Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine blade having a shaped stall fence or flow diverter
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Application No.: US14414869Application Date: 2013-07-24
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Publication No.: US09945352B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: Arun Kumar , Ashish Singh
- Applicant: LM WP PATENT HOLDING A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Kolding
- Assignee: LM WP PATENT HOLDING A/S
- Current Assignee: LM WP PATENT HOLDING A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Kolding
- Agency: Nath, Goldberg & Meyer
- Agent Jerald L. Meyer; Tanya E. Harkins
- Priority: EP12177815 20120725
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/065579 WO 20130724
- International Announcement: WO2014/016326 WO 20140130
- Main IPC: F03D11/00
- IPC: F03D11/00 ; F03D1/06

Abstract:
A wind turbine blade is described wherein at least on planar member is provided on the blade surface, where the planar member is arranged such that it extends at an angle to the chord of the blade. The planar member acts to re-direct airflow over the blade, to improve wind turbine performance. The planar member may be a stall fence provided towards the blade root end, further acting to divert airflow towards the root end of the blade to prevent separation of attached airflow. Additionally or alternatively, the planar member may be 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
- US20150176564A1 WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING A SHAPED STALL FENCE OR FLOW DIVERTER Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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