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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;
Inventors:
Jesper Nyvad, Egå, DK;
Thue Søndergård Thomsen, Århus C, DK;
Assignee:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 3/00 (2006.01); F03D 80/60 (2016.01); F28D 1/04 (2006.01); F28F 9/013 (2006.01); F28G 1/16 (2006.01); F28D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/60 (2016.05); F28D 1/0443 (2013.01); F28F 9/013 (2013.01); F28G 1/166 (2013.01); F05B 2240/912 (2013.01); F05B 2250/314 (2013.01); F05B 2260/20 (2013.01); F28D 2001/0266 (2013.01); F28F 2275/22 (2013.01); F28F 2280/105 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine with a tower; a nacelle supported by said tower; at least one unit to be cooled and arranged in the tower or the nacelle; a tower mounted heat exchange structure arranged outside the nacelle and tower; and a circuit facilitating a flow of a fluid medium between the at least one unit and the heat exchange structure. To improve thermal convection with the ambient space, the heat exchange structure comprises a set of panels mutually angled and extending outwards from the tower such that a flow of ambient air can pass transversely trough the panels and thereby cool the unit.