US 11,926,910 B2
Offshore wind turbine with a fluid supply assembly comprising a cleaning unit
Johnny Soerensen, Videbaek (DK)
Assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande (DK)
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,189.
Claims priority of application No. 21186340 (EP), filed on Jul. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0028770 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. C25B 15/08 (2006.01); C25B 1/04 (2021.01); F03D 9/19 (2016.01)
CPC C25B 15/085 (2021.01) [C25B 1/04 (2013.01); F03D 9/19 (2016.05); F05B 2220/61 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An offshore wind turbine erected in a body of water comprising:
a generator;
a foundation;
a nacelle;
a tower having a first end mounted to the foundation and a second end supporting the nacelle;
an electrolytic unit arranged above a water level and electrically powered by the generator to produce hydrogen from an input fluid; and
a fluid supply assembly for supplying the input fluid from a fluid inlet arranged below the water level to the electrolytic unit by means of a fluid connection;
wherein the fluid supply assembly comprises a cleaning unit configured to clean a build-up formed along an area extending through an inner part of at least a part of the fluid connection or formed at the fluid inlet, further wherein the cleaning unit comprises a nozzle; and
wherein the fluid supply assembly further comprises a pump for pumping the input fluid to the electrolytic unit, further wherein at least a part of the cleaning unit is arranged at a housing of the pump.