Wind turbine and wind farm

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12529356-B2
Application number	US-202218681911-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2022
Priority date	Aug 24, 2021
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A wind turbine is provided including: a power production component including at least a generator; an electric assembly and at least one first further wind turbine to an electric export cable, which is connectable or connected to a power grid, such that the electric assembly configures the wind turbine as a booster turbine, wherein the electric assembly comprises: a switchgear operated on a first lower voltage level; a transformer for transforming, from a primary side of the transformer, and a second higher voltage level input and/or output interface, located at the secondary side of the transformer and operating on the second higher voltage level, for providing an interconnection link to a second further wind turbine that is configured as a booster turbine and is arranged to receive and/or provide power via the interconnection link on the second higher voltage level.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A booster wind turbine comprising:
a power production component including at least a generator of the booster wind turbine; an electric assembly for electrically connecting the power production component and at least one first further wind turbine to an electric export cable, which is connectable or connected to a power grid, such that the electric assembly configures the wind turbine as the booster wind turbine, wherein the booster wind turbine is linked to a second booster wind turbine, wherein the electric assembly comprises:
a switchgear operated on a first lower voltage level for switching and collecting input power from the power production component and from the at least one first further wind turbine, providing collective power on a first lower voltage level;
a transformer for transforming, from a primary side of the transformer, the collective power from the switchgear to a second higher voltage level of the export cable connected to a secondary side of the transformer, and
a second higher voltage level input and/or output interface, located at the secondary side of the transformer and operating on the second higher voltage level, providing an interconnection link linking the booster wind turbine to the second booster wind turbine, wherein the second booster wind turbine is configured to receive and/or provide power via the interconnection link on the second higher voltage level, wherein the second booster wind turbine includes a second electric assembly having a second switchgear operated on the first lower voltage level for switching and collecting input power from a power production component of the second booster turbine and from at least one second further wind turbine.

2 . The wind turbine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the switchgear is configured to have up to three or up to four first lower voltage level input interfaces for connecting the at least one first further wind turbine.

3 . The wind turbine according to claim 2 ,
wherein each first lower voltage level input interface comprises an input capacity for connecting a predefined number of first further wind turbines to the first lower voltage level input interface.

4 . The wind turbine according to claim 1 , comprising a wind turbine foundation carrying the electric assembly.

5 . The wind turbine according to claim 4 , wherein the wind turbine foundation comprises a monopile, wherein at least one J-tube for cables connectable to the electric assembly are provided as a part of and/or in and/or at the monopile.

6 . The wind turbine according to claim 4 , wherein at least a part of the electric assembly, the transformer, is provided on a platform mounted to the monopile and/or a transition piece and/or a tower of the wind turbine, and/or that at least a part of the electric assembly, the switchgear, is provided in an inner chamber of the monopile and/or of the transition piece and/or of the tower of the wind turbine.

7 . The wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical assembly further comprises compensation equipment at the second higher voltage level side of the electric assembly and/or at least one surge arrester and/or at least one earthing component connected between the secondary side of the transformer and the second higher voltage level input and/or output interface.

8 . The wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the first lower voltage level is 66 kV and the second higher voltage level is 132 kV or 220 kV or 275 kV; or the first lower voltage level is 132 kV and the second higher voltage level is 220 kV or 275 kV.

9 . The wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the power production component further comprises a transformer assembly to step up a generator voltage of the generator to the first lower voltage level.

10 . A wind farm, comprising the booster wind turbine according to claim 1 , the second booster wind turbine, the at least one first further wind turbine, and the at least one second further wind turbine.

11 . The wind farm according to claim 10 , wherein all wind turbines of the wind farm are divided into multiple sub-clusters, such that the booster turbines of each sub-cluster are interconnected by corresponding interconnection links and connected to a common export cable for the respective sub-cluster.

12 . The wind farm according to claim 11 , wherein at least one common export cable comprises export cable compensation equipment along its course and/or at least two common export cables are directed to different power grid connection points.

13 . The wind farm according to claim 10 , wherein for each subgroup of first further wind turbines connected to a common booster turbine, the first further wind turbines are split into multiple strings of first further wind turbines connected on the first lower voltage level, wherein each string comprises less than or equal to a predefined maximum number of first further wind turbines and is connected to a respective first lower voltage level input interface of the respective booster turbine.

14 . A wind farm, comprising:
a first booster wind turbine connected to at least one first non-booster wind turbine, and a second booster wind turbine connected to at least one second non-booster wind turbine, wherein the first booster wind turbine is directly interconnected to the second booster wind turbine through an interconnection power link, wherein the first booster wind turbine has a power production component including at least a generator of the first booster wind turbine, an electric assembly for electrically connecting the power production component and the at least one first non-booster wind turbine to an electric export cable, which is connectable or connected to a power grid, wherein the electric assembly includes:
a switchgear operated on a first lower voltage level for switching and collecting input power from the power production component and/or from the at least one first non-booster wind turbine, providing collective power on a first lower voltage level,
a transformer for transforming, from a primary side of the transformer, the collective power from the switchgear to a second higher voltage level of the export cable connected to a secondary side of the transformer, and
a second higher voltage level input and/or output interface, located at the secondary side of the transformer and operating on the second higher voltage level, wherein the second higher voltage level input and/or output interface provides the interconnection power link directly interconnecting the first booster wind turbine to the second booster wind turbine.

15 . The wind farm according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a first common export cable for the first booster wind turbine and the second booster wind turbine, wherein the first common export cable is connected to the interconnection power link.

16 . The wind farm according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a third booster wind turbine connected to at least one third non-booster wind turbine, and a fourth booster wind turbine connected to at least one fourth non-booster wind turbine.

17 . The wind farm according to claim 16 , further comprising:
a second common export cable for the third booster wind turbine and the fourth booster wind turbine.

18 . The wind farm according to claim 17 , wherein at least one of the first common export cable and the second common export cable comprises export cable compensation equipment and/or wherein the first common export cable and the second common export

Assignees

• Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy As

Inventors

• Moeller Jesper
• Thisted Jan

Classifications

• H02K7/1823

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• H02B1/202

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• F05B2220/706

  an electrical generator · CPC title

• F03D13/20

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

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title