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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Inventor:
Giovanni Airoldi, Brande, DK;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/00 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2016.01); H02K 9/02 (2006.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F03D 11/02 (2006.01); H02K 1/00 (2006.01); H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/002 (2013.01); F03D 11/00 (2013.01); F03D 11/028 (2013.01); H02K 1/00 (2013.01); H02K 5/20 (2013.01); H02K 7/183 (2013.01); H02K 9/02 (2013.01); F05B 2240/33 (2013.01); F05B 2260/20 (2013.01); F05B 2260/2241 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01); Y02E 10/725 (2013.01); Y02T 50/675 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooling arrangement configured for use with a direct-drive wind turbine with an outside rotor carrying a plurality of magnets, which cooling arrangement includes a number of exterior cooling elements arranged about an exterior of the outside rotor, wherein a cooling element is configured to guide a cooling airflow over the outside rotor and to transfer heat from the plurality of magnets to the cooling airflow, is provided. A direct-drive wind turbine including an outside rotor carrying a plurality of magnets, and a cooling arrangement for transferring heat from the magnets to an exterior cooling airflow, is further provided.