Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for manufacturing wind turbine tower structure for preventing vortex shedding
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Application No.: US17279115Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US12000373B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Gregory Edward Cooper
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Current Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Greenville
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2018/053477 2018.09.28
- International Announcement: WO2020/068124A 2020.04.02
- Date entered country: 2021-03-24
- Main IPC: F03D13/10
- IPC: F03D13/10 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; E04G21/04 ; E04H12/12 ; F03D13/20

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine includes printing, via an additive printing device, the tower structure of the wind turbine of a cementitious material. The method also includes printing, via the additive printing device, one or more additional airflow modifying features on an outer surface the tower structure of the wind turbine so as to reduce and/or prevent vortex shedding, excitation, and/or drag of the tower structure. Further, the method includes curing the cementitious material so as to form the tower structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US11971011B2 Method for manufacturing wind turbine tower structure for preventing vortex shedding Public/Granted day:2024-04-30
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