Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine blade having a shaped stall fence or flow diverter
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Application No.: US14377973Application Date: 2013-02-14
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Publication No.: US10041470B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Dhinagaran Ramachandran , Jesper Madsen , Rajkumar Rajamani
- Applicant: LM WP PATENT HOLDING A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Kolding
- Assignee: LM WIND POWER A/S
- Current Assignee: LM WIND POWER A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Kolding
- Agency: Nath, Goldberg & Meyer
- Agent Jerald L. Meyer
- Priority: EP12155874 20120217
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/052961 WO 20130214
- International Announcement: WO2013/120946 WO 20130822
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F03D1/06

Abstract:
A wind turbine blade is described wherein at least one stall fence is provided on the blade surface, where the stall fence is arranged such that it extends at an angle to the chord of the blade. The stall fence acts to re-direct airflow over the blade, to improve wind turbine performance. The stall fence may be a provided towards the blade root end, acting to divert airflow towards the root end of the blade to prevent separation of attached airflow. Additionally or alternatively, the stall fence may be arranged as a flow diverter provided towards the blade tip end, to increase airflow in the tip region for increased performance and/or to disrupt the formation of tip vortices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150017008A1 WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING A SHAPED STALL FENCE OR FLOW DIVERTER Public/Granted day:2015-01-15
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