Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerofoil tip structure, particularly for a HAWT rotor blade
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Application No.: US17052284Application Date: 2019-04-30
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Publication No.: US11428206B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Ben David Wood , Nicholas James Arnett Gaudern
- Applicant: ANAKATA WIND POWER RESOURCES LTD
- Applicant Address: GB Oxford
- Assignee: ANAKATA WIND POWER RESOURCES LTD
- Current Assignee: ANAKATA WIND POWER RESOURCES LTD
- Current Assignee Address: GB Oxford
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: GB1807253 20180502
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/061113 WO 20190430
- International Announcement: WO2019/211304 WO 20191107
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06

Abstract:
A tip structure may be arranged for example on a rotor blade (12) of a HAWT (10). The tip structure comprises a pressure side structure (50) arranged on a pressure side (43) of the blade, and a suction side structure (60) arranged on a suction side (44) of the blade (12). The pressure side and suction side structures (50, 60) have different pitch angles (αP, αS) so that the chord (CP2) of the pressure side structure (50) extends forwardly in the direction of motion (D) and relatively more radially outwardly away from the blade root, or less radially inwardly towards the blade root, than the chord (CS2) of the suction side structure (60), defining a relative twist angle (αT) between the two structures (50, 60).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210088026A1 AEROFOIL TIP STRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY FOR A HAWT ROTOR BLADE Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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