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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Inventor:
Matthias Deicke, Uetze/Schwüblingsen, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01); H02K 9/10 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2016.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/10 (2013.01); F03D 9/002 (2013.01); F03D 15/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/00 (2016.05); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); H02K 7/1838 (2013.01); F05B 2260/20 (2013.01); F05B 2260/232 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine includes a generator having a generator cooling system configured for passage of a cooling fluid, and a gear unit including a gear unit cooling system configured for passage of a cooling fluid. The gear unit cooling system includes a recooling unit which is configured to transmit during normal operation of the wind turbine thermal energy from the cooling fluid of the gear unit cooling system to air inside the generator or to the cooling fluid of the generator cooling system.