Root region airfoil for wind turbine

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:869889

Tangler, James L ^[1]; Somers, Dan M ^[2]

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1. Boulder, CO
2. State College, PA

A thick airfoil for the root region of the blade of a wind turbine. The airfoil has a thickness in a range from 24%-26% and a Reynolds number in a range from 1,000,000 to 1,800,000. The airfoil has a maximum lift coefficient of 1.4-1.6 that has minimum sensitivity to roughness effects.

• Research Organization: Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• Assignee: Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, MO)
• Patent Number(s): US 5417548
• OSTI ID: 869889
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

root
region
airfoil
wind
turbine
thick
blade
thickness
range
24
-26
reynolds
000
800
maximum
lift
coefficient
4-1
minimum
sensitivity
roughness
effects
lift coefficient
maximum lift
wind turbine
roughness effects
root region
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