Preform spar cap for a wind turbine rotor blade

Livingston, Jamie T; Driver, Howard D; van Breugel, Sjef; Jenkins, Thomas B; Bakhuis, Jan Willem; Billen, Andrew J; Riahi, Amir

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Title: Preform spar cap for a wind turbine rotor blade

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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.

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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]

Simpsonville, SC
Greer, SC
Enschede, NL
Cantonment, FL
Nijverdal, NL
Daarlerveen, NL
Pensacola, FL

Issue Date:: 2011-07-12

Research Org.:: Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1019558

Patent Number(s):: 7976282

Application Number:: US Patent Application 11/627,490

Assignee:: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS F03D - WIND MOTORS

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS F03D - WIND MOTORS
F03D1/0675 - {of the blades}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/72 - Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
Y02P70/50 - Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T29/49336 - Blade making
Y10T29/49826 - Assembling or joining

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DOE Contract Number:: AC36-99GO10337

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 17 WIND ENERGY

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                    Livingston, Jamie T, Driver, Howard D, van Breugel, Sjef, Jenkins, Thomas B, Bakhuis, Jan Willem, Billen, Andrew J, and Riahi, Amir. Preform spar cap for a wind turbine rotor blade.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Livingston, Jamie T, Driver, Howard D, van Breugel, Sjef, Jenkins, Thomas B, Bakhuis, Jan Willem, Billen, Andrew J, & Riahi, Amir. Preform spar cap for a wind turbine rotor blade.  United States.

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                    Livingston, Jamie T, Driver, Howard D, van Breugel, Sjef, Jenkins, Thomas B, Bakhuis, Jan Willem, Billen, Andrew J, and Riahi, Amir. Tue .  
        "Preform spar cap for a wind turbine rotor blade".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1019558.

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