248 results about "Yaw bearing" patented technology

The invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a vertical tower with a yaw bearing, a nacelle on top of the yaw bearing, a hub with blades rotatable around a more or less horizontal rotation axis. The nacelle has a generator and a control room, whereby the generator comprises a rotor with a rotor shaft supported on two rotor bearings carrying the hub, and a stator comprising a cylindrical outer shell with a stator diameter that is approximately equal to the diameter of the nacelle and which outer shell has at its ends a front cover plate and a back cover plate each with a rotor bearing for supporting the rotor shaft. In accordance with the invention the rotor shaft is hollow and the hollow hub is accessible from the control room through the hollow rotor shaft.

The invention relates to a 42CrMoVNb steel, which can resist a low temperature impact and is used for the variable pitch wind turbine and the yaw bearing ring. The weight percentage for the components of the steel is as follows: C 0.42 to 0.45 percent, Si 0.15 to 0.30 percent, Mn 0.60 to 0.90 percent, Cr 0.90 to 1.20 percent, Mo 0.15 to 0.30 percent, Ni 0.35 to 0.60 percent, V 0.08 to 0.15 percent, Nb 0.03 to 0.06 percent, Cu less than or equal to 0.20 percent, Al less than or equal to 0.05 percent, S less than or equal to 0.015 percent, P less than or equal to 0.015 percent, As less than or equal to 0.015 percent, Sn less than or equal to 0.012 percent, : less than or equal to 20PPM, <H>: less than or equal to 2.0PPM and the rest are Fe and natural impurities. The impact resistant capability of the steel at a low temperature is improved by adding vanadium and niobium to the prior 42CrMoVNb steel. The upper limit value for the carbon content is adopted to help to reach the requirement of HRC 55 to 60 after the surface is quenched and backfired. During the steel smelting, Al, As and Sn are used for slag forming and degassing to increase the content. The Akv detected at minus 40 DEG C by three samples reaches 91J, 97J and 98J respectively, which is exceeds the required value of minus 45 DEG C and is 3.37 times of the standard value. After being commuted, the requirement that Akv is equal to 27J at minus 70 DEG C can also be satisfied. The invention sets a precedent for the development of a steel demanding for an Akv at a lower temperature and fills the domestic gap. The invention is applicable to bearing and mechanical components, in particular to variable pitch wind turbines and yaw bearings.

A wind turbine having blades that rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis. A single output shaft is directly connected by one-way bearings to the driven shaft of a permanent magnet generator. This eliminates the need for a gearbox and also eliminates the need for inverters. Friction losses are further reduced by suspending the vertical shaft with magnetic bearings. Airfoils are positioned in a specific vertical design so that they cup the wind on a lower concave portion of the airfoil for self-starting capability. Stealth radar-absorbing mesh and faceted mounting structures reduce scrambling of radar returns.

The present disclosure describes a system for joining a gondola to the concrete tower of an aerogenerator, wherein the concrete tower is formed by a lower annular section, one or several intermediate annular sections and an upper annular section, including a flat annular support which is inserted between an upper surface of the upper annular section of the tower and the lower surface of a yaw bearing that supports the gondola, the flat annular support comprising orifices wherethrough a plurality of joining means pass, each of which is fixed to the bottom of the upper annular section of the tower and to the bottom of the yaw bearing.

The invention provides a hydraulic yaw system and a regulation and control method thereof for a wind generating set and belongs to the technical field of wind power. By setting a plurality of yaw motors which provide normal torque and a yaw hydraulic motor which provides reverse torque, the yaw motor and yaw hydraulic motor respectively are connected with a yaw bearing through the gear of a speed reducer. When a yawing happens, the reverse torque provided from the yaw hydraulic motor is less than the normal torque provided from the yaw motor. According to sensing signals, cooperation between a fan and a wind direction is judged; when a wind wheel is perpendicular to the wind direction through the rotation of a fan, and the wind wheel is windward, the torque of the yaw motor and the torque of the hydraulic motor are equal until the yawing ends, then a yaw brake and a yaw brake friction disc stop working, through the engagement between the gear of the reducer and the gear of a yaw bearing, the entire yaw system is balanced. By the hydraulic yaw system and the regulation and control method thereof, the rotation impact of yawing is effectively slowed down, and the yawing is operated gently.

A wind energy system is provided, with the wind energy system having a tower; a machine nacelle; a lower yaw bearing; and an upper yaw bearing; the lower yaw bearing and the upper yaw bearing being arranged to pivotably connect the machine nacelle to the tower of the wind energy system. Further, a yaw bearing system for use in a wind energy system and a method for operating a wind energy system are provided.