WO2011069686A1 - Système de protection contre la foudre pour une éolienne et éolienne pourvue d'un système de protection contre la foudre - Google Patents

Système de protection contre la foudre pour une éolienne et éolienne pourvue d'un système de protection contre la foudre Download PDF

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WO2011069686A1
WO2011069686A1 PCT/EP2010/052681 EP2010052681W WO2011069686A1 WO 2011069686 A1 WO2011069686 A1 WO 2011069686A1 EP 2010052681 W EP2010052681 W EP 2010052681W WO 2011069686 A1 WO2011069686 A1 WO 2011069686A1
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Bastian Lewke
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Priority to KR1020127017534A priority patent/KR20120120195A/ko
Priority to CN201080055840.8A priority patent/CN102652221B/zh
Priority to US13/514,628 priority patent/US9157419B2/en
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Priority to BR112012013822A priority patent/BR112012013822A2/pt
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    • 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
    • F03D80/30—Lightning protection
    • 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
    • F03D80/30—Lightning protection
    • F03D80/301—Lightning receptor and down conductor systems in or on blades
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G13/00—Installations of lightning conductors; Fastening thereof to supporting structure
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates in general to wind turbines.
  • the present invention is directed to a lightning protection system for a wind turbine and a wind turbine with a lightning protection system.
  • Lightning strikes are a major reason for wind turbine fail ⁇ ures.
  • a lightning strikes a wind turbine often one or more blades of the wind turbine are hit.
  • From there the cur ⁇ rent of the lightning strike is usually conducted by conduct ⁇ ing means like a down-conductor to one or more wind turbine components like the hub, nacelle or the tower and then fur ⁇ ther down to the ground.
  • the current flowing through the wind turbine must not reach any electrical components like the generator or converter or other critical components like the main bearings or the gear- box as they would be damaged by the large energy of of the lightning strike.
  • the combination of a high voltage and a large electrical current from the lightning strike could dam ⁇ age these components.
  • the down-conductor is connected directly to the hub which conducts the current to the nacelle and further down to the ground.
  • the hub is connected electrically and me ⁇ chanically to the rotor of the generator. Due to this design the current can pass onto the rotor and discharge into the stator of the generator.
  • US 7,377,750 Bl shows a lightning protection system for conducting lightning strikes to the blades and further to the region surrounding a blade hub and along a path around the blade hub and critical components of the wind turbine.
  • the long lightning conducting path has directional shifts or turns bearing the risk of lightning strike jumps to a criti ⁇ cal component.
  • the invention is directed to a lightning pro- tection system for a wind turbine.
  • the wind turbine has an electrically grounded structure part, a main shaft electri ⁇ cally and mechanically connected therewith, a blade hub rota- tively connected via a main bearing to the main shaft and blades connected to the blade hub.
  • the lightning protection system comprises a down-conductor attachable inside a blade, a high voltage conductor, preferably an electrically isolated high-voltage cable, for guiding lightning current, wherein a first end of the high voltage conductor is in electrical com ⁇ munication with the down conductor.
  • a high voltage contact is attachable inside the main shaft, wherein a second end of the high voltage conductor is in electrical communication with the high voltage contact.
  • a lightning current is guided from the down-conductor via the high voltage conductor to the high voltage contact.
  • the lightning current will be kept off the metallic hub structure and therefore off the generator.
  • the connection between the high voltage conductor and the main shaft is preferably realised
  • the high voltage contact may be attachable inside the main shaft behind the main bearing at a side opposite to the blade hub .
  • the high voltage conductor could be disposed inside the blade hub .
  • the high voltage conductor may contact the down-conductor inside the blade.
  • the high voltage conductor may comprise at least part of the down-conductor .
  • the high voltage conductor may comprise a high voltage cable.
  • At least part of the high voltage conductor may be surrounded by a shielding hose.
  • the high voltage contact may comprise a slip ring attachable to an inner surface of the main shaft, or the high voltage contact may comprise a carbon/metal brush to ensure good electric connection.
  • connection between the down-conductor and the high volt- age cable as well as between the brushes or slip rings and the high voltage cable are preferably realized by high volt ⁇ age connections or high voltage bushings to ensure that no surface discharge will occur on the high voltage cable.
  • Holding brackets for the high voltage conductor could be at ⁇ tached inside the blade hub.
  • the wind turbine has an electrically grounded structure part, a main shaft electri ⁇ cally and mechanically connected therewith, a blade hub rota- tively connected via a main bearing to the main shaft and blades connected to the blade hub.
  • the lightning protection system of the wind turbine has a down-conductor attached in ⁇ side a blade, a high voltage conductor for guiding lightning current, wherein a first end of the high voltage conductor is in electrical communication with the down conductor.
  • a high voltage contact is attached inside the main shaft, wherein a second end of the high voltage conductor is in electrical communication with the high voltage contact.
  • a lightning current is guided from the down-conductor via the high voltage conductor to the high voltage contact and from there via the main shaft and the structure part towards the ground.
  • the main shaft may be an inner shaft carrying a stator of a generator and an outer shaft carrying a rotor of the generator may be connected with the blade hub.
  • the main shaft may be an outer shaft carrying a stator of a generator and an inner shaft carrying a rotor of the generator may be connected with the blade hub.
  • a generator may be connected directly to the blade hub.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view of a wind turbine and a lightning protection system according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic view of a wind turbine and a lightning protection system according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • di ⁇ rectional terminology such as “top” or “bottom” etc. is used with reference to the orientation of the Figure (s) being de ⁇ scribed.
  • the directional termi ⁇ nology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural or logical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The following detailed description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present in ⁇ vention is defined by the appended claims.
  • the following exemplary embodiments of the invention describe lightning protection system of a wind turbine comprising a down-conductor of a blade connected to a first end of an electrical isolated HV-cable inside the blade where the sec- ond end of the HV-cable is attached to an inner shaft of a generator which is electrical connected to the ground and where the HV-cable from the blade to the inner shaft of the generator is driven through one or more openings of a blade hub.
  • the second end of the HV-cable may be attached to the inner shaft inside one or more openings of the inner shaft.
  • the HV-cable may be attached to the inner shaft of the gen ⁇ erator by a holder which is attached to a rotor of the generator by connection means.
  • one embodiment de-scribes a Wind turbine with such a lightning protection system where a rotor of the generator is connected to the blade hub and where the generator comprises an outer rotor and an inner stator where the stator is connected to the inner shaft of the generator by the means of one or more bearings and where the inner shaft is electrical and mechanical connected to a structure part of the wind turbine which is further electrical connected to the ground.
  • a wind turbine 1 has a structure part called tower 2 which is fixed to the ground and electrically grounded.
  • the tower 2 consists of a long metallic tube.
  • the tower 2 sup ⁇ ports the whole wind turbine 1.
  • a tower connector 3 is attached.
  • the tower connector 3 is usu- ally a bent metallic tube having an angle of bend of approxi ⁇ mately ninety degrees.
  • the main shaft 4 has an approximately horizontal orientation.
  • the main shaft 4 is a hollow tube having an inner surface 4a and an outer surface 4b.
  • a front opening 5 of the main shaft 4 is located on the side opposite to the tower connector 3.
  • a main bearing 6 is ar ⁇ ranged on the outer surface 4b.
  • the main bearing 6 may be a ball bearing fitted along the circumference of the main shaft 4.
  • the main bearing 6 connects the main shaft 4 and a rotor 7 rotatively.
  • the rotor 7 carries rotor windings or permanent magnets of the generator which are for the sake of simplicity not shown.
  • the corresponding stator windings (not shown) of the generator are arranged at the outer surface 4b of the main shaft 4.
  • the blade hub 8 To the front side of the rotor 7 a blade hub 8 is connected by means of bolts or screws 9.
  • the blade hub 8 has the shape of a dome and is hollow.
  • a base 10 of the blade hub 8 faces the front side of the rotor 7 and carries the bolts 9.
  • the base 10 has a central opening 11 which is in communication with the front opening 5 and the interior of the main shaft 4.
  • electrical components e.g. like a pitch control may be located inside the blade hub 8 electrical components e.g. like a pitch control may be located.
  • the blade hub 8 may directly contact the main bearing 6 instead of being in indirect con ⁇ nection via the rotor 7.
  • the rotor 7 may be part of the blade hub 8 or attached to it at a point behind the main bearing 6. Attached to the outside of the blade hub 8 are blades 12.
  • Blades 12 are distributed along the circumfer ⁇ ence of the blade hub 8. Blades 12 can be mounted in a fixed manner or rotatively.
  • a lightning protection system 13 is installed with the wind turbine 1.
  • a down conductor 14 is arranged in each blade 12 to conduct a lightning current from the blade surface.
  • the down conductor 14 can be made of threaded or unthreaded cop ⁇ per or aluminium cable or other materials or combination of materials suitable for conducting current from a lightning strike .
  • a high voltage conductor like for example an insulated high voltage cable 15 is connected to the down conductor 14.
  • the high voltage conductor 15 is capable of conducting the large energy of a lightning strike without a risk that the current jumps from the conductor to a component of the wind turbine 1.
  • the high voltage cable 15 has one or more outside layers of electrical insulation and one or more inside layers of electrical conducting material including an electrical con ⁇ ducting core.
  • a first end 15a of the high voltage cable 15 is connected to the down conductor 14. This connection is done inside the blade 12. If electrical components inside the blade 12 need to be protected for example, at least part of the down con ⁇ ductor 14 may comprise a high voltage cable as well. It is also possible to use a short down conductor 14 and a corre- sponding longer high voltage cable 15. Further, the high voltage cable 15 may replace the down conductor 14. In this case care has to taken that the current from the lightning strike is caught and guided to the high voltage cable 15.
  • the high voltage cable 15 progresses into the blade hub 8 inside the blade 12 through an opening 16 in the blade hub 8.
  • the high voltage cable 15 and the down conductor 14 may run outside the blade 12. Then the high voltage cable 15 enters the blade hub 8 through an opening external to the blade 12.
  • the shielding hose 17 may be implemented directly in the high voltage cable 15. One end of the shielding hose 17 is con ⁇ nected to the blade hub 8 by a hub bracket 18. The shielding hose 17 may also cover the high voltage cable 15 or parts of it inside the blade 12.
  • a brush holder 19 is mounted at the base 10 of the blade hub 8.
  • the brush holder 19 can consist of a hollow tube arranged approximately parallel to the main shaft 4 or of a few stays arranged along an inner circumference of the base 10.
  • the brush holder 19 projects into the main shaft 4.
  • the electric insulation 20 has the shape of a ring .
  • a main shaft bracket 21 for the high voltage cable 15 is fixed to the electric insulation 20.
  • the main shaft bracket carries a second end of the shielding hose 17 which surrounds the high voltage cable 15.
  • the shielding hose 17 may be fixed to the brush holder 19.
  • a slip ring 22 is attached to the inner surface 4a of the main shaft 4 as a high voltage contact for the high voltage cable 15.
  • a second end 15b of the high voltage cable 15 is in sliding communication with the slip ring 22.
  • a carbon/ metal brush/spark gap connection or any other kind of electrical sliding connections suitable for lightning protection systems can be implemented. A good electrical connection with low re ⁇ sistance is preferred.
  • connections between the down- conductor 14 and the high voltage cable 15 and between the slip ring or brushes 22 and the high voltage cable 15 respec ⁇ tively, is preferably implemented as a high voltage connec ⁇ tion or high voltage bushing to ensure that no surface dis ⁇ charges will occur on the high voltage cable 15.
  • the slip ring 22 is preferably located behind the main bear ⁇ ing 6 which means opposite to the blade hub 8.
  • the brush holder 19 has a length allowing the electric insulation being close to the slip ring 22.
  • the high voltage cable 15 is attached with its first end 15a to the down-conductor 14 and then driven through the interior of the blade 12 and further through one or more openings or holes inside the blade hub 8. From there the high voltage ca- ble 15 is driven through one or more openings or holes like the central opening 11 or the front opening 5 into the main shaft 5 where a second end of the high voltage cable 15 is connected to the slip ring 22. As is clearly seen, the high voltage cable 15 extends through the wind turbine 1 in a simple way without several direc ⁇ tional shifts or turns from the blade 12 to the main shaft 4.
  • a current from a strike of lightning is conducted from the outside of a blade 12 to the down-conductor 14 through the high voltage cable 15 via the sliding connection of the slip ring 22 to the main shaft 4. From there, the current passes on through the tower connector 3 and the tower 2 to the ground. Sensitive electrical components like the stator wind- ings and the permanent magnets of the rotor 7 and critical parts like the main bearings 6 are protected. Further, pitch systems and control systems inside the blade hub 8 are not affected by the electrical current from the strike of light ⁇ ning as the current stays inside the high voltage cable 15. Standard electrical insulated high voltage cables for light ⁇ ning protection can be used as the high voltage cable can be driven in a simple way without several directional shifts or turns between the blade and the attachment area on the inner shaft .
  • the high voltage cable 15 connects the down-conductor 14 in the blade 12 with the grounded main shaft 4 so that the cur ⁇ rent from a strike of lightning is kept off the metallic blade hub 8 and therefore off the generator and critical parts inside the blade hub 8.
  • a single high voltage cable 15 was described so far for the ease of understanding.
  • One high voltage cable 15 is provided for each blade 12. Most designs employ three blades 12 which leads to three high voltage cables 15 used for the lightning protection system 13.
  • the rotating parts of the wind turbine 1 are the blade hub 8 with the blades 12, the rotor 7, the brush holder 20 and the electric insulation 20. Further moving parts are the down- conductor 14, the high voltage cable 15, the shielding hose 17 and the brackets 18 and 21.
  • the fixed parts are the tower 2, the tower connector 3, the main shaft 4 and the slip ring 22.
  • the main bearing connects the rotating parts and the fixed parts mechanically while the slip ring 22 and the second end 15b of the high voltage cable 15 connects them electrically.
  • This embodiment shows the main shaft 4 arranged as an inner shaft.
  • the rotor 7 constitutes an outer shaft.
  • the inner shaft is stationary fixed to the structure part of the wind turbine 1 and carries the stator of the generator.
  • the outer shaft rotates as the blades 12 rotate and carries the rotor windings of the generator.
  • This generator comprises an outer rotor and an inner stator.
  • Figure 2 shows a second embodiment where the generator com- prises an outer stator and an inner rotor.
  • the elements of the wind turbine 1 carry the same reference numbers as the elements shown in Figure 1.
  • the wind turbine 1 has a structure part called tower 2 which is fixed to the ground and electrically grounded. At the top of the tower 2 a tower connector 3 is attached. To the other end of the tower connector 3 a metallic main shaft 4 of the wind turbine 1 is fixed.
  • the main shaft 4 has an approxi ⁇ mately horizontal orientation.
  • the main shaft 4 is a hollow tube having an inner surface 4a. At a front side of the main shaft 4 a front opening 5 of the main shaft 4 is located on the side opposite to the tower connector 3.
  • main bearing 6 is ar- ranged on the inner surface 4a.
  • the main bearing 6 may be a ball bearing fitted along the inner circumference of the main shaft 4.
  • the main bearing 6 connects the main shaft 4 and a rotor 7 rotatively.
  • the rotor 7 is arranged inside the main shaft 4 and carries rotor windings or permanent magnets of the generator which are for the sake of simplicity not shown.
  • the corresponding stator windings (not shown) of the genera ⁇ tor are arranged at the inner surface 4a of the main shaft 4.
  • the blade hub 8 To the front side of the rotor 7 a blade hub 8 is connected by means of bolts or screws 9.
  • the blade hub 8 has the shape of a dome and is hollow.
  • a base 10 of the blade hub 8 faces the front side of the rotor 7 and carries the bolts 9.
  • the base 10 has a central opening 11 which is in communication with the front opening 5 and the interior of the main shaft 4.
  • electrical components e.g. like a pitch control may be located inside the blade hub 8 electrical components e.g. like a pitch control may be located.
  • the blade hub 8 may directly contact the main bearing 6 instead of being in indirect con- nection via the rotor 7.
  • the rotor 7 may be part of the blade hub 8 or attached to it at a point behind the main bearing 6.
  • Blades 12 Attached to the outside of the blade hub 8 are blades 12. Usually three blades 12 are distributed along the circumfer ⁇ ence of the blade hub 8. Blades 12 can be mounted in a fixed manner or rotatively.
  • a lightning protection system 13 is installed with the wind turbine 1.
  • a down conductor 14 is arranged in each blade 12 to conduct a lightning current from the blade surface.
  • a high voltage conductor like for example a high voltage ca ⁇ ble 15 is connected to the down conductor 14.
  • the high volt- age conductor 15 is capable of conducting the large energy of a lightning strike without a risk that the current jumps from the conductor to a component of the wind turbine 1.
  • the high voltage cable 15 has one or more outside layers of electrical insulation and one or more inside layers of electrical con- ducting material including an electrical conducting core.
  • a first end 15a of the high voltage cable 15 is connected to the down conductor 14. This connection is done inside the blade 12. If electrical components inside the blade 12 need to be protected for example, at least part of the down con ⁇ ductor 14 may comprise a high voltage cable as well. It is also possible to use a short down conductor 14 and a corre ⁇ sponding longer high voltage cable 15. Further, the high voltage cable 15 may replace the down conductor 14. In this case care has to taken that the current from the lightning strike is caught and guided to the high voltage cable 15.
  • the high voltage cable 15 progresses into the blade hub 8 inside the blade 12 through an opening 16 in the blade hub 8.
  • the high voltage cable 15 and the down conductor 14 may run outside the blade 12. Then the high voltage cable 15 enters the blade hub 8 through an opening external to the blade 12.
  • Inside the blade hub 8 the high voltage cable 15 is sur ⁇ rounded by a preferably metallic shielding hose 17.
  • the shielding hose 17 may be implemented directly in the high voltage cable 15.
  • One end of the shielding hose 17 is con- nected to the blade hub 8 by a hub bracket 18.
  • the shielding hose 17 may also cover the high voltage cable 15 or parts of it inside the blade 12.
  • the rotor 7 takes also the function of a brush holder 19.
  • the brush holder 19 projects into the main shaft 4.
  • the rotor 7 and with it the brush holder 19 has a length allowing the rotor windings and the stator to be placed on the rotor 7 and the main shaft 4, respectively.
  • the electric insulation 20 has the shape of a ring.
  • a main shaft bracket 21 for the high voltage cable 15 is fixed to the electric insulation 20.
  • the main shaft bracket carries a second end of the shielding hose 17 which surrounds the high voltage cable 15.
  • the shielding hose 17 may be fixed to the brush holder 19.
  • a slip ring 22 is attached to the inner surface 4a of the main shaft 4.
  • a second end 15b of the high voltage cable 15 is in sliding communication with the slip ring 22.
  • the slip ring 22 is located close to the electric insulation 20.
  • the high voltage cable 15 is attached with its first end 15a to the down-conductor 14 and then driven through the interior of the blade 12 and further through one or more openings or holes inside the blade hub 8. From there the high voltage ca ⁇ ble 15 is driven through one or more openings or holes like the central opening 11 or the front opening 5 into the main shaft 5 where a second end of the high voltage cable 15 is connected to the slip ring 22. As is clearly seen, the high voltage cable 15 extends through the wind turbine 1 in a simple way without several direc ⁇ tional shifts or turns from the blade 12 to the main shaft 4.
  • a current from a strike of lightning is conducted from the outside of a blade 12 to the down-conductor 14 through the high voltage cable 15 via the sliding connection of the slip ring 22 to the main shaft 4. From there, the current passes on through the tower connector 3 and the tower 2 to the ground. Sensitive electrical components like the stator wind ⁇ ings and the permanent magnets of the rotor 7 and critical parts like the main bearings 6 are protected. Further, pitch systems and control systems inside the blade hub 8 are not affected by the electrical current from the strike of light- ning as the current stays inside the high voltage cable 15.
  • the high voltage cable 15 connects the down-conductor 14 in the blade 12 with the grounded main shaft 4 so that the cur ⁇ rent from a strike of lightning is kept off the metallic blade hub 8 and therefore off the generator and critical parts inside the blade hub 8.
  • This embodiment shows the main shaft 4 arranged as an outer shaft.
  • the rotor 7 constitutes an inner shaft.
  • the outer shaft is stationary fixed to the structure part of the wind turbine 1 and carries the stator of the generator.
  • the inner shaft rotates as the blades 12 rotate and carries the rotor windings of the generator.
  • This generator comprises an outer stator and an inner rotor.
  • a lightning current can be kept off the generator.
  • the generator setup can be independent from the design of the lightning protection system.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un système de protection contre la foudre (13) pour une éolienne (1) présentant une partie de structure mise à la terre électriquement (2), un arbre principal (4) raccordé électriquement et mécaniquement à celle-ci, un moyeu de pales (8) raccordé de manière rotative par le biais d'un palier principal (6) à l'arbre principal (4) et des pales (12) raccordées au moyeu de pales (8), comprenant un conducteur de descente (14) pouvant être fixé à l'intérieur d'une pale (12), un conducteur haute tension (15) permettant de guider un courant de foudre, une première extrémité (15a) du conducteur haute tension (15) étant en communication électrique avec le conducteur de descente (14). Le système comprend en outre un contact haute tension (22) pouvant être fixé à l'intérieur de l'arbre principal (4), une seconde extrémité (15b) du conducteur haute tension (15) étant en communication électrique avec le contact haute tension (22) et un courant de foudre étant guidé depuis le conducteur de descente (14) via le conducteur haute tension (15) jusqu'au contact haute tension (22).
PCT/EP2010/052681 2009-12-09 2010-03-03 Système de protection contre la foudre pour une éolienne et éolienne pourvue d'un système de protection contre la foudre Ceased WO2011069686A1 (fr)

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DK10706636.7T DK2510229T3 (en) 2009-12-09 2010-03-03 WIND MILL WITH A LINE PROTECTION SYSTEM
CA2783511A CA2783511A1 (fr) 2009-12-09 2010-03-03 Systeme de protection contre la foudre pour une eolienne et eolienne pourvue d'un systeme de protection contre la foudre
KR1020127017534A KR20120120195A (ko) 2009-12-09 2010-03-03 풍력 발전기용 번개 보호 시스템 및 번개 보호 시스템을 갖는 풍력 발전기
CN201080055840.8A CN102652221B (zh) 2009-12-09 2010-03-03 用于风力涡轮机的防雷系统和具有防雷系统的风力涡轮机
US13/514,628 US9157419B2 (en) 2009-12-09 2010-03-03 Lightning protection system for a wind turbine and wind turbine with a lightning protection system
EP10706636.7A EP2510229B1 (fr) 2009-12-09 2010-03-03 Éolienne pourvue d'un système de protection contre la foudre
BR112012013822A BR112012013822A2 (pt) 2009-12-09 2010-03-03 sistema de proteção contra raios para uma turbina eólica e turbina eólica com um sistema de proteção contra raios
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