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Title: Wind turbine rotor blade with in-plane sweep and devices using same, and methods for making same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:958677

A wind turbine includes a rotor having a hub and at least one blade having a torsionally rigid root, an inboard section, and an outboard section. The inboard section has a forward sweep relative to an elastic axis of the blade and the outboard section has an aft sweep.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-83CH10093
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Number(s):
7,344,360
Application Number:
10/953,040
OSTI ID:
958677
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Concepts for adaptive wind turbine blades conference February 2013
Adaptive Blade Concept Assessment: Curved Platform Induced Twist Investigation report October 2002