Abstract:
A method of manufacturing fiber-reinforced parts, such as blades, for wind power plants, whereby a number of layers (10) of material comprising fiber, such as glass fiber mats, are arranged on a curved surface (5) of an elongated (5) open mold (1) wherein each layer (10) of material is arranged on said curved surface (5) as pre-shaped mats (10) having a form substantially corresponding to an intended area of application such that any need for further modification of or cutting in said material is substantially eliminated.
Abstract:
A wind turbine includes a number of blades and an optical measurement system comprising a light source, such as a laser, an optical transmitter part, an optical receiver part, and a signal processor. The light source is optically coupled to the optical transmitter part, which includes an emission point for emitting light in a probing direction. The optical receiver part comprises a receiving point and a detector. The optical receiver part is adapted for receiving a reflected part of light from a probing region along the probing direction and directing the reflected part of light to the detector to generate a signal used to determine a first velocity component of the inflow. The emission point is located in a first blade at a first radial distance from a center axis, and the receiving point is located in the first blade at a second radial distance from the center axis.
Abstract:
A method of producing a composite structure comprising fiber reinforced material and having a longitudinal direction is described. The method comprises the following steps: a) manufacturing a first structure comprising a first cured composite part having a first thickness and a longitudinal direction with a first end, and a number of first fiber layers extending from the first end, b) manufacturing a second structure comprising a second cured composite part having a second thickness and a longitudinal direction with a second end, and a number of second fiber layers extending from the second end, and c) arranging the first structure and the second structure so that the first end faces towards the second end, and arranging the first fiber layers and the second fiber layers so that at least a part of the first fiber layers overlap at least a part of the second fiber layers in the longitudinal direction, d) supplying liquid resin in order to impregnate the first fiber layers and the second fiber layers, and e) curing the liquid resin in order to form the composite structure comprising the first cured composite part, the second cured composite part, and an intermediate composite part including the first fiber layers and the second fiber layers.
Abstract:
An upwind wind turbine comprising blades extending radially from a rigid hub on a main shaft having a horizontal axis is described. The blades and hub constitute a rotor with a rotor plane. The main shaft is pivotally mounted in a nacelle on top of a tower which pivots around the vertical axis of the tower. The rotor plane adjusts in relation to wind direction, so during normal use the rotor is positioned on the upwind side of the tower. Each blade has at least a first leeward supporting mechanism having first and second ends. The first end connects to the blade at a first leeward mounting point positioned in a radial distance from the horizontal axis. The second end connects to a second leeward mounting point at a rotatable part and is positioned in an axial distance from the rotor plane on the leeward side of the rotor.
Abstract:
A wind turbine blade with a flow guiding device attached to a profiled contour on a pressure side of the blade is described. The flow guiding device extends along at least a longitudinal part of a transition region of the blade and is arranged so as to generate a separation of airflow along at least a central longitudinal portion of the flow guiding device from the pressure side of the blade at a point between the flow guiding device and a trailing edge of the blade, when the blade is impacted by an incident airflow. The flow guiding device is arranged at a relative chordal position, seen from the leading edge of the blade, lying in an interval between 40% and 92%. The relative height of the flow guiding device is at least 10% of a maximum thickness of the profiled contour.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade shell part comprising fiber material impregnated with cured resin is described. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a first mold part having a first forming surface with a contour that defines at least a part of an outer surface of turbine blade shell part, b) arranging fiber material in the first mold part, the fiber material comprising fibers of a magnetizable material, c) providing a resin in the first mold part simultaneous with and/or subsequent to step b), and d) curing the resin in order to form the wind turbine blade shell part or wind turbine blade. The fiber material is retained against the first forming surface by use of magnet means during step b) and/or step c).
Abstract:
A mold assembly comprises a first (1) and a second mold part (2) said mold assembly further comprising a hinge mechanism optionally detachably connected to the two mold parts. The hinge mechanism has at least a first (5) and a second hinge axis (6) connected by means of at least one connectina arm and extending with a mutual distance substantially parallel to the two mold parts (1, 2) in the longitudinal direction of the mold so that the mold parts (1, 2) are pivotable with respect to each other between a first, open position, where the two mold parts (1, 2) are located adjacent each other with a mutual distance and with the openings of the two mold parts (1, 2) facing substantially upwards, and a second position, where the first mold part (1) is rotated around the first hinge axis (5) by means of a first drive means (7) so that the opening of said first mold part faces substantially to the side and towards the second mold part (2), and a third position, where the first mold part (1) is further rotated around the second hinge axis (6) by means of a second drive means (8) so that the opening of said first mold part faces substantially downward towards the opening of the second mold part (2).
Abstract:
Producing a composite structure comprising fibre reinforced material impregnated with liquid resin by means of vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding, by method of: providing a forming structure comprising a rigid mould part and a second mould part; placing the fibre material in the rigid mould part; sealing the second mould part against the rigid mould part, forming a mould cavity; connecting a source of uncured fluid resin to at least one resin inlet communicating with the mould cavity; connecting at least one vacuum outlet communicating with the mould cavity; evacuating the interior of the forming structure through at least one vacuum outlet, measuring at least one vacuum outlet airflow level; supplying uncured resin from the source of uncured resin to the mould cavity through at least one resin inlet so as to fill the mould cavity with resin; and curing the resin in order to form the composite structure.
Abstract:
A method and a manufacturing line for manufacturing wind turbine blades having a composite shell structure comprising a matrix material and a fiber reinforcement material by use of a resin transfer moulding process. The method comprises a manufacturing line, where wind turbine blades are formed in a number of moulds. Each number of moulds comprising at least a first mould part comprising a first mould cavity. The manufacturing line further comprises a gantry means movable along the manufacturing line. The method comprises the following steps: a) arranging fiber reinforcement material in the first mould cavity of a first mould using the gantry means, b) moving the gantry means along the manufacturing line to a second mould, c) supplying curable matrix material into the first mould cavity of the first mould, while substantially simultaneously arranging fiber reinforcement material in the first mould cavity of a second mould using the gantry means. The manufacturing line comprises a plurality of moulds for forming wind turbine blades. Each of the number of moulds comprising at least a first mould part comprising a first mould cavity.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a table for a wind turbine equipped with attachment devices 103 for attaching servicing equipment, 401, 402, said attachment means being attached at and accessible from the blade exterior. They may be located in cavities and be covered when not in use. Hereby it is accomplished that the blade can be serviced and repaired while positioned horizontally without the attachment devices as such otherwise influencing the aerodynamic properties of the blade. One possibility is that during manufacturing such a cavity is closed but the cavity can later be broken open. Additionally, the invention relates to a wind turbine featuring such blade and a method of servicing a blade when mounted on a wind turbine, wherein servicing equipment is attached to at least one attachment device in the blade. It is furthermore mentioned, that the attachment devices might be used when mounting a blade.