Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine and a blade for a wind turbine
- Patent Title (中): 风力涡轮机和用于风力涡轮机的叶片
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Application No.: US13321455Application Date: 2010-05-19
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Publication No.: US09200614B2Publication Date: 2015-12-01
- Inventor: Kristian Balschmidt Godsk
- Applicant: Kristian Balschmidt Godsk
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP
- Priority: DK200970008 20090519
- International Application: PCT/EP2010/056925 WO 20100519
- International Announcement: WO2010/133649 WO 20101125
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06

Abstract:
A wind turbine with a rotor mounted on a hub section, wherein the rotor comprises a plurality of blades, at least one of which comprises a main blade section, which is optionally pitchable, and an auxiliary blade section mounted to the hub section. The auxiliary blade section is arranged in the area of a leading edge or of a trailing edge of the main blade, so that each blade is thereby provided with a leading edge slat or a trailing edge flap formed by the auxiliary blade section to increase the planform area of the blade and increase aerodynamic lift. A control method for a wind turbine controls a main blade section and an auxiliary blade section to provide different angles of attack to reduce undesired loads at sudden extreme changes of wind speed, e.g. during idling of the wind turbine. In a separate aspect, the invention provides a wind turbine having a blade with a non-pitchable leading edge slat, which extends at most 40% of the radius of the rotor in a longitudinal direction of the blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120107117A1 WIND TURBINE AND A BLADE FOR A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2012-05-03
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