement: WO2020/103987A 2020.05.28
- Date entered country: 2021-05-18
- Main IPC: F03D80/60
- IPC: F03D80/60

Abstract:
A wind turbine cooling system comprising a cooling circuit arranged to convey a cooling fluid to and from a heat source, a cooling device arranged to cool the cooling fluid, a 5 pump arranged to circulate the cooling fluid in the cooling circuit, and a cooling fluid tank arranged in fluid connection with the cooling circuit and having a first fluid port adjacent a top of the tank and a second fluid port adjacent a bottom of the tank, wherein the second fluid port is arranged to communicate with the cooling circuit, wherein the pump has an outlet arranged in fluid connection with the cooling circuit and in fluid 10 connection with the tank, and wherein a fluid path between the pump outlet and the tank includes a flow restriction device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220128042A1 A WIND TURBINE COOLING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-04-28
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