Methods of making wind turbine rotor blades
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a root portion of a wind turbine blade includes, in an exemplary embodiment, providing an outer layer of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers, providing an inner layer of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers, and positioning at least two bands of reinforcing fibers between the inner and outer layers, with each band of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers. The method further includes positioning a mat of randomly arranged reinforcing fibers between each pair of adjacent bands of reinforcing fibers, introducing a polymeric resin into the root potion of the wind turbine blade, infusing the resin through the outer layer, the inner layer, each band of reinforcing fibers, and each mat of random reinforcing fibers, and curing the resin to form the root portion of the wind turbine blade.
- Inventors:
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- Pensacola, FL
- Gulf Breeze, FL
- Nijverdal, NL
- Enschede, NL
- Daarlerveen, NL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1014548
- Patent Number(s):
- 7351040
- Application Number:
- 11/328,625
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99GO10337
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Livingston, Jamie T, Burke, Arthur H. E., Bakhuis, Jan Willem, Van Breugel, Sjef, and Billen, Andrew. Methods of making wind turbine rotor blades. United States: N. p., 2008.
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Livingston, Jamie T, Burke, Arthur H. E., Bakhuis, Jan Willem, Van Breugel, Sjef, & Billen, Andrew. Methods of making wind turbine rotor blades. United States.
Livingston, Jamie T, Burke, Arthur H. E., Bakhuis, Jan Willem, Van Breugel, Sjef, and Billen, Andrew. Tue .
"Methods of making wind turbine rotor blades". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1014548.
@article{osti_1014548,
title = {Methods of making wind turbine rotor blades},
author = {Livingston, Jamie T and Burke, Arthur H. E. and Bakhuis, Jan Willem and Van Breugel, Sjef and Billen, Andrew},
abstractNote = {A method of manufacturing a root portion of a wind turbine blade includes, in an exemplary embodiment, providing an outer layer of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers, providing an inner layer of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers, and positioning at least two bands of reinforcing fibers between the inner and outer layers, with each band of reinforcing fibers including at least two woven mats of reinforcing fibers. The method further includes positioning a mat of randomly arranged reinforcing fibers between each pair of adjacent bands of reinforcing fibers, introducing a polymeric resin into the root potion of the wind turbine blade, infusing the resin through the outer layer, the inner layer, each band of reinforcing fibers, and each mat of random reinforcing fibers, and curing the resin to form the root portion of the wind turbine blade.},
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year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
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