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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Inventors:
Jacobus Klaassen, Voorburg, NL;
Matthias Lenssen, Hamburg, DE;
Martin Moeskjaer, Struer, DK;
Marc Seidel, Osnabrück, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F05B 2240/912 (2013.01); F05B 2260/964 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid damper for a wind turbine tower includes a damper housing formed from a horizontal lower annulus, a horizontal upper annulus, an essentially cylindrical outer vertical wall and an essentially cylindrical inner vertical wall, wherein the outer diameter of the damper corresponds to the interior diameter of the tower; an operational volume of liquid contained in the damper; and an arrangement of vertical ribs mounted to a vertical wall of the damper. Further provided is a method of assembling a wind turbine.