Preform spar cap for a wind turbine rotor blade

Patent · 12 July 2011

OSTI ID:1019558

Livingston, Jamie T ^[1]; Driver, Howard D ^[2]; van Breugel, Sjef ^[3]; Jenkins, Thomas B ^[4]; Bakhuis, Jan Willem ^[5]; Billen, Andrew J ^[6]; Riahi, Amir ^[7]

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1. Simpsonville, SC
2. Greer, SC
3. Enschede, NL
4. Cantonment, FL
5. Nijverdal, NL
6. Daarlerveen, NL
7. Pensacola, FL

A spar cap for a wind turbine rotor blade. The spar cap may include multiple preform components. The multiple preform components may be planar sheets having a swept shape with a first end and a second end. The multiple preform components may be joined by mating the first end of a first preform component to the second end of a next preform component, forming the spar cap.

• Research Organization: Midwest Research Institute
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
• Patent Number(s): 7,976,282
• Application Number: US Patent Application 11/627,490
• OSTI ID: 1019558
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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17 WIND ENERGY