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:
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- Boulder, CO
- 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):
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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:
- 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.
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"Root region airfoil for wind turbine". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869889.
@article{osti_869889,
title = {Root region airfoil for wind turbine},
author = {Tangler, James L and Somers, Dan M},
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},
month = {1}
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