Method of making a wooden wind turbine blade
Abstract
A wooden wind turbine blade is formed by laminating wood veneer in a compression mold having the exact curvature needed for one side of the blade, following which the other side of the blade is ground flat along its length but twisted with respect to the blade axis.
- Inventors:
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- Warren, VT
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States); Rockwell International Corporation
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 865130
- Patent Number(s):
- 4465537
- Assignee:
- North Wind Power Company, Inc. (Moretown, VT)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS F03D - WIND MOTORS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04 F05B - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MACHINES OR ENGINES OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, TO WIND MOTORS, TO NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS, AND TO GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP03533
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; wooden; wind; turbine; blade; formed; laminating; wood; veneer; compression; mold; exact; curvature; following; ground; flat; length; twisted; respect; axis; wind turbine; turbine blade; wooden wind; compression mold; wood veneer; ground flat; exact curvature; laminating wood; /156/144/416/
Citation Formats
Coleman, Clint. Method of making a wooden wind turbine blade. United States: N. p., 1984.
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Coleman, Clint. Method of making a wooden wind turbine blade. United States.
Coleman, Clint. Sun .
"Method of making a wooden wind turbine blade". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/865130.
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title = {Method of making a wooden wind turbine blade},
author = {Coleman, Clint},
abstractNote = {A wooden wind turbine blade is formed by laminating wood veneer in a compression mold having the exact curvature needed for one side of the blade, following which the other side of the blade is ground flat along its length but twisted with respect to the blade axis.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1984},
month = {1}
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