Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine blade with submerged boundary layer control means
- Patent Title (中): 具有淹没边界层控制装置的风力发电机叶片
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Application No.: US12733362Application Date: 2008-08-29
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Publication No.: US08579594B2Publication Date: 2013-11-12
- Inventor: Peter Fuglsang , Stefano Bove
- Applicant: Peter Fuglsang , Stefano Bove
- Applicant Address: DK Kolding
- Assignee: LM Glasfiber A/S
- Current Assignee: LM Glasfiber A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Kolding
- Agency: Nath, Goldberg & Meyer
- Agent Jerald L. Meyer; Sanjana Mangalagiri
- Priority: EP07388064 20070831
- International Application: PCT/DK2008/000312 WO 20080829
- International Announcement: WO2009/026928 WO 20090305
- Main IPC: B63H1/28
- IPC: B63H1/28 ; B64C11/16 ; F01D5/14

Abstract:
A wind turbine blade having a longitudinal direction with a root end and a tip end as well as a chord extending in a transverse direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge is described. The blade comprises a flow control surface with a suction side and a pressure side. A number of boundary layer control means is formed in the flow control surface. The boundary layer control means include a channel submerged in the flow control surface with a first end facing towards the leading edge and a second end facing towards the trailing edge of the blade. The channel comprises: a bottom surface extending from the first end to the second end, a first sidewall extending between the flow control surface and the bottom surface and extending between the first end and the second end, the first sidewall forming a first sidewall edge between the first side wall and the flow control surface, and a second sidewall extending between the flow control surface and the bottom surface and extending between the first end and the second end, the second sidewall forming a second sidewall edge between the second side wall and the flow control surface. The channel at the first end comprises a first flow accelerating channel zone adapted for accelerating a flow, and at the second end comprises a second channel zone, where the first sidewall and the second sidewall are diverging towards the trailing edge of the blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100209257A1 WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH SUBMERGED BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL MEANS Public/Granted day:2010-08-19
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