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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Bernard P. Landa, Taylore, SC (US);
Lane Porter, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ulrich Uphues, Hannover, DE;
Lawrence D. Willey, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ulrich Neumann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Negel E. Martin, Bakersfield, AZ (US);
Bernard P. Landa, Taylore, SC (US);
Lane Porter, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ulrich Uphues, Hannover, DE;
Lawrence D. Willey, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ulrich Neumann, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Negel E. Martin, Bakersfield, AZ (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A ventilation arrangement for a wind turbine includes an air inlet opening located in a nose cone of said wind turbine, a manhole cover for covering a manhole of a rotor hub of said wind turbine, the manhole cover providing a vent opening for venting hot air from an internal space of said rotor hub, and a flexible piping establishing fluid communication between the internal space of the rotor hub and the air inlet opening.