Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ventilation arrangement
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Application No.: US14305112Application Date: 2014-06-16
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Publication No.: US09657719B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Joseph Lawrence Chacon
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent James Warren Pemrick
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06 ; F03D11/00 ; F03D80/00

Abstract:
A ventilation arrangement for a wind turbine includes a manhole cover for covering a manhole of a rotor hub. The rotor hub is contained within the nose cone and spaced therefrom to form an internal space between an inner surface of the nose cone and an outer surface of the rotor hub. The manhole cover provides a vent opening for venting hot air from an interior space of the rotor hub into the internal space. A pipe extends from a forward internal space through the manhole cover and into the rotor hub. The pipe establishes fluid communication between the forward internal space and the interior space. A fan is mounted to the pipe, and draws air from the forward internal space. An exhaust, fluidly connected with the pipe, is located in the rotor hub and away from the manhole cover by 50% to 90% of a rotor hub axial length.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150361961A1 VENTILATION ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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