Vestas Wind Systems A/s

Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

Johnson Controls Denmark Aps

Danish Technological Institute

Marcin Blazniak Andreasen

Torben Ladegaard Baun

Masatake Toshima

Jesper Nyvad

Masaki Ikeuchi

Ichirou Sakuraba

Kunihiko Suto

Koichiro Iizuka

Hans Madsboll

Kazutaka Kurashige

Christian Svarregaard-Jensen

Shinji Shato

Renato Catroga

Daisuke Hayashi

Ryo Fujisawa

Satoshi Ide

Yoshihiro Nakayama

Kazuto Okada

A wind turbine () includes a nacelle () with a longitudinal axis (LA) aligned with the flow of the incoming wind during operation. When so aligned, the nacelle defines a longitudinal direction (X). The wind turbine () includes one or more heat-generating components () and a modular cooler () operatively coupled to the one or more heat-generating components (). The modular cooler () includes one or more cooling modules () with each including one or more cooling units (). Each cooling unit () includes a heat exchanger () defining a cooling area (), which defines a normal axis (NA) and a deflector plate () to divert the flow of the incoming wind by an angle less than 180° relative to the longitudinal direction (X). Each cooling unit () is oriented such that the normal axis (NA) is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis (LA). The modular cooler () is scalable in multiple dimensions to increase the cooling capacity of the cooler (). A method of assembling the modular cooler () is also disclosed.

Modular cooler top for a wind turbine and method of assembling same

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Hovedgärd, Denmark

Marcin Blazniak Andreasen