Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow control arrangement for a wind turbine rotor blade
-
Application No.: US16327347Application Date: 2017-04-10
-
Publication No.: US11078885B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Busra Akay , Peder Bay Enevoldsen , Alejandro Gomez Gonzalez , Jesper Monrad Laursen , Alex Loeven , Frank Scheurich
- Applicant: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Brande
- Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
- Current Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Brande
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP
- Priority: EP16186403 20160830
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/058492 WO 20170410
- International Announcement: WO2018/041420 WO 20180308
- Main IPC: F03D7/02
- IPC: F03D7/02 ; F03D1/06 ; F03D3/06 ; F03D7/04

Abstract:
A rotor blade for a wind turbine is provided. The rotor blade includes an aerodynamic device for influencing the airflow flowing from the leading-edge section of the rotor blade to the trailing edge section of the rotor blade. The aerodynamic device is mounted at a surface of the rotor blade and includes a pneumatic or hydraulic actuator, such as a hose a cavity, of which the volume depends on the pressure of a fluid being present inside the pneumatic or hydraulic actuator. The rotor blade further includes a control unit for controlling the pressure of the fluid in the hose or the cavity of the aerodynamic device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190186463A1 FLOW CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
Information query