Enclosure having outer surface with vortex-induced vibration suppression function

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11131109-B2
Application number	US-201816306539-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2018
Priority date	Sep 11, 2017
Publication date	Sep 28, 2021
Grant date	Sep 28, 2021

Abstract

An enclosure having an outer surface with a vortex-induced vibration suppression function is provided. The outer surface of the enclosure is provided with a plurality of annular recesses surrounding the enclosure, such that alternately concave and convex annular recesses and annular bosses configured for disrupting a boundary layer of a laminar flow are formed on the outer surface of the enclosure. An outer surface of the annular boss is provided with a plurality of air guiding grooves, and the plurality of air guiding grooves are distributed in a circumferential direction of the annular boss. The air guiding grooves are inclined upward or downward, such that part of an upwind incoming flow flowing to the annular boss can be guided into the annular recesses adjacent to the annular boss via the air guiding grooves. With the convex-concave outer surface, the cause of formation of the vortex-induced vibration can be prevented.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An enclosure having an outer surface with a vortex-induced vibration suppression function, wherein:
the outer surface of the enclosure is provided with a plurality of annular recesses surrounding the enclosure, at least a portion of the outer surface between two adjacent annular recesses forming an annular boss with respect to the two adjacent annular recesses;
an outer surface of the annular boss is provided with a plurality of air guiding grooves distributed in a circumferential direction of the annular boss; and
the plurality of air guiding grooves are inclined upward or downward to guide at least part of an incoming flow of wind flowing to the annular boss into at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses.

2. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of air guiding grooves are inclined upward and downward to guide at least part of the incoming flow of wind to the annular boss into both of the two adjacent annular recesses.

3. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of air guiding grooves are provided in first and second rows, and air guiding grooves in each of the first and second rows are arranged to be inclined upward and inclined downward alternately in sequence.

4. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 3 , wherein positions of the air guiding grooves in the first and second rows are in one-to-one correspondence, and directions of inclination of corresponding air guiding grooves in the first and second rows are opposite.

5. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of air guiding grooves are in an arc-shape or an curved shape.

6. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses is arranged in a wave shape in a circumferential direction of the enclosure.

7. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 2 , wherein a bottom of at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses is provided with flow hindering protrusions distributed in a circumferential direction of the enclosure.

8. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 2 , wherein:
the annular boss is formed by adhering adhesive tapes to the outer surface of the enclosure; or
an anti-corrosion coating is formed on the outer surface of the enclosure by a vacuum impregnation process, and the anti-corrosion coating forms at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses and the plurality of air guiding grooves during the vacuum impregnation process.

9. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 2 , wherein from one end to another end of the enclosure, depths of annular recesses gradually increase or widths of the annular recesses gradually increase.

10. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein:
the annular boss is a first annular boss, and the enclosure comprises a second annular boss having a plurality of air guiding grooves inclined upward or downward, wherein the first and second annular bosses sandwich one of the two adjacent annular recesses; and
positions of air guiding grooves on the first and second annular bosses for guiding the incoming flow of wind into a same annular recess sandwiched by the first and second annular bosses are in one-to-one correspondence or staggered with respect to each other.

11. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of each of the plurality of air guiding grooves is equal to a depth of at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses.

12. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses is arranged in a wave shape in a circumferential direction of the enclosure.

13. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom of at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses is provided with flow hindering protrusions distributed in a circumferential direction of the enclosure.

14. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 13 , wherein at least one of the flow hindering protrusions has one lateral surface attached to the bottom of the at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses and another lateral surface in an arc-shape, an outer surface of the at least one of the flow hindering protrusions being provided with a plurality of transverse ribs.

15. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein:
the annular boss is formed by adhering adhesive tapes to the outer surface of the enclosure; or
an anti-corrosion coating is formed on the outer surface of the enclosure by a vacuum impregnation process, and the anti-corrosion coating forms at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses and the plurality of air guiding grooves during the vacuum impregnation process.

16. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein:
a depth of at least one of the two adjacent annular recesses and a depth of each of the plurality of air guiding grooves both range from 2 mm to 5 mm; and
a width of the annular boss is greater than a width of each of the two adjacent annular recesses but is equal to or less than ten times of the width of each of the two adjacent annular recesses.

17. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein from one end to another end of the enclosure, depths of annular recesses gradually increase or widths of the annular recesses gradually increase.

18. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is a tower of a wind turbine or a tower of a television broadcasting device.

19. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 18 , wherein the enclosure is a tower of a wind turbine and the two adjacent annular recesses and the annular boss are arranged in a segment located at an upper part of the tower, the segment being longer than a length of a blade of the wind turbine.

20. The enclosure having the outer surface with the vortex-induced vibration suppression function according to claim 1 , wherein an inner wall of the enclosure is provided with a vibration monitoring device.

Assignees

• Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Shengjun

Classifications

• F05B2240/912

  on a tower · CPC title

• F03D80/00 Primary

  Details, components or accessories not provided for in groups F03D1/00 - F03D17/00 · CPC title

• F05B2260/964

  by damping means · CPC title

• E04H12/342

  Arrangements for stacking tower sections on top of each other (E04H12/344 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F03D13/20 Primary

  Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors · CPC title