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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Martin Johan Smith Jensen, Børkop, DK;
Bastian Lewke, Herning, DK;
Kaj Olsen, Riiskov, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/04 (2006.01); H02G 13/00 (2006.01); E04H 12/12 (2006.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 13/00 (2013.01); E04H 12/12 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F03D 80/30 (2016.05); H02G 13/40 (2013.01); Y02E 10/728 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lightning protection system for a tower of a wind turbine is provided. The tower includes a reinforced concrete tower wall in which a plurality of electrically conductive structural reinforcing elements are embedded during construction. The lightning protection system includes a plurality of the structural reinforcing elements connected in an electrically conductive manner with each other and with a ground terminal. Further, a method of incorporating such a lightning protection system in a reinforced concrete tower, and a wind turbine with such a lightning protection system is provided.