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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Gregory Edward Cooper, Greenfield Center, NY (US);
Assignee:
GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/10 (2016.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); E04G 21/04 (2006.01); E04H 12/12 (2006.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/10 (2016.05); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); E04G 21/0463 (2013.01); E04H 12/12 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F05B 2230/31 (2013.01); F05B 2240/122 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine includes printing, via an additive printing device, the tower structure of the wind turbine of a cementitious material. The method also includes printing, via the additive printing device, one or more additional airflow modifying features on an outer surface the tower structure of the wind turbine so as to reduce and/or prevent vortex shedding, excitation, and/or drag of the tower structure. Further, the method includes curing the cementitious material so as to form the tower structure.