US20100126079A1 - Wind power plant and a method for assembling the same - Google Patents

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US20100126079A1
US20100126079A1 US12/626,062 US62606209A US2010126079A1 US 20100126079 A1 US20100126079 A1 US 20100126079A1 US 62606209 A US62606209 A US 62606209A US 2010126079 A1 US2010126079 A1 US 2010126079A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
    • E04H12/02—Structures made of specified materials
    • E04H12/08—Structures made of specified materials of metal
    • E04H12/085—Details of flanges for tubular masts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B13/00—Spanners; Wrenches
    • B25B13/02—Spanners; Wrenches with rigid jaws
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B13/00—Spanners; Wrenches
    • B25B13/48—Spanners; Wrenches for special purposes
    • B25B13/485—Spanners; Wrenches for special purposes for theft-proof screws, bolts or nuts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00—Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32—Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/42—Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00—Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32—Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/42—Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys
    • E02D27/425—Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys specially adapted for wind motors masts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/20—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors
    • F03D13/22—Foundations specially adapted for wind motors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D80/00—Details, components or accessories not provided for in groups F03D1/00 - F03D17/00
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B23/00—Specially shaped nuts or heads of bolts or screws for rotations by a tool
    • F16B23/0069—Specially shaped nuts or heads of bolts or screws for rotations by a tool with holes to be engaged with corresponding pins on the tool or protruding pins to be engaged with corresponding holes on the tool
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/91—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure
    • F05B2240/912—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure on a tower
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/728—Onshore wind turbines

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  • the present invention generally relates to a wind power plant and a method for assembling a wind power plant.
  • Towers for wind power plants may be constructed from, for example, steel lattice frameworks, concrete, steel tubes or composite materials.
  • the towers are predominantly made of a number of tubular steel sections mounted on top of each other and interconnected by using bolted flange joints.
  • the method of connecting objects by means of bolted flange joints has long been known in the art and the method is universally employed.
  • the flanges are usually provided with a plurality of through-holes uniformly distributed along the flanges. This arrangement allows for a large number of bolts and corresponding nuts to be used.
  • one embodiment in accordance with aspects of the invention renders possible the use of an increased number of nuts and bolts in order to interconnect a flange of a tower section with a flange of an adjacent element.
  • Another embodiment in accordance with aspects of the invention decreases the size of the flanges of both the tower sections as well as the adjacent element, thereby achieving material savings.
  • the structural strength of the tower as a whole is increased.
  • a further embodiment in accordance with aspects of the invention provides a method for assembling a tower, the tower being part of the wind power plant.
  • Embodiments in accordance with aspects of the invention relate to a wind power plant comprising a tower, the tower comprising at least one tower section provided with at least one flange and forming at least part of the wall of the tower, the power plant further comprising an element provided with at least one flange and adapted to be installed adjacent the tower section, wherein the tower section and the element have abutting flanges, the flanges being releasably interconnected by sets of bolts and nuts, wherein at least one surface associated with each set of bolt and nut and facing away from the flanges is provided with a plurality of recesses for receiving projections of a tightening device.
  • a torque may be applied by means of the tightening device without engaging the external lateral surfaces of the bolt or the nut.
  • the interface surface for transmitting the torque to the bolt or the nut is the surface provided with a plurality of recesses.
  • the individual sets of bolts and nuts may be positioned closer to each other, ensuring that an increased number of bolts and nuts may be installed along the circumference of the flanges.
  • the increased number in combination with the closer positioning of the bolts and nuts relative the tower wall may increase structural stability of the tower.
  • the element adapted to be installed adjacent the tower section can be another tower section, a tower foundation, a nacelle or some other component of the wind power plant. Accordingly, the sets of bolts and nuts can be arranged in any interconnection between the main structural parts of a wind power plant, which structural parts are interconnected by flange joints.
  • the nuts can be provided with the recesses, whereby the bolts as such can be standardized and readily available bolts.
  • the bolts can each have a bolt head provided with the recesses.
  • Such bolt can either be used with a standardized, readily available nut or together with a nut provided with recesses.
  • At least one of the sets of bolts and nuts can comprise a stud bolt and two nuts, the two nuts each provided with the recesses.
  • a stud bolt is known as a shaft being threaded along its full length or along a portion of its two ends.
  • the stud bolt can be a standardized and readily available stud bolt.
  • Each bolt can further comprise an at least partially threaded shaft, the bolt being arranged such that its shaft is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tower, and wherein the distance between a wall of the tower facing the flange and an outer periphery of the shaft is less than 70 mm, more preferred less than 60 mm and most preferred less than 50 mm.
  • the distance to the tower wall depends on the size of the nut and the bolt head. Since the torque required to tension the bolt and nut can be applied by a tightening device without engaging the lateral sides of the bolt head or the nut, the bolt head or the nut can be arranged directly adjacent the tower wall. Accordingly the flange width can be reduced while maintaining the structural stability of the tower.
  • Each bolt can be arranged such that a head thereof is orientated downwards.
  • the technician installing the wind tower may thus perform his tasks in an optimal working position. This also facilitates the connecting of the bolt with the corresponding nut, since threading of the nut on the shaft of the bolt may be visually controlled.
  • the recesses can be provided with such depth that projections of a tightening device are fully insertable into the recesses. In this way, the contact of the bolt or nut surface provided with recesses and the surface of the tightening device from which the projections extend is ensured. The friction between these two surfaces may provide additional grip while the bolt and nut are being tightened.
  • the recesses can be provided with such width that the inner lateral surfaces of the recesses abut outer lateral surfaces of projections of a tightening device when the projections are inserted into the recesses. In this way, a close fit of the tightening device and the bolt or nut is achieved while the bolt and nut are being tightened. This may contribute to an improved torque transfer from the tightening device to the bolt or nut.
  • the recesses can be cylindrical blind bores arranged parallel to each other. In this way, a simplified manufacturing process of the bolts or nuts, using relatively simple tools may be achieved. This may reduce the overall production costs. It is to be understood that recesses with the same function can be arranged as through-holes.
  • embodiments in accordance with aspects of the invention relate to a method for joining a tower section to an adjacent element of a wind power plant comprising: arranging the tower section and the element such that a flange of the tower section is brought into contact with a flange of the element, aligning holes arranged in the flange of the tower section with holes arranged in the flange of the element, interconnecting the flanges by sets of bolts and nuts, the bolts extending through at least some of the aligned holes, and tightening each set of bolt and nut with a tightening device having projections adapted to engage recesses provided in at least one surface associated with the set and facing away from the flanges.
  • the method allows, as has been discussed above in view of the wind power plant, sets of bolts and nuts to be positioned closer to the tower wall. This may make it possible to reduce the width of the flange, thereby reducing the material consumption and the total weight of the tower.
  • the inventive method may make it possible to install an increased number of sets of bolts and nuts along the circumference of the flange, thereby increasing the structural stability of the tower.
  • the method can further comprise the step of arranging each bolt such that a head thereof is oriented downwards.
  • the technician installing the tower may thus perform his tasks (e.g. tightening the sets of bolts and nuts) in an optimal working position. This also facilitates the connecting of the bolt with the corresponding nut, since threading of the nut on the shaft of the bolt may be visually controlled.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a wind power plant
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a flange joint between two adjacent sections of the tower without any bolts and nuts;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a flange joint between two adjacent sections of the tower with a plurality of sets of bolts and nuts;
  • FIG. 4 shows a first embodiment of a set of a bolt and a nut
  • FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of a set of a bolt and nut
  • FIG. 6 shows one embodiment of a tightening device.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a wind power plant 1 with a nacelle 3 supported by a tower 2 .
  • the purpose of the tower 2 is to support the weight of a nacelle 3 that is arranged on top of the tower 2 . Further, it serves to position rotor blades 4 to a suitable operational height.
  • Modern towers comprise a plurality of tubular tower sections 5 , which may be manufactured in 20-30 meter long segments and subsequently mounted on top of each other to provide the tower with a sufficient height.
  • the tower sections are made of steel.
  • the shape of the individual tower sections are normally either straight cylindrical or frusto-conical.
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a portion of an upper 8 and a lower 9 tower section with corresponding flanges 6 , 7 .
  • Each tower section 8 , 9 normally comprises a flange positioned at each end of the tower section.
  • a first flange 6 is attached to the upper tower section 8 and a second flange 7 is attached to the lower tower section 9 .
  • each flange 6 , 7 runs along the entire circumference of the associated tower section 8 , 9 . It is to be understood that the flanges may also be divided into a number of flange sections which together form a circumferential continuous or non-continuous flange.
  • each flange 6 , 7 is normally mounted as a separate part to the individual tower section by using a suitable joining technique, for example welding.
  • the first flange 6 has a substantially L-shaped cross-section with a first leg 10 extending horizontally towards the interior of the tower, thus forming a substantially perpendicular angle with the longitudinal axis LA of the tower sections 8 and 9 , and a second leg 11 attached to the upper tower section 8 by means of a welding seam 50 at the lower edge 12 of the upper tower section 8 .
  • the second flange 7 also has a substantially L-shaped cross-section with a first leg 13 extending horizontally towards the interior of the tower, thus forming a substantially perpendicular angle with the longitudinal axis LA of the tower sections 8 , 9 , and a second leg 14 attached to the lower tower section 9 by means of a welding seam 50 at the upper edge 15 of the lower tower section 9 .
  • the inwards extending horizontal first legs 10 , 13 of the first and second flanges 6 , 7 are in direct contact with each other.
  • Each flange 6 , 7 is provided along its circumferential extension with a number of through-holes 16 .
  • the through-holes 16 may be circumferentially equally spaced from one another or arranged in groups.
  • the through-holes 16 of the first flange 6 are aligned with the through-holes of the second flange 7 .
  • the flanges 6 , 7 are used as flat support surfaces when the two adjacent, upper 8 and lower 9 , tower sections are to be interconnected.
  • FIG. 3 a portion of the upper and lower tower sections 8 , 9 with the corresponding flanges 6 , 7 are shown in an interconnected state.
  • the flanges 6 , 7 are interconnected by means of a plurality of sets 18 of bolts 19 and nuts 20 engaging the through-holes 16 .
  • the bolts can be provided with washers (not shown).
  • each bolt 19 is arranged such that a bolt head 25 thereof, when installed, is orientated downwards.
  • upwards orientated bolt heads 25 are also conceivable.
  • standardized and readily available bolts are used.
  • the bolt 19 can be threaded along the full length of its shaft 26 or, as shown, be threaded only along its free end.
  • each nut 20 has an internal thread which engages the threaded section of the bolt shaft 26 .
  • the nut 20 according to the shown embodiment has circular cross-section, although it is to be understood that other cross-sectional shapes are equally possible. This also applies to the bolt head 25 .
  • the surface 22 of the nut 20 facing away from the bolt head 25 and flange is provided with a plurality of recesses 21 extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft 26 .
  • the recesses 21 are shaped as cylindrical blind bores and arranged parallel to one another and circumferentially uniformly distributed. Still it is to be understood that any pattern and geometry can be used. Also, it is to be understood that the recesses can be arranged as through-holes. Typically, there are 6-12 recesses 21 per nut 20 , depending on the size of the nut.
  • the bolt head 25 as such can be provided with recesses corresponding to the recesses of the nut.
  • the bolt can be a so called stud bolt 19 ′, i.e., a shaft 26 ′ provided with threads, either along its full length or along its two free ends.
  • stud bolt 19 ′ is used together with two nuts 20 ′, each having the above disclosed recesses 21 .
  • FIG. 6 shows one embodiment of a tightening device 27 .
  • the tightening device 27 typically comprises an engagement head 30 having a plurality of circumferentially distributed projections 28 .
  • the distribution pattern as well as the size and geometry of the projections 28 correspond to those of the recesses 21 of the nut 20 .
  • a dedicated tightening device 27 may be made available for each nut size.
  • the tightening device 27 may, as shown in FIG. 6 , include a handle 31 adapted to operate in conjunction with the engagement head 30 .
  • the handle 31 can be a fixed handle, an interchangeable handle or even a ratchet wrench.
  • the two tower sections 8 , 9 by the flange joint when joining the two tower sections 8 , 9 by the flange joint, the two tower sections are arranged on top of each other with the two opposing flanges 6 , 7 lying flat against each other so that their corresponding through-holes 16 are aligned.
  • a bolt 19 is arranged in each through-hole 16 thus formed and a nut 20 is threaded onto the free end of the bolt 19 .
  • the engagement head 30 of the tightening device 27 is arranged to the nut 20 with the projections 28 inserted to the recesses 21 .
  • the bolt 19 is tensioned by applying a sufficient torque to the nut 20 . This procedure is repeated throughout the flange joint.
  • the projections 28 of the tightening device 27 are fully insertable into the recesses 21 . This means that the contact between the nut surface 22 provided with recesses 21 and the surface of the tightening device 27 from which the projections 28 extend is ensured. Consequently, the friction between the inner lateral surfaces of the recesses and the outer lateral surfaces of the projections provide additional grip while the nut 20 is being tightened.
  • the tightening device 27 can engage the nut 20 and tighten it on the bolt 19 without engaging the lateral surfaces of the nut 20 . As a consequence, less space is required in order to tighten individual nuts 20 .
  • each flange has a T-shaped cross-section with a first leg extending horizontally into the interior of the tower and a second leg extending horizontally to the exterior of the tower, wherein both legs are provided with through-holes to receive sets of bolts and nuts.
  • the above disclosed flange joint has been described with regard to two adjacent, upper and lower, tower sections that are to be interconnected.
  • the disclosed flange joint is also conceivable with regard to other elements of the wind power plant, such as between a tower section and a part of a tower foundation or between the nacelle and an upper most tower section.
  • the bolts are preferably arranged to extend through a yaw system, which yaw system allows the nacelle to turn in view of the tower.
  • the flange joint is also applicable while connecting other elements such as transition pieces to the tower sections.
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