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Cor van Houtum
20th November 2009, 14:43
Hello wind friends,
I want to exchange expierence to make sure the wheel is just invented once.

We have build a 12 meter high round tower with hydraulic lift system
this tower is on a 7 m3 concrete base
when building such a tower you have to make the concrete first with the bolts
then screw on the base the 24pcs m30 nuts

after installing the towerbase and screw on the seconnd series of nuts the base is standing and the tower can be leveled by the nuts

after this you fill the outsite and underpart of the tower with cement.
this is how it is done.

BUT BUT BUT

the insite of the concrete insite the tower is lower now as the outsite

the insite will atrackt water and fill up with a couple of centimeters water
no problem until the sun starts shining
the tower heats up and the water vapor will go up into your generator
you get earth faults.

This is practi guys

fill up the insite with concrete and paint it
drill water exit in the tower

this tip is a 1000 dollar on time consuming failure searche

:mad:

Peter Klaassen
21st November 2009, 00:08
As a related issue, water getting into towers and freezing can push a tower up. I have seen this at ski hill lift towers. The power of ice expanding is significant and has led to unexpected tower failures ie. flange joints being pushed apart and breaking bolts. Water will get in some how. The trick is giving it a way out too.

Peter Klaassen