CA2823814A1 - Mounting assembly and method to erect in sections an annular tower for wind or heliostatic power generators in an energy farm - Google Patents
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Abstract
A process for assembling an annular pre-stressed concrete tower using tower sections assembled from concrete tower segments through the use of a mounting assembly comprising a base (4) supporting three slippable supports (5) including a transverse girder (6) for supporting a first segment, and a transverse girder (8) for supporting a second segment; a retractable central column (12), having disposed at the top end of the column (12) (c) a plurality of upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c), the slippable supports (5), retractable central column (12),and the upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c) providing a tilt movement in the concrete tower segments to allow the assembling and horizontal pre-stressing of a concrete tower section, and mounting the tower sections by the use of a lifting harness which engages the hook of a crane.
Description
MOUNTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD TO ERECT IN SECTIONS
AN ANNULAR TOWER FOR WIND OR HELIOSTATIC POWER
GENERATORS IN AN ENERGY FARM
Field of the invention This invention refers to a mounting assembly and method for assembling at the floor level segmented sections of an annular pre-stressed concrete tower, particularly a mounting assembly to form tower sections from concrete segments to erect an annular tower for wind or heliostatic power generators and its method of erection.
Description of the related art Have been proposed the construction of towers made of pre-stressed (postensioned) concrete. The techniques of construction of pre-stressed concrete use of pre-stress tendons generally constituted of cables or rods of high resistance steel, to provide a compression load that reinforces the concrete structure.
International patent application WO-2003069099 (& US-7,160, 085 and EP-1 474 579) assigned to MECAL describes a hybrid tower for wind power generators, which includes: (a) a lower part of an annular sectioned (tower divided in sections) and segmented (sections divided in segments) made of pre-stressed concrete and (b) an upper one consisting of a metallic tubular body connected to a power generator.
Patent US-7,765,766 assigned to Inneo21 SL, describes a pre-stressed concrete annular tower and erecting method which uses a perforated assembly base, The concrete segments include a lower protruding metallic bars which are introduced in the perforated assembly base so that the concrete segments form a tower section which is in turn horizontally pre-stressed; and the concrete segments also include upper perforations in order that correspondents lower protruding metallic bars of superjacent segments can be introduced in. Such perforated assembly bases do not provide a safety support for assembling the concrete segments. In addition, the incorporation of protruding metallic bars increases the cost of the concrete towers. Moreover, in order to assemble every section it is necessary to provide perforated assembly base with the diameter of the section that is going to be assembled.
The methods for assembling of the prior art have as main drawback the provision of a safety structure for assembling. It is necessary to say that segments of 12 meters height and of several tons of weight can be easily mounted at to the floor level; nevertheless, the mounting operation at 30 meters height it is not easy under a windy environment it is risky. The sections must be mounted with the needed precision. In such a way that the prior art does not provide a process for assembling that can be conducted in a safety way and with the suitable precision. In addition, in many cases, the unions must be cemented, which increases the complexity of the construction. In addition, the concrete segments are made using different molds and it is probable that the segments could not coincide.
The international patent application WO/2010/067166 of the same inventors of the present application, describes a process to mount in sections an annular concrete tower. The process of WO/2010/067166 has the inconvenient that needs a mounting assembly unit for every section of the tower of a certain diameter. In addition, the mounting assembly and the concrete section are both hoisted together to erect the tower. So that the time lapse in which the concrete section is mounted to erect the tower cannot take advantage to assemble new sections.
The mounting assembly of the invention and the method for assembling can also be used to raise towers for heliostatics applications, as well as for the erection of any class of annular tower, post or chimney. The mounting assembly and the method of assembly of the present invention provide a better functionality when compared with the assembly methods of the prior art.
AN ANNULAR TOWER FOR WIND OR HELIOSTATIC POWER
GENERATORS IN AN ENERGY FARM
Field of the invention This invention refers to a mounting assembly and method for assembling at the floor level segmented sections of an annular pre-stressed concrete tower, particularly a mounting assembly to form tower sections from concrete segments to erect an annular tower for wind or heliostatic power generators and its method of erection.
Description of the related art Have been proposed the construction of towers made of pre-stressed (postensioned) concrete. The techniques of construction of pre-stressed concrete use of pre-stress tendons generally constituted of cables or rods of high resistance steel, to provide a compression load that reinforces the concrete structure.
International patent application WO-2003069099 (& US-7,160, 085 and EP-1 474 579) assigned to MECAL describes a hybrid tower for wind power generators, which includes: (a) a lower part of an annular sectioned (tower divided in sections) and segmented (sections divided in segments) made of pre-stressed concrete and (b) an upper one consisting of a metallic tubular body connected to a power generator.
Patent US-7,765,766 assigned to Inneo21 SL, describes a pre-stressed concrete annular tower and erecting method which uses a perforated assembly base, The concrete segments include a lower protruding metallic bars which are introduced in the perforated assembly base so that the concrete segments form a tower section which is in turn horizontally pre-stressed; and the concrete segments also include upper perforations in order that correspondents lower protruding metallic bars of superjacent segments can be introduced in. Such perforated assembly bases do not provide a safety support for assembling the concrete segments. In addition, the incorporation of protruding metallic bars increases the cost of the concrete towers. Moreover, in order to assemble every section it is necessary to provide perforated assembly base with the diameter of the section that is going to be assembled.
The methods for assembling of the prior art have as main drawback the provision of a safety structure for assembling. It is necessary to say that segments of 12 meters height and of several tons of weight can be easily mounted at to the floor level; nevertheless, the mounting operation at 30 meters height it is not easy under a windy environment it is risky. The sections must be mounted with the needed precision. In such a way that the prior art does not provide a process for assembling that can be conducted in a safety way and with the suitable precision. In addition, in many cases, the unions must be cemented, which increases the complexity of the construction. In addition, the concrete segments are made using different molds and it is probable that the segments could not coincide.
The international patent application WO/2010/067166 of the same inventors of the present application, describes a process to mount in sections an annular concrete tower. The process of WO/2010/067166 has the inconvenient that needs a mounting assembly unit for every section of the tower of a certain diameter. In addition, the mounting assembly and the concrete section are both hoisted together to erect the tower. So that the time lapse in which the concrete section is mounted to erect the tower cannot take advantage to assemble new sections.
The mounting assembly of the invention and the method for assembling can also be used to raise towers for heliostatics applications, as well as for the erection of any class of annular tower, post or chimney. The mounting assembly and the method of assembly of the present invention provide a better functionality when compared with the assembly methods of the prior art.
2 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide one mounting assembly for concrete segments to form sections of an annular tower of pre-stressed concrete for wind or heliostatic power generators.
Another object of the invention is to provide a method for assembling at the floor level, concrete section from concrete segments of an annular tapered pre-stressed concrete tower of pre-stressed concrete for wind or heliostatic power generators by means of the use of a mounting assembly, where the mounting assembly is adjustable to the different dimensions of the sections to be assemble. Where each and every segment conforming a section of the tower placed in his exact position and tilt.
An additional application of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description. Nevertheless, there must be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, which are indicated as favorite embodiments of the invention, are given as examples only, since the diverse changes and modifications in the spirit and effect of the invention will be apparent for the skilled in the art person from this detailed description.
The present invention provides a process for assembling in sections an annular pre-stressed concrete tower comprising:
a) to provide a foundation of tower and a plurality of concrete segments;
b) to provide one mounting assembly for assembling at the floor level the sections of the tower, the mounting assembly comprising:
- a base (4), which consists of three pairs of double parallel arms (4a and 4b), radially extended, which have in its more distal part from the center, a respective slippable support (5) that slips on the pair of double parallel arms;
- the slippabl3 support (5) including a transverse girder (6) for supporting a first segments, a transverse girder (8) for supporting a second segments, parallel to the transverse girder (6) and being both joined to two parallel radial girders (10,11);
- a central column (12), which has a column base (13) that relies on the base (4) of the mounting assembly, the column (12) has a telescopic body consisting of a body (14a) and of an extension (14b), and at the top end of the column (12) are disposed a plurality of upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c) formed by a body (16a, 16b and 16c) that lodge a respective extension (17a, 17b and 17c);
c) to assemble the first section of tower by placing the concrete segments on the slippable support (5) and tilt the concrete segments on the upper retractable arms, d) to vertically pre-stress the concrete segments of the first section to form a pre-stressed concrete tower section;
e) to provide a lifting harness and assemble the lifting harness to the pre-stressed concrete tower section;
f) to hoist the pre-stressed concrete tower section, by means of a crane that gets hooked up t the lifting harness;
g) to mount the above mentioned pre-stressed concrete tower section on the foundation;
h) to assemble the following superjacent pre-stressed concrete tower sections, by means of the mounting assembly;
i) to connect a lifting harness, and mount the above mentioned following sections of the tower, according to the same routine for mounting the first section of the tower; and j) mounting a ring adapter, a flange for connecting a nacelle or wind generator or heliostatic generator in the top part of the annular pre-stressed concrete tower.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will be better understood from the following detaliea description which is referred to the drawings which are not !imitative of the present invention, and where:
Figure 1 shows a mounting assembly, for assembling at the floor level sections of a pre-stressed concrete tower from concrete segments.
Figure 2 depicts a mounting assembly arranged to assemble sections of a tower, including flat and curved segments of concrete.
Figure 3 shows a assembled section of a tower which includes a lifting harness.
Figure 4 shows an annular pre-stressed concrete tower showing the horizontal and vertical pre-stressing tendons.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, a section of the annular tapered tower includes at least three concrete segments that once assembled are hoisted and mounted in the tower. The sections are mounted in a well know form, for example through the use of a fastening hoop (21) and a lifting harness (22), by means of a derrick of capacity of average or low load. Then, mounting assembly (1) it is in use for assembling again in floor the following adjacent section of the tower of concrete.
Preferably, the tower includes three curved segments, all of the same dimensions, separated by three flat trapezoidal segments that have variable dimensions, so that the diameter of the sections depends on the sizes of the flat trapezoidal segments. The section is then composed by six segments of concrete.
The tower includes pre-stressing tendons for the vertical and horizontal pre-stressing of the tower. The horizontal pre-stressing has for object joining adjacent segments to conform an annular section of the tower. The tower in addition includes tendons of vertical pre-stressing, to keep joined concrete sections and to the foundation, which render a structure having properties of a monolithic one. The tower includes a foundation having means to anchor the pre-stressing tendons, the vertical pre-stressing tendons runs along the length of the tower, a plurality of tendons run along the whole length of the tower whereas other vertical pre-stressing tendons only runs between intermediate sections of the tower and the foundation.
The mounting assembly (1) and method to assemble at the floor level sections of an annular pre-stressed concrete tower for wind or heliostatic power generators, is described hereinafter:
Figure 1 depicts a mounting assembly (1) of sections of a pre-stressed concrete tower at the floor level. The mounting assembly (1) is placed on a leveled platform (2) and includes an assemble support (3) that includes a base (4) consisting of three pair of double parallel arms (4a and 4b) that extends radially, each of the double parallel arms has in its part more distant to the center, a slippable support (5) for the first segments and the second segments.
The slippable support (5) has the form of a rectangular frame that includes a transverse girder (6) for support of the first segments, a transverse girder (8) for support of the second segments, both transverse girders being parallel and opposite, and being joined by two radial girders opposite (10,11) that complete the frame.
The transverse girder (6) includes in his top part receptacles (7a and 7b) to receive the base of a first segment of concrete. Likewise, the transverse girder (8) includes receptacles (9a, 9b) to receive the base of a second segment of concrete.
It is preferred that the first segments correspond to the trapezoidal flat segments, while the second segments correspond to the circular segments.
The separation of the radial girders corresponds to the separation of the pair of double parallel arms 4a, 4b so that the frame formed by the girder 6, 8, 10 and 11 that form the slippable support (5) runs in the radial direction on the double parallel arms to approach or to move away from the center of the column. The slippable support (5) allows that the mounting assembly (1) of the present invention could be in use for assembling sections of tower of different diameters. When the slippable support (5) moves away from the center it is a possible assemble a section of bigger diameter.
When the slippable support (5) approaches the center the mounting assembly (1) it can be assembled sections of a smaller diameter.
The girder (6) has dimensions longer that the girder (8), so that tangentially extends beyond distance between the double parallel arms (4a, 4b), having besides a higher height in order to provide an upper level to the first trapezoidal flat segments with respect to the second segments, this height allows an step (44) Figure 2, which it is suitable for preventing the horizontal displacement of a tower sections with respect of a subjacent or superjacent one.
In the embodiment showed in the figures, the position and dimensions of the transverse girder 6 for first segments does not change with respect to the position and dimensions of the transverse girder 8 for second segments. The above due to the fact that according to the preferred embodiment the circular segments always have the same width. On the other hand, the radial displacement of the slippable support (5) allows the placement of the flat trapezoidal concrete segments of different width.
As it can be obvious for a person skilled in the art, in the case that the concrete tower section are tapered, it is necessary to provide slippable supports (5) for the adjustment of all concrete segments, for example to form concrete sections of different diameters in the case of frustoconical annular sections.
The slippable support (5), on the double parallel arms (4a, 4b) are drived through mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means (not illustrated) which are well-known in the art. Likewise, the slippable supports include means to keep its position, these means include bolts that mate in perforations on the double parallel arms (4a, 4b), or other mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means well-known in the art.
The mounting assembly (1) of the present invention also includes a central column (12), having a column base (13) that relies on the base (4) of the mounting assembly (1). The column (12) has a telescopic body consisting of a body (14a) and of an extension (14b) that extends in the longitudinal direction. With the above mentioned arrangement the column can assume diverse heights that are considered to be suitable for assembling a section of the tower of a certain height.
In the top end of the column (12) are arranged a plurality of top support arms, which are depicted in the figures as three retractable arms (15a, 15b and 15c). The arms also are telescopic and there are formed by a body (16a, 16b and 16c) that lodge a respective extension (17a, 17b and 17e) that extend in radial direction to support the first concrete segments at a certain height. Likewise, the retractable arms include means to kept a certain position, these means include bolts that mate in perforations in the body or the extension of the arms, or other mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means well-known in the art.
The arms 15a, 15b and 15c optionally include vertical supports 18a, 18b and 18c to provide a surface where the flat face of a flat trapezoidal segment relies. The vertical supports (18a, 18b and 18c) can include means to provisionally join the arms to the concrete segments, for such an object the concrete segments can include insertions, for example insertions including screws and nuts. The above in order to prevent that the trapezoidal concrete segments could collapse out of the center of the mounting assembly and could result in damage to the working personnel, the mounting assembly or the same concrete segments.
In addition, the support arms (15a, 15b, 15c) optionally include reinforcements of arms (19) that consist of bars joined at each end of respective arms to reinforce the above mentioned arms and to prevent that the retractable arms (15a, 15b, 15c) can be deformed by the force exerted by the weight of the concrete segments.
The supports of the concrete segments, especially the receptacles 7a, 7b, and the retractable top arms as well as the possibility of extending or R
contracting the central column and the slippable support (5) allow that the concrete segments can be tilt to its final position without risk of the concrete segments can swoop down or collapse out of the mounting assembly.
The mounting assembly (1) also includes a fastening hoop (21) for lifting, which is placed in the top end of the column (12). The hook of a derrick gets hooked up in the above mentioned hoop to ship and to land the mounting assembly from a car of transport.
The mounting assembly (1) provides a structure that allows the assembling of concrete segments. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a section of tower includes three first concrete segments (flat trapezoidal) and three second concrete segments (curved).
Nevertheless, as it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art, the segments of concrete can be in any number of pieces and can have the same or different form.
Figure 2 depicts the mounting assembly (1) of the invention, which in a preferred embodiment contains first flat trapezoidal concrete segments (40) alternated with the second curved segments (30). In a preferred embodiment, the curved concrete segments (30) incorporate ducts (31) to introduce cables or rods of steel of high resistance as pre-stressing tendons or strands for the vertical pre-stressing (51), and ducts (32) to introduce horizontal pre-stress tendons (52a, 52b, 52c). In the embodiment illustrated in Figure 2, the flat trapezoidal concrete segments (40) only incorporate ducts (42) to introduce horizontal cables of pre-stress (52a, 52b, 52c), but they do not include ducts for vertical pre-stressing tendons so that only the curved segments include the ducts for vertical pre-stressing. As it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art, it is possible to use flat trapezoidal concrete segments (40), which also include vertical cables of pre-stress.
Inside the horizontal ducts (32 and 42) of the respective segments of concrete flat and curved, are introduced pre-stressing tendons and, for the pre-stressing action, the first flat concrete segments (40) and the second curved concrete segments (30) remain fixed and firmly _joined, forming a structure with structural properties similar to those of a monolithic structure.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the curved segments include protrusions (33), in the inner face of the segment, which enable the introduction and tensioning of the pre-stressing tendons. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, there are provided three horizontal pre-stressing tendons (52a, 52b, 52c), every tendon joins three curved segments and two flat segments in the following way:
- the first tendon 52a has for object join the first curved segment, the first flat adjacent segment, the second curved segment, the second flat segment and the third curved segment. But not the third flat segment.
- the second tendon 52b has for object join the second curved segment, the second flat adjacent segment, the third curved segment, the third flat segment and the first curved segment. But not the first flat segment.
- the third tendon 52c has for object join the third curved segment, the third flat adjacent segment, the first curved segment, the first flat segment and the second curved segment. But not the second flat segment.
Hereby each of the curved segments is joined by three pre-stressing tendons and each one of the flat segments is crossed by two pre-stressing tendons. There placed a plurality of projections (33) in the internal face of each one curved segments to a predetermined height. In Figure 2 the circular segment includes six protrusions (33) with a separation of for example one meter.
The union that is obtained by the compression of the pre-stressing tendons prevents that the segments could move along the lateral faces combined of the curved and flat segments. So that it is not need to use cemented unions to join adjacent concrete segments. However, as it is apparent to a person skilled in the art, shear locks and or cemented joints can be used.
Preferably there is formed a step (44) that is useful for assembling two sections of tower. Such a step (44) is provided by the difference of height in the receptacles of the first segments (flats) (7a, 7b) and the second segments (curved) (9a, 9b). As it is shown in Figure 1, the girder (6) for the first segments is higher than the girder (8) for the second segments.
In a fist stage, preferably there are placed the flat trapezoidal segments (40), which are fixed firmly to the mounting assembly (1) on the receptacles (7a and 7b) and the vertical arm supports (18a, 18b and 18c), and in a second stage there are placed the curved segments (30). The curved segments are heavier that the flat segments, so that two flat segments can support the load due to the weight of an inclined curved concrete segment.
The above mentioned disposition is illustrative but not !imitative, since the flat trapezoidal segments and the curved segments can be installed in consecutive form or in alternated form, to preference of the builder.
As soon as there is assembled a section of tower and the pre-stressing tendons have been placed and tensioned, a lifting harness(22) is joint to the assembled concrete section. The lifting harness(22) includes at least two bars that are introduced in the ducts of vertical pre-stressing (31) and hold themselves in such ducts by means of nuts incorporated into the thread ends of the bars (23). The figure 3 shows a lifting harness assembled in an assembled concrete section.
There are assembled so many sections of tower according to the design of the tower. The first section is placed on the foundation and vertical means of pre-stressing are provided to join the first section to the foundation.
Then, the second section is assembled and mounted on the first section previously mounted, prestressing to the foundation is also conducted; the third and subsequent sections are assembled, mounted and pre-stressed.
As the sections are mounted, vertical tendons of pre-stress are placed to join the sections with the underlying previous sections and the foundation.
If the tower includes cylindrical sections or a geometry different than the previously mounted section, it is necessary to mount an adapter to join the sections of different geometry. Finally, a flange is placed or adapted at the top of the tower and there are placed pre-stressing tendons that run along the total body of the tower, within all concrete sections. As previously mentioned, according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the vertical pre-stressing tendons run only inside the concrete curved segments, but not inside the trapezoidal flat segments. Figure 4 illustrates the vertical and horizontal pre-stressing of an annular concrete tower.
The present invention overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art, providing a mounting assembly and method for assembling concrete sections of a tower from concrete segments. In particular, the presentinvention provides a mounting assembly and method for erecting a pre-stressed concrete tower that includes:
(a) to provide a mounting assembly (1) to support the concrete segments in order to assemble sections of an annular pres-stressed concrete tower.
(b) to provide a flat platform or level the floor, in order to place the mounting assembly (1);
(c) to place the slippable supports (5) of the mounting assembly in a suitable position corresponding to the dimensions of the base of the section of tower, where the above mentioned supports (5) will support the base of every segment of concrete by means of his respective receptacles (14a, 14b, 17a, 17b);
(d) to establish the position of the column extension to a suitable height;
(e) to establish the position of the retractable arms, by means of extending the extension of arm to allow the support of the first segments of flat trapezoidal concrete segments, preferably on the ribs or reinforcement ribbing arranged to the inner side of every concrete segment;
(f) to place the first flat trapezoidal concrete segments and immediately the second curved concrete segments that form a section of the tower, using a derrick of low or medium load capacity;
(g) to join the concrete segments by means of a plurality of horizontal pre-stressing units. In accordance with the present invention, every pre-stressing unit including three pre-stressing tendons that hold joined three circular segments and two flat segments.
(h) to connect a lifting harness assembled and pre-stressed concrete section;
(i) to hoist the assembled section, by mean of a crane of high capacity that incorporates a hook that engages the hamess of elevation.
(j) to mount the above mentioned concrete section on the foundation, and uncouple the lifting harness of the mounting assembly;
(i) to assemble the subsequent concrete sections constituting the tower, by means of the mounting assembly. The slippable support adjusts the diameter of the subsequent sections, which is minor that the section previously assembled to yield a tapered tower;
(j) to mount the subsequent sections of the tower through the use of the lifting harness, following the same routine for the first section of the tower; and (k) mounting an adapter, or flange for a wind power generator or recipient heliostatic in the top part of pre-stressed concrete tower.
The method of the present invention is also applicable to towers of circular or polygonal cross section. In such a case the first and second segments have similar forms. Likewise, as it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art, it is possible that a section of tower can be assembled from three, four, five, seven or eight segments of concrete.
From the above description of the invention a person skilled in the art will find that the same can be modified in different ways. It is considered that such modifications do not apart from the spirit and the scope of the invention, and all these obvious modifications to a skilled in the art are included within the scope of the following claims.
It is an object of the present invention to provide one mounting assembly for concrete segments to form sections of an annular tower of pre-stressed concrete for wind or heliostatic power generators.
Another object of the invention is to provide a method for assembling at the floor level, concrete section from concrete segments of an annular tapered pre-stressed concrete tower of pre-stressed concrete for wind or heliostatic power generators by means of the use of a mounting assembly, where the mounting assembly is adjustable to the different dimensions of the sections to be assemble. Where each and every segment conforming a section of the tower placed in his exact position and tilt.
An additional application of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description. Nevertheless, there must be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, which are indicated as favorite embodiments of the invention, are given as examples only, since the diverse changes and modifications in the spirit and effect of the invention will be apparent for the skilled in the art person from this detailed description.
The present invention provides a process for assembling in sections an annular pre-stressed concrete tower comprising:
a) to provide a foundation of tower and a plurality of concrete segments;
b) to provide one mounting assembly for assembling at the floor level the sections of the tower, the mounting assembly comprising:
- a base (4), which consists of three pairs of double parallel arms (4a and 4b), radially extended, which have in its more distal part from the center, a respective slippable support (5) that slips on the pair of double parallel arms;
- the slippabl3 support (5) including a transverse girder (6) for supporting a first segments, a transverse girder (8) for supporting a second segments, parallel to the transverse girder (6) and being both joined to two parallel radial girders (10,11);
- a central column (12), which has a column base (13) that relies on the base (4) of the mounting assembly, the column (12) has a telescopic body consisting of a body (14a) and of an extension (14b), and at the top end of the column (12) are disposed a plurality of upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c) formed by a body (16a, 16b and 16c) that lodge a respective extension (17a, 17b and 17c);
c) to assemble the first section of tower by placing the concrete segments on the slippable support (5) and tilt the concrete segments on the upper retractable arms, d) to vertically pre-stress the concrete segments of the first section to form a pre-stressed concrete tower section;
e) to provide a lifting harness and assemble the lifting harness to the pre-stressed concrete tower section;
f) to hoist the pre-stressed concrete tower section, by means of a crane that gets hooked up t the lifting harness;
g) to mount the above mentioned pre-stressed concrete tower section on the foundation;
h) to assemble the following superjacent pre-stressed concrete tower sections, by means of the mounting assembly;
i) to connect a lifting harness, and mount the above mentioned following sections of the tower, according to the same routine for mounting the first section of the tower; and j) mounting a ring adapter, a flange for connecting a nacelle or wind generator or heliostatic generator in the top part of the annular pre-stressed concrete tower.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will be better understood from the following detaliea description which is referred to the drawings which are not !imitative of the present invention, and where:
Figure 1 shows a mounting assembly, for assembling at the floor level sections of a pre-stressed concrete tower from concrete segments.
Figure 2 depicts a mounting assembly arranged to assemble sections of a tower, including flat and curved segments of concrete.
Figure 3 shows a assembled section of a tower which includes a lifting harness.
Figure 4 shows an annular pre-stressed concrete tower showing the horizontal and vertical pre-stressing tendons.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, a section of the annular tapered tower includes at least three concrete segments that once assembled are hoisted and mounted in the tower. The sections are mounted in a well know form, for example through the use of a fastening hoop (21) and a lifting harness (22), by means of a derrick of capacity of average or low load. Then, mounting assembly (1) it is in use for assembling again in floor the following adjacent section of the tower of concrete.
Preferably, the tower includes three curved segments, all of the same dimensions, separated by three flat trapezoidal segments that have variable dimensions, so that the diameter of the sections depends on the sizes of the flat trapezoidal segments. The section is then composed by six segments of concrete.
The tower includes pre-stressing tendons for the vertical and horizontal pre-stressing of the tower. The horizontal pre-stressing has for object joining adjacent segments to conform an annular section of the tower. The tower in addition includes tendons of vertical pre-stressing, to keep joined concrete sections and to the foundation, which render a structure having properties of a monolithic one. The tower includes a foundation having means to anchor the pre-stressing tendons, the vertical pre-stressing tendons runs along the length of the tower, a plurality of tendons run along the whole length of the tower whereas other vertical pre-stressing tendons only runs between intermediate sections of the tower and the foundation.
The mounting assembly (1) and method to assemble at the floor level sections of an annular pre-stressed concrete tower for wind or heliostatic power generators, is described hereinafter:
Figure 1 depicts a mounting assembly (1) of sections of a pre-stressed concrete tower at the floor level. The mounting assembly (1) is placed on a leveled platform (2) and includes an assemble support (3) that includes a base (4) consisting of three pair of double parallel arms (4a and 4b) that extends radially, each of the double parallel arms has in its part more distant to the center, a slippable support (5) for the first segments and the second segments.
The slippable support (5) has the form of a rectangular frame that includes a transverse girder (6) for support of the first segments, a transverse girder (8) for support of the second segments, both transverse girders being parallel and opposite, and being joined by two radial girders opposite (10,11) that complete the frame.
The transverse girder (6) includes in his top part receptacles (7a and 7b) to receive the base of a first segment of concrete. Likewise, the transverse girder (8) includes receptacles (9a, 9b) to receive the base of a second segment of concrete.
It is preferred that the first segments correspond to the trapezoidal flat segments, while the second segments correspond to the circular segments.
The separation of the radial girders corresponds to the separation of the pair of double parallel arms 4a, 4b so that the frame formed by the girder 6, 8, 10 and 11 that form the slippable support (5) runs in the radial direction on the double parallel arms to approach or to move away from the center of the column. The slippable support (5) allows that the mounting assembly (1) of the present invention could be in use for assembling sections of tower of different diameters. When the slippable support (5) moves away from the center it is a possible assemble a section of bigger diameter.
When the slippable support (5) approaches the center the mounting assembly (1) it can be assembled sections of a smaller diameter.
The girder (6) has dimensions longer that the girder (8), so that tangentially extends beyond distance between the double parallel arms (4a, 4b), having besides a higher height in order to provide an upper level to the first trapezoidal flat segments with respect to the second segments, this height allows an step (44) Figure 2, which it is suitable for preventing the horizontal displacement of a tower sections with respect of a subjacent or superjacent one.
In the embodiment showed in the figures, the position and dimensions of the transverse girder 6 for first segments does not change with respect to the position and dimensions of the transverse girder 8 for second segments. The above due to the fact that according to the preferred embodiment the circular segments always have the same width. On the other hand, the radial displacement of the slippable support (5) allows the placement of the flat trapezoidal concrete segments of different width.
As it can be obvious for a person skilled in the art, in the case that the concrete tower section are tapered, it is necessary to provide slippable supports (5) for the adjustment of all concrete segments, for example to form concrete sections of different diameters in the case of frustoconical annular sections.
The slippable support (5), on the double parallel arms (4a, 4b) are drived through mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means (not illustrated) which are well-known in the art. Likewise, the slippable supports include means to keep its position, these means include bolts that mate in perforations on the double parallel arms (4a, 4b), or other mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means well-known in the art.
The mounting assembly (1) of the present invention also includes a central column (12), having a column base (13) that relies on the base (4) of the mounting assembly (1). The column (12) has a telescopic body consisting of a body (14a) and of an extension (14b) that extends in the longitudinal direction. With the above mentioned arrangement the column can assume diverse heights that are considered to be suitable for assembling a section of the tower of a certain height.
In the top end of the column (12) are arranged a plurality of top support arms, which are depicted in the figures as three retractable arms (15a, 15b and 15c). The arms also are telescopic and there are formed by a body (16a, 16b and 16c) that lodge a respective extension (17a, 17b and 17e) that extend in radial direction to support the first concrete segments at a certain height. Likewise, the retractable arms include means to kept a certain position, these means include bolts that mate in perforations in the body or the extension of the arms, or other mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means well-known in the art.
The arms 15a, 15b and 15c optionally include vertical supports 18a, 18b and 18c to provide a surface where the flat face of a flat trapezoidal segment relies. The vertical supports (18a, 18b and 18c) can include means to provisionally join the arms to the concrete segments, for such an object the concrete segments can include insertions, for example insertions including screws and nuts. The above in order to prevent that the trapezoidal concrete segments could collapse out of the center of the mounting assembly and could result in damage to the working personnel, the mounting assembly or the same concrete segments.
In addition, the support arms (15a, 15b, 15c) optionally include reinforcements of arms (19) that consist of bars joined at each end of respective arms to reinforce the above mentioned arms and to prevent that the retractable arms (15a, 15b, 15c) can be deformed by the force exerted by the weight of the concrete segments.
The supports of the concrete segments, especially the receptacles 7a, 7b, and the retractable top arms as well as the possibility of extending or R
contracting the central column and the slippable support (5) allow that the concrete segments can be tilt to its final position without risk of the concrete segments can swoop down or collapse out of the mounting assembly.
The mounting assembly (1) also includes a fastening hoop (21) for lifting, which is placed in the top end of the column (12). The hook of a derrick gets hooked up in the above mentioned hoop to ship and to land the mounting assembly from a car of transport.
The mounting assembly (1) provides a structure that allows the assembling of concrete segments. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a section of tower includes three first concrete segments (flat trapezoidal) and three second concrete segments (curved).
Nevertheless, as it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art, the segments of concrete can be in any number of pieces and can have the same or different form.
Figure 2 depicts the mounting assembly (1) of the invention, which in a preferred embodiment contains first flat trapezoidal concrete segments (40) alternated with the second curved segments (30). In a preferred embodiment, the curved concrete segments (30) incorporate ducts (31) to introduce cables or rods of steel of high resistance as pre-stressing tendons or strands for the vertical pre-stressing (51), and ducts (32) to introduce horizontal pre-stress tendons (52a, 52b, 52c). In the embodiment illustrated in Figure 2, the flat trapezoidal concrete segments (40) only incorporate ducts (42) to introduce horizontal cables of pre-stress (52a, 52b, 52c), but they do not include ducts for vertical pre-stressing tendons so that only the curved segments include the ducts for vertical pre-stressing. As it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art, it is possible to use flat trapezoidal concrete segments (40), which also include vertical cables of pre-stress.
Inside the horizontal ducts (32 and 42) of the respective segments of concrete flat and curved, are introduced pre-stressing tendons and, for the pre-stressing action, the first flat concrete segments (40) and the second curved concrete segments (30) remain fixed and firmly _joined, forming a structure with structural properties similar to those of a monolithic structure.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the curved segments include protrusions (33), in the inner face of the segment, which enable the introduction and tensioning of the pre-stressing tendons. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, there are provided three horizontal pre-stressing tendons (52a, 52b, 52c), every tendon joins three curved segments and two flat segments in the following way:
- the first tendon 52a has for object join the first curved segment, the first flat adjacent segment, the second curved segment, the second flat segment and the third curved segment. But not the third flat segment.
- the second tendon 52b has for object join the second curved segment, the second flat adjacent segment, the third curved segment, the third flat segment and the first curved segment. But not the first flat segment.
- the third tendon 52c has for object join the third curved segment, the third flat adjacent segment, the first curved segment, the first flat segment and the second curved segment. But not the second flat segment.
Hereby each of the curved segments is joined by three pre-stressing tendons and each one of the flat segments is crossed by two pre-stressing tendons. There placed a plurality of projections (33) in the internal face of each one curved segments to a predetermined height. In Figure 2 the circular segment includes six protrusions (33) with a separation of for example one meter.
The union that is obtained by the compression of the pre-stressing tendons prevents that the segments could move along the lateral faces combined of the curved and flat segments. So that it is not need to use cemented unions to join adjacent concrete segments. However, as it is apparent to a person skilled in the art, shear locks and or cemented joints can be used.
Preferably there is formed a step (44) that is useful for assembling two sections of tower. Such a step (44) is provided by the difference of height in the receptacles of the first segments (flats) (7a, 7b) and the second segments (curved) (9a, 9b). As it is shown in Figure 1, the girder (6) for the first segments is higher than the girder (8) for the second segments.
In a fist stage, preferably there are placed the flat trapezoidal segments (40), which are fixed firmly to the mounting assembly (1) on the receptacles (7a and 7b) and the vertical arm supports (18a, 18b and 18c), and in a second stage there are placed the curved segments (30). The curved segments are heavier that the flat segments, so that two flat segments can support the load due to the weight of an inclined curved concrete segment.
The above mentioned disposition is illustrative but not !imitative, since the flat trapezoidal segments and the curved segments can be installed in consecutive form or in alternated form, to preference of the builder.
As soon as there is assembled a section of tower and the pre-stressing tendons have been placed and tensioned, a lifting harness(22) is joint to the assembled concrete section. The lifting harness(22) includes at least two bars that are introduced in the ducts of vertical pre-stressing (31) and hold themselves in such ducts by means of nuts incorporated into the thread ends of the bars (23). The figure 3 shows a lifting harness assembled in an assembled concrete section.
There are assembled so many sections of tower according to the design of the tower. The first section is placed on the foundation and vertical means of pre-stressing are provided to join the first section to the foundation.
Then, the second section is assembled and mounted on the first section previously mounted, prestressing to the foundation is also conducted; the third and subsequent sections are assembled, mounted and pre-stressed.
As the sections are mounted, vertical tendons of pre-stress are placed to join the sections with the underlying previous sections and the foundation.
If the tower includes cylindrical sections or a geometry different than the previously mounted section, it is necessary to mount an adapter to join the sections of different geometry. Finally, a flange is placed or adapted at the top of the tower and there are placed pre-stressing tendons that run along the total body of the tower, within all concrete sections. As previously mentioned, according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the vertical pre-stressing tendons run only inside the concrete curved segments, but not inside the trapezoidal flat segments. Figure 4 illustrates the vertical and horizontal pre-stressing of an annular concrete tower.
The present invention overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art, providing a mounting assembly and method for assembling concrete sections of a tower from concrete segments. In particular, the presentinvention provides a mounting assembly and method for erecting a pre-stressed concrete tower that includes:
(a) to provide a mounting assembly (1) to support the concrete segments in order to assemble sections of an annular pres-stressed concrete tower.
(b) to provide a flat platform or level the floor, in order to place the mounting assembly (1);
(c) to place the slippable supports (5) of the mounting assembly in a suitable position corresponding to the dimensions of the base of the section of tower, where the above mentioned supports (5) will support the base of every segment of concrete by means of his respective receptacles (14a, 14b, 17a, 17b);
(d) to establish the position of the column extension to a suitable height;
(e) to establish the position of the retractable arms, by means of extending the extension of arm to allow the support of the first segments of flat trapezoidal concrete segments, preferably on the ribs or reinforcement ribbing arranged to the inner side of every concrete segment;
(f) to place the first flat trapezoidal concrete segments and immediately the second curved concrete segments that form a section of the tower, using a derrick of low or medium load capacity;
(g) to join the concrete segments by means of a plurality of horizontal pre-stressing units. In accordance with the present invention, every pre-stressing unit including three pre-stressing tendons that hold joined three circular segments and two flat segments.
(h) to connect a lifting harness assembled and pre-stressed concrete section;
(i) to hoist the assembled section, by mean of a crane of high capacity that incorporates a hook that engages the hamess of elevation.
(j) to mount the above mentioned concrete section on the foundation, and uncouple the lifting harness of the mounting assembly;
(i) to assemble the subsequent concrete sections constituting the tower, by means of the mounting assembly. The slippable support adjusts the diameter of the subsequent sections, which is minor that the section previously assembled to yield a tapered tower;
(j) to mount the subsequent sections of the tower through the use of the lifting harness, following the same routine for the first section of the tower; and (k) mounting an adapter, or flange for a wind power generator or recipient heliostatic in the top part of pre-stressed concrete tower.
The method of the present invention is also applicable to towers of circular or polygonal cross section. In such a case the first and second segments have similar forms. Likewise, as it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art, it is possible that a section of tower can be assembled from three, four, five, seven or eight segments of concrete.
From the above description of the invention a person skilled in the art will find that the same can be modified in different ways. It is considered that such modifications do not apart from the spirit and the scope of the invention, and all these obvious modifications to a skilled in the art are included within the scope of the following claims.
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1. A process for assembling in sections an annular pre-stressed concrete tower comprising a) to provide a foundation of tower and a plurality of concrete segments;
b) to provide one mounting assembly for assembling at the floor level the sections of the tower, the mounting assembly comprising.
- a base (4), which consists of three pairs of double parallel arms (4a and 4b), radially extended, which have in its more distal part from the center, a respective slippable support (5) that slips on the pair of double parallel arms;
- the slippable support (5) including a transverse girder (6) for supporting a first segments, a transverse girder (8) for supporting a second segments, parallel to the transverse girder (6) and being both joined to two parallel radial girders (10,11);
- a central column (12), which has a column base (13) that relies on the base (4) of the mounting assembly, the column (12) has a telescopic body consisting of a body (14a) and of an extension (14b), and at the top end of the column (12) are disposed a plurality of upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c) formed by a body (16a, 16b and 16c) that lodge a respective extension (17a, 17b and 17c);
c) to assemble the first section of tower by placing the concrete segments on the slippable support (5) and tilt the concrete segments on the upper retractable arms, d) to vertically pre-stress the concrete segments of the first section to form a pre-stressed concrete tower section;
e) to provide a lifting harness and assemble the lifting harness to the pre-stressed concrete tower section, f) to hoist the pre-stressed concrete tower section, by means of a crane that gets hooked up t the lifting harness, g) to mount the above mentioned pre-stressed concrete tower section on the foundation;
h) to assemble the following superjacent pre-stressed concrete tower sections, by means of the mounting assembly, i) to connect a lifting harness, and mount the above mentioned following sections of the tower, according to the same routine for mounting the first section of the tower; and j) mounting a ring adapter, a flange for connecting a nacelle or wind generator or heliostatic generator in the top part of the annular pre-stressed concrete tower.
b) to provide one mounting assembly for assembling at the floor level the sections of the tower, the mounting assembly comprising.
- a base (4), which consists of three pairs of double parallel arms (4a and 4b), radially extended, which have in its more distal part from the center, a respective slippable support (5) that slips on the pair of double parallel arms;
- the slippable support (5) including a transverse girder (6) for supporting a first segments, a transverse girder (8) for supporting a second segments, parallel to the transverse girder (6) and being both joined to two parallel radial girders (10,11);
- a central column (12), which has a column base (13) that relies on the base (4) of the mounting assembly, the column (12) has a telescopic body consisting of a body (14a) and of an extension (14b), and at the top end of the column (12) are disposed a plurality of upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c) formed by a body (16a, 16b and 16c) that lodge a respective extension (17a, 17b and 17c);
c) to assemble the first section of tower by placing the concrete segments on the slippable support (5) and tilt the concrete segments on the upper retractable arms, d) to vertically pre-stress the concrete segments of the first section to form a pre-stressed concrete tower section;
e) to provide a lifting harness and assemble the lifting harness to the pre-stressed concrete tower section, f) to hoist the pre-stressed concrete tower section, by means of a crane that gets hooked up t the lifting harness, g) to mount the above mentioned pre-stressed concrete tower section on the foundation;
h) to assemble the following superjacent pre-stressed concrete tower sections, by means of the mounting assembly, i) to connect a lifting harness, and mount the above mentioned following sections of the tower, according to the same routine for mounting the first section of the tower; and j) mounting a ring adapter, a flange for connecting a nacelle or wind generator or heliostatic generator in the top part of the annular pre-stressed concrete tower.
2. The process for assembling in sections an annular pre-stressed concrete tower according to claim 1, wherein the transverse girder (6) for supporting the first segments includes receptacles 7a and 7b and the transverse girder (8) for supporting the second segments includes receptacles 9a and 9b
3. The process for assembling in sections an annular pre-stressed concrete tower according to claim 1, wherein the tilt movement for adjustment of the concrete segments is provided by the slippable support (5), the retractable central column (12), and the upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c) drived by mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means.
4. The process for assembling in sections an annular pre-stressed concrete tower according to claim 1, wherein the first concrete segments consist of flat trapezoidal concrete segments and the second concrete segments consist of curved segments.
5. The process for assembling in sections an annular pre-stressed concrete tower according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal pre-stressing consists of a plurality of pre-stressing units arranged to different heights of the tower section, where every pre-stressing unit includes three pre-stressing strand holding three curved segments and two flat trapezoidal concrete segments.
6. A mounting assembly for assembling at floor level the sections of an annular pre-stressed concrete tower comprising - a base (4), which consists of three pairs of double parallel arms (4a and 4b), radially extended, which have in its more distal part from the center, a respective slippable support (5) that slips on the pair of double parallel arms, - the slippable support (5) including a transverse girder (6) for supporting a first segments, a transverse girder (8) for supporting a second segments, parallel to the transverse girder (6) and being both joined to two parallel radial girders (10,11), - a retractable central column (12), which has a column base (13) that relies on the base (4) of the mounting assembly, the column (12) has a telescopic body consisting of a body (14a) and of an extension (14b), and at the top end of the column (12) are disposed a plurality of upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c) formed by a body (16a, 16b and 16c) that lodge a respective extension (17a, 17b and 17c),
7. The mounting assembly according to claim 6, wherein the transverse girder (6) for support of the first segments includes receptacles 7a and 7b and the transverse girder (8) for support of the second segments includes receptacles 9a and 9b
8. The mounting assembly according to claim 6, wherein the tilt movement for adjustment of the concrete segments is provided by the slippable support (5), the retractable central column (12), and the upper retractable arms of top support (15a, 15b and 15c) drived by mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means
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