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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2009
Benjamin Holstein, Heidenheim, DE;
Norman Perner, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Benjamin Holstein, Heidenheim, DE;
Norman Perner, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Voith Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Abstract
An installation method for an underwater power plant includes a nacelle comprising a nacelle housing having a first nacelle housing section, a water turbine including a drive connection to a drive shaft, the drive shaft being mounted inside the first nacelle housing section, an electrical generator, comprising a generator rotor and a generator stator, and a generator housing. The electrical generator and the generator housing from a separate generator module that can be handled and installed as a whole, and an adjustment of bearings for the drive shaft is executed before a production of a coupling between the generator module and the drive shaft, and the generator housing is coupled in a rotationally-fixed manner to the first nacelle housing section and the generator is coupled in a rotationally-fixed manner to the drive shaft, the generator rotor being carried by the drive shaft after the coupling.