US 11,927,028 B2
Power plant construction
Timo Mahlanen, Vaasa (FI); Juha Kerttula, Vaasa (FI); Reijo Leikas, Vaasa (FI); Botvid Lindström, Vaasa (FI); and Markus Sandås, Vaasa (FI)
Assigned to WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY, Vaasa (FI)
Filed by WÄRTSILÄ FINLAND OY, Vaasa (FI)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,141.
Application 17/549,141 is a continuation of application No. PCT/FI2020/050179, filed on Mar. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106803 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. E04H 5/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/82 (2006.01); E04B 2/58 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 5/02 (2013.01) [E04B 1/8209 (2013.01); E04B 2/58 (2013.01); F02B 63/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power plant construction configured to accommodate an internal combustion engine and a generator driven by the internal combustion engine, the power plant construction comprising:
a front wall;
a rear wall;
a first side wall; and
a second side wall,
wherein at least the first side wall and the second side wall of the power plant construction are constructed as modular walls, each modular wall including at least two vertically stacked wall modules, the vertically stacked wall modules being self-supporting modules having a shape of a rectangular prism, wherein the vertically stacked wall modules form a self-supporting wall, wherein each of an uppermost vertically stacked wall module of the first side wall and an uppermost vertically stacked wall module of the second side wall includes a beam that is a structural element of its respective uppermost vertically stacked wall module, wherein each beam runs parallel to longitudinal directions of both the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein each beam functions as a runway beam of an overhead crane.