Cable routing for wind turbine system having multiple rotors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10487807-B2
Application number	US-201615579341-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2016
Priority date	Jul 14, 2015
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wind turbine system comprising a plurality of wind turbines mounted to a common support structure ( 4 ) by a support arm arrangement ( 10 ) comprising a mount portion ( 12 ) and at least one arm ( 13 ) extending from said mount portion and carrying a respective wind turbine ( 6 ). Said support arm arrangement ( 10 ) is capable of yawing around said support structure ( 4 ); and said wind turbine system comprises an improved arrangement for cable guiding in this connection.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wind turbine system comprising a plurality of wind turbines mounted to a common support structure at least one upper support arm arrangement and at least one lower support arm arrangement; each of said at east one upper and lower support arm arrangements
each of said support arm arrangements comprising a mount portion and at least one support arm extending from said mount portion and carrying a respective wind turbine;
each of said at least one upper and lower support arm arrangements being capable of yawing around said support structure;
said wind turbine system further comprises an arrangement for cable guiding comprising:
at least one power cable;
wherein said power cable is led vertically on the outside of said support structure for a distance corresponding to at least half a rotor diameter, and
wherein said power cable is led from said at least one lower support arm arrangement upwards to said at least one upper support arm arrangement and into the inside of said support structure.

2. The wind turbine system according to claim 1 , wherein said power cable is further led via an arc-shaped section of at least one of said at least one upper and at least one lower support arm arrangements.

3. The wind turbine system according to claim 2 , wherein said arc-shaped section is part of a rotatable element for supporting said power cable.

4. The wind turbine system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one upper and at least one lower support arm arrangements are restricted in their yawing, such that one cannot deviate more than 180° in relation to the other around said support structure.

5. The wind turbine system according to claim 1 , wherein each of said at least one upper and at least one lower support arm arrangements comprises two support arms extending from said mount portion and each of said support arms carrying a respective wind turbine.

6. The wind turbine system according to claim 1 , wherein each support arm is above 20 m in length from an inner end to an outer end.

7. The wind turbine system according to claim 1 , wherein each support arm comprises a grid structure, wherein said power cable is supported by said grid structure in at least two different directions.

Assignees

• Vestas Wind Sys As

Inventors

• Baun Torben Ladegaard

Classifications

• H02G11/02

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