Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Airfoil modifiers for wind turbine rotor blades
- Patent Title (中): 用于风力涡轮机转子叶片的翼型改性剂
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Application No.: US13832848Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09377005B2Publication Date: 2016-06-28
- Inventor: Aaron A. Yarbrough , Stefan Herr , Christian A. 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: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06 ; F03D3/06

Abstract:
In one aspect, a rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade may include a body extending between a blade root and a blade tip. The body may define a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. In addition, the body may define a chord line extending between the leading and trailing edges. The rotor blade may also include an airfoil modifier coupled to at least one of the pressure side or the suction side of the body. The airfoil modifier may define an end surface disposed adjacent to the trailing edge. At least a portion of the end surface may extend at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the chord.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140271213A1 AIRFOIL MODIFIERS FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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