General Electric Company
System and Method for Cooling a Tower of a Wind Turbine

Abstract:

A system for cooling a tower of a wind turbine including at least one cooling fluid inlet arranged in a tower wall for receiving a cooling fluid into the tower, a filtration assembly arranged within the tower, and at least one cooling fluid outlet for directing the filtered cooling fluid within the tower. The filtration assembly including a plurality of flow guiding structures that define a plurality of flow paths for providing a plurality of flow direction changes and/or flow velocity changes to the cooling fluid.