Patent ID: 8322107
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: F03D,F05B,F05C,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A monopole-type wind turbine tower in which mainly a tower shell is configured to bear a load, the tower shell comprises two or more tower sections, wherein each of the tower sections comprised: a platform connected to an inner wall of the tower shell and dividing an internal space of the tower in the vertical direction; an elastic bearing attached by fixing one end thereof to a central position of the platform or a central position of a base of the tower shell; and a plurality of load transmission members disposed in the internal space of the tower, wherein an end of each of the plurality of load transmission members connects another end of the elastic bearing to the platform located at a position facing the elastic bearing or to the base so as to transmit a horizontal force from the elastic bearing to the tower shell or the base, wherein an end of each of the plurality of load transmission members is connected to the elastic bearing, another end of each of the plurality of load transmission members is fixed to a vicinity of an outer peripheral edge of the platform or the base opposite to the elastic bearing with a predetermined interval, and the plurality of load transmission members are inclined outward from a center of axis of the tower towards the inner peripheral surface thereof.