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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Biao Fang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Srikrishna Mantravadi, Enschede, NL;
Nikolina Kourteva Kristeva, Greenville, SC (US);
Ingo Paura, Meppen, DE;
Norman Arnold Turnquist, Carlisle, NY (US);
Todd DarVel Andersen, Heber City, UT (US);
Pascal Meyer, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Gregory Edward Cooper, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
James Henry Madge, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A wind turbine system includes a wind turbine generator having a rotor and a nacelle mounted atop a tower structure. The tower structure is mounted to a foundation structure and includes a plurality of tower sections, each including one or more tower section flanges. The wind turbine system further includes one or more connector rings. Each of the one or more connector rings is disposed proximate two adjacent tower section flanges and includes a plurality of pad eye adaptors each having an opening formed therein. The wind turbine system further includes a plurality of tensioned cables, with each coupled to one of the pad eye adaptors at a first end and the foundation structure at a second end. The plurality of tensioned cables are coupled to the tower structure at different or multiple connector ring heights based on site conditions to yield the desired lateral stability.