Invention Application
- Patent Title: TIP EXTENSION ASSEMBLY FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE
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Application No.: US14880346Application Date: 2015-10-12
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Publication No.: US20170101979A1Publication Date: 2017-04-13
- Inventor: James Robert Tobin , William Max Gobeli , Stefan Herr
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a tip extension assembly for a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The tip extension assembly includes a tip extension having a body with a pressure side surface and a suction side surface. Further, the tip extension is slidable onto a tip of the rotor blade so as to overlap the rotor blade adjacent the tip. In addition, the tip extension defines an extended trailing edge of the rotor blade. Moreover, an edge of the tip extension defines a step profile at a transition region between the tip extension and a trailing edge of the rotor blade. The tip extension assembly also includes at least one chord extension configured for attachment adjacent to the edge of the tip extension so as to minimize the step profile and associated noise caused thereby.
Public/Granted literature
- US10100805B2 Tip extension assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade Public/Granted day:2018-10-16
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