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Title: Wind turbine with automatic pitch and yaw control

Abstract

A wind turbine having a flexible central beam member supporting aerodynamic blades at opposite ends thereof and fabricated of uni-directional high tensile strength material bonded together into beam form so that the beam is lightweight, and has high tensile strength to carry the blade centrifugal loads, low shear modulus to permit torsional twisting thereof for turbine speed control purposes, and adequate bending stiffness to permit out-of-plane deflection thereof for turbine yard control purposes. A selectively off-set weighted pendulum member is pivotally connected to the turbine and connected to the beam or blade so as to cause torsional twisting thereof in response to centrifugal loading of the pendulum member for turbine speed control purposes.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. Middletown, CT
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
863051
Patent Number(s):
US 4083651
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT)
DOE Contract Number:  
E(11-1)-2614
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
wind; turbine; automatic; pitch; yaw; control; flexible; central; beam; supporting; aerodynamic; blades; opposite; fabricated; uni-directional; tensile; strength; material; bonded; form; lightweight; carry; blade; centrifugal; loads; shear; modulus; permit; torsional; twisting; speed; purposes; adequate; bending; stiffness; out-of-plane; deflection; yard; selectively; off-set; weighted; pendulum; pivotally; connected; response; loading; speed control; material bonded; pivotally connected; wind turbine; tensile strength; shear modulus; turbine speed; strength material; central beam; /416/

Citation Formats

Cheney, Jr., Marvin Chapin, and Spierings, Petrus A. M. Wind turbine with automatic pitch and yaw control. United States: N. p., 1978. Web.
Cheney, Jr., Marvin Chapin, & Spierings, Petrus A. M. Wind turbine with automatic pitch and yaw control. United States.
Cheney, Jr., Marvin Chapin, and Spierings, Petrus A. M. 1978. "Wind turbine with automatic pitch and yaw control". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863051.
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title = {Wind turbine with automatic pitch and yaw control},
author = {Cheney, Jr., Marvin Chapin and Spierings, Petrus A. M.},
abstractNote = {A wind turbine having a flexible central beam member supporting aerodynamic blades at opposite ends thereof and fabricated of uni-directional high tensile strength material bonded together into beam form so that the beam is lightweight, and has high tensile strength to carry the blade centrifugal loads, low shear modulus to permit torsional twisting thereof for turbine speed control purposes, and adequate bending stiffness to permit out-of-plane deflection thereof for turbine yard control purposes. A selectively off-set weighted pendulum member is pivotally connected to the turbine and connected to the beam or blade so as to cause torsional twisting thereof in response to centrifugal loading of the pendulum member for turbine speed control purposes.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/863051}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978}
}