Pultruded fibrous composite strips having non-planar profiles cross-section for wind turbine blade spar caps

    公开(公告)号:US11454208B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16219990

    申请日:2018-12-14

    摘要: A pultruded fibrous composite strip, a spar cap made from such strips, a wind turbine rotor blade having such a spar cap and a method for making a spar cap from such strips is provided. The strip is stacked with similar strips to form the spar cap. The strip has a substantially constant cross-section defined by first and second mutually opposed and longitudinally extending sides, and by first and second longitudinal edges. The first and the second sides include first and second abutment surfaces, respectively. The first and the second abutment surfaces are non-planar. When the strip is stacked with similar strips, and subsequently integrated within shell of the wind turbine blade, the non-planar profile of the strips at least partially obviates formation of resin rich pockets at the interface of the spar cap and the shell and/or stress concentration between the edges of the spar cap and the shell.

    Wind turbine blade and wind turbine

    公开(公告)号:US11549482B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16825164

    申请日:2020-03-20

    摘要: A wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, the wind turbine blade including a shell and a spar having at least one spar cap is provided. At least one of the at least one spar cap includes at least two longitudinal support structure elements, whereby at least two of the at least two longitudinal support structure elements are arranged adjacent to one another in a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine blade and at least one longitudinal support structure includes carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and at least one other longitudinal support structure includes at least one fiber-reinforced plastic different from carbon fiber-reinforced plastic.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WIND TURBINE BLADE AND WIND TURBINE BLADE

    公开(公告)号:US20220228553A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17611932

    申请日:2020-05-15

    IPC分类号: F03D1/06 B29C70/34

    摘要: A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising the steps of: arranging (S2, S3) a joining portion (8) comprising a fibre lay-up inside adjacent blade sections, covering (S4) the joining portion (8) and the adjacent blade sections at least partially with a vacuum bag, and applying vacuum to a space (54) covered by the vacuum bag (19, 38), infusing at least the fibre lay-up (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) with a resin (43) and curing (S5) the resin (43) to obtain a cured joining portion (44) joining the blade sections (20, 24) inside. A light-weight and at the same time strong blade section joint is provided. In particular, the strength of this laminate joint formed by vacuum infusion is comparable to the strength of the pristine laminate. Compared to a connection using an adhesive, the laminate joint formed by vacuum infusion provides a lighter and stronger blade section joint, in particular, a better weight-to-strength performance.

    Pultruded fibrous composite strips having corrugated profiles for wind turbine blade spar caps

    公开(公告)号:US11231008B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-25

    申请号:US16218631

    申请日:2018-12-13

    摘要: A pultruded fibrous composite strip, a spar cap made from such strips, a wind turbine rotor blade having such a spar cap and a method for making a spar cap from such strips are provided. The strip is stacked with similar strips to form the spar cap. The strip has a substantially constant cross-section defined by first and second mutually opposed and longitudinally extending sides, and by first and second longitudinal edges. The first and the second sides include first and second abutment surfaces, respectively. The first and/or the second abutment surfaces has corrugated profile such that a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves are defined on the abutment surface having the corrugated profile. When the strip is stacked with similar strips, and subsequently resin is infused, the grooves on the abutment surface having the corrugated profile facilitate transfer and flow of the resin into spaces between the stacked strips.

    WIND TURBINE BLADE AND WIND TURBINE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200300216A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:US16825164

    申请日:2020-03-20

    IPC分类号: F03D1/06 B29D99/00

    摘要: A wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, the wind turbine blade including a shell and a spar having at least one spar cap is provided. At least one of the at least one spar cap includes at least two longitudinal support structure elements, whereby at least two of the at least two longitudinal support structure elements are arranged adjacent to one another in a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine blade and at least one longitudinal support structure includes carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and at least one other longitudinal support structure includes at least one fiber-reinforced plastic different from carbon fiber-reinforced plastic.