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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Inventor:
John Nieuwenhuizen, Horsens, DK;
Assignee:
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 13/00 (2006.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/30 (2016.05); H02G 13/40 (2013.01); H02G 13/80 (2013.01); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); F05B 2240/14 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11);
Abstract
A lightning protection system of a wind turbine is provided, including a blade lightning conductor arranged in a rotor blade of the wind turbine to extend into the hub, a stationary conductor to provide a blade grounding path to ground during a lighting strike, a brush arranged to electrically connect the blade lightning conductor and the stationary conductor, and a discharge means arranged to provide a separate discharge path from the blade lightning conductor to ground. Furthermore, a wind turbine, and a method of equipping a wind turbine with a lightning protection system, is also provided.