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公开(公告)号：US20240141674A1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-02
申请号：US17977374
申请日：2022-10-31
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Christopher James Kenny , Xiaopeng Li , Gregory Edward Cooper , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer , Collin McKee Sheppard , Ryan Eric Vogel
CPC classification number: E04H12/342 , B28B1/001 , B33Y80/00 , E04G21/142 , E04H12/12 , F03D13/20
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a tower structure with at least partially additively manufactured, stacked tower sections. Embodiments of the tower structure have a plurality of stacked tower sections, wherein at least one tower section of the plurality of stacked tower sections includes a wall element having one or more printed layers, and a base holding thereon the one or more printed layers. The present disclosure also is directed to a method of manufacturing a tower structure using a stacked tower sections and additive manufacturing. Embodiments of the method include forming a base of poured concrete or cast material, printing and depositing one or more printed layers to form a wall element, and stacking the plurality of tower sections to form the tower structure.
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公开(公告)号：US11697222B2
公开(公告)日：2023-07-11
申请号：US17515608
申请日：2021-11-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Xiaopeng Li , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer , Christopher James Kenny
Abstract: A method and system of additively-manufacturing a structure having a reinforced access opening includes printing, via an additive printing device having at least one printer head, a portion of the structure adjacent to a support surface. The portion of the structure is printed of a cementitious material, and the printed portion of the structure defines an access opening for the structure. Moreover, the method includes providing a void of the cementitious material at a top boundary of the access opening, placing one or more reinforcement members in the void such that the one or more reinforcement members extend across the void, and continuing to print the printed portion of the structure around the void to build up the structure. Thus, the method also includes backfilling the void with a backfill material to incorporate the one or more reinforcement members within the void into the printed portion of the structure.
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公开(公告)号：US20220154486A1
公开(公告)日：2022-05-19
申请号：US16951011
申请日：2020-11-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Xiaopeng Li , Christopher James Kenny , Gregory Edward Cooper , Biao Fang , Pascal Meyer
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes providing an additive printing device having at least one printer head atop a support surface. The method also includes positioning a pre-fabricated component adjacent to the support surface. The pre-fabricated component is constructed of a composite material reinforced with a plurality of reinforcement members. Further, portions of the plurality of reinforcement members protrude from the composite material. Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the at least one printer head, a cementitious material onto the support surface to build up the tower structure layer by layer around the pre-fabricated component. Thus, the portions of the plurality of reinforcement members that protrude from the composite material reinforce the cementitious material around the pre-fabricated component.
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4.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240157644A1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-16
申请号：US17988234
申请日：2022-11-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： James Robert Tobin , Xiaopeng Li , Ryan Eric Vogel
IPC: B29C64/321 , B29C64/165 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00
CPC classification number: B29C64/321 , B29C64/165 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B29L2031/766
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes printing and depositing, via a printhead assembly of an additive printing system, one or more printed layers of a wall of the tower structure. The method also includes unwinding at least one continuous roll of a reinforcement material to form at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer, the reinforcement material comprising a pultruded polymer material. Further, the method includes placing the at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer atop the one or more printed layers of the wall of the tower structure. Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the printhead assembly of the additive printing system, one or more additional printed layers of the wall of the tower structure atop the at least one continuous reinforcement ring member layer.
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公开(公告)号：US11919193B2
公开(公告)日：2024-03-05
申请号：US17873733
申请日：2022-07-26
Applicant: General Electric Company
CPC classification number: B28B1/001 , B28B17/0081 , B28B21/56 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: The present application presents novel systems and methods for tracking reinforcement member placement in an additively manufactured structure that are simple, accurate, non-labor-intensive, and cost-effective. The present application also presents a novel method of manufacturing a tower structure comprising: depositing, via an additive printing system, a first printed layer of a wall with a printhead assembly, the wall at least partially circumscribing a vertical axis of the tower structure; positioning a first reinforcement member on the first printed layer; depositing, via the additive printing system, a second printed layer of the wall with the printhead assembly on the first reinforcement member, the second printed layer configured to hold a second reinforcement member thereon; and determining, via an optical sensor of the additive printing system, a position for placing the second reinforcement member based on the first reinforcement member positioning.
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公开(公告)号：US20220412107A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-29
申请号：US17778081
申请日：2019-11-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Norman Arnold Turnquist , Xiaopeng Li , Gregory Edward Cooper
Abstract: A system and method are provided for manufacturing a tower structure. Accordingly, an interlocking form ring is additively manufactured with a first printhead assembly. The interlocking form ring defines a plurality of recesses in a radially inner or a radially outer face. A cementitious material is deposited within one or more of the recesses with a second printhead assembly. At least one reinforcing member is positioned within the recess with the second printhead assembly. The second printhead assembly is positioned adjacent to the cementitious material during the curing thereof so as to provide a slip form for the curing of the cementitious material.
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公开(公告)号：US20240319491A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-26
申请号：US18188198
申请日：2023-03-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Dhanushkodi Durai Mariappan , Gregory Daniel Dreifus , Xiaopeng Li , James William Bray , Greg Alan Radighieri
CPC classification number: G02B26/004 , G02B1/005 , B33Y80/00 , G02B2207/107 , H02S40/22
Abstract: Described herein are alterable optical structures. Also described herein are methods of altering same.
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公开(公告)号：US20240240615A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-18
申请号：US18015595
申请日：2021-07-13
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Pascal Meyer , Biao Fang , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Xiaopeng Li , Gregory Edward Cooper , Christopher James Kenny
IPC: F03D13/20
CPC classification number: F03D13/201 , F05B2240/912
Abstract: A tower structure particularly suited for a wind turbine includes a lower tower section formed of concrete and an upper tower section formed of steel. A transition system connects the upper tower section to the lower tower section, the transition system including a concrete component having a tubular wall with a base portion fixed on the lower tower section and a head portion connected to the upper tower section. The head portion extends radially outward beyond the upper tower section. A plurality of first tensioning tendons extend longitudinally at least partially through the tubular wall and are anchored to the concrete component at a top face of the head portion at locations radially outward of the upper tower section.
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公开(公告)号：US20230057162A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-23
申请号：US17792509
申请日：2020-01-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Xiaopeng Li , Arvind Rangarajan , Robenson Cherizol , Yangang Liang
Abstract: A method for recycling a used rotor blade of a wind turbine includes processing the used rotor blade into a plurality of material fragments. The method also includes treating the plurality of material fragments to remove at least a portion of the at least one composite material and expose the at least one fiber material of the used rotor blade. Further, the method includes mixing the treated plurality of material fragments with, at least, an alkali activator to form a usable geopolymer concrete.
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公开(公告)号：US12292029B2
公开(公告)日：2025-05-06
申请号：US18015595
申请日：2021-07-13
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Pascal Meyer , Biao Fang , Norman Arnold Turnquist , Xiaopeng Li , Gregory Edward Cooper , Christopher James Kenny
Abstract: A tower structure particularly suited for a wind turbine includes a lower tower section formed of concrete and an upper tower section formed of steel. A transition system connects the upper tower section to the lower tower section, the transition system including a concrete component having a tubular wall with a base portion fixed on the lower tower section and a head portion connected to the upper tower section. The head portion extends radially outward beyond the upper tower section. A plurality of first tensioning tendons extend longitudinally at least partially through the tubular wall and are anchored to the concrete component at a top face of the head portion at locations radially outward of the upper tower section.
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