WEATHER MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR AN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

摘要

An all-weather maintenance system for an offshore wind turbine maintenance program includes a maintenance capsule for transporting tools, parts and maintenance personnel to and from respective wind turbine towers, a maintenance vessel with a capsule support apparatus for transporting capsules supported on board by the capsule support apparatus to and from respective wind turbine towers, and a crane assembly with a trolley for transporting capsules between the respective wind turbine towers and the maintenance vessel.

主权项

1. A maintenance system for a wind turbine tower located in the sea, said maintenance system comprising:
a maintenance capsule for transporting wind turbine tools, maintenance parts and other cargo, and repair people to and from the wind turbine tower, said maintenance capsule comprising:
a seaworthy watertight, floatable container able to safely survive being disposed in the sea and protect people and cargo located in said container, said container enabling cargo and maintenance people to be loaded and unloaded from said container; a crane assembly extendable from a wind turbine tower, said crane assembly including:
a boom for extending from the wind turbine tower over the sea; a trolley for engaging said maintenance capsule for movement to and from the wind turbine tower, said trolley including:
a trolley movement structure for moving along said boom, said trolley movement structure moving said trolley along said boom to and from the wind turbine tower.