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Title: Root region airfoil for wind turbine

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Boulder, CO
  2. State College, PA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
869889
Patent Number(s):
5417548
Assignee:
Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, MO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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:  
AC02-83CH10093
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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; /416/

Citation Formats

Tangler, James L, and Somers, Dan M. Root region airfoil for wind turbine. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Tangler, James L, & Somers, Dan M. Root region airfoil for wind turbine. United States.
Tangler, James L, and Somers, Dan M. Sun . "Root region airfoil for wind turbine". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869889.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1995},
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