Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine and method of operating the same
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Application No.: US14145257Application Date: 2013-12-31
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Publication No.: US10677217B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Andreas Herrig , Biju Nanukuttan, Jr. , Christian Aloysius Carroll
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F03D7/02
- IPC: F03D7/02 ; F03D1/06

Abstract:
A wind turbine includes at least one blade having a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge that define an airfoil-shaped profile. The suction side and/or the pressure side has a morphable region. The wind turbine also includes a control system configured to activate the morphable region to alter the airfoil-shaped profile and reduce negative lift generated by the blade when the blade is oriented at a negative lift angle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140112780A1 WIND TURBINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-04-24
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