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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2009
Cornelus Versteegh, Hilversum, NL;
Cornelus Versteegh, Hilversum, NL;
XEMC VWEC BV, Hilversum, NL;
Abstract
The invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a tower (), on top of the tower a nacelle () supported by a vertical drum () enclosing an upper room (), a rotor rotating with a more or less horizontal shaft () supported in bearings () mounted in the nacelle with at one end a hub () with turbine blades () and at the other end a generator rotor () rotating with a narrow gap () inside a generator stator (), the generator stator being mounted with its outer surface against an outer wall () of the nacelle (), which outer wall might have cooling strips () or similar on its outer surface. In accordance with the invention the wind turbine comprises a first cooling system for cooling the part () of the outer surface of the generator stator () and/or of the outer wall () of the nacelle () located in the upper room ().