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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Wobben Properties Gmbh, Aurich, DE;
Rainer Schlüter, Aurich, DE;
Wilko Gudewer, Norden, DE;
Ihno Coordes, Ihlow, DE;
Frank Knoop, Aurich, DE;
Nico Gloystein, Westerstede, DE;
Wobben Properties GmbH, Aurich, DE;
Abstract
A flange connection for a wind turbine, in particular a blade flange connection, having—a first flange part, in particular a blade receptacle of a rotor blade hub, a second flange part, in particular a rotor blade flange, and multiple bolts which hold the second component against the first flange part in a connected state, wherein the bolts are each screwed to the first flange part. It is proposed that the at least two bolts are in each case connected to one another by a tension means, a sensor arrangement, which detects a change in a tensile force transmitted by the tension means, being actively connected to the tension means. A wind turbine and a method for monitoring the flange connection of the wind turbine are also proposed.