Compliant structures for jointed rotor blades

    公开(公告)号:US11828264B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17289987

    申请日:2018-11-01

    Abstract: A rotor blade includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the first and second blade segments has at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface. The first blade segment includes a beam structure having a receiving end with at least one span-wise extending pin extending therefrom. The second blade segment includes a receiving section that receives the beam structure. The receiving section includes a chord-wise member having a pin joint slot defined therethrough. The pin joint slot receives the span-wise extending pin at the receiving end of the beam structure so as to secure the first and second blade segments together. Moreover, the chord-wise member, the pin joint slot, and/or the span-wise extending pin includes at least one compliant structure formed of a compliant material that allows a deformation thereof to follow a shear deformation of the rotor blade.

    JOINTED WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE HAVING SPAR CAP CONSTRUCTED OF VARYING FORMS OF MATERIALS ALONG ITS SPAN

    公开(公告)号:US20220065220A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17415949

    申请日:2018-12-20

    Abstract: A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes first and second blade segments extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the first and second blade segments has at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface and an internal support structure. The first blade segment includes a beam structure extending lengthwise that structurally connects with the second blade segment at a receiving section. At least one of the internal support structures of the first and second blade segments includes at least one spar cap. The rotor blade also includes one or more pin joints positioned on the spar cap(s) for connecting the blade segments. The spar cap is constructed of varying forms of materials along a span of the rotor blade, including at least two of: one or more infused composite laminates, one or more pre-preg composite laminates, one or more pre-fabricated or pre-cured composite elements, one or more additively-manufactured structures, or one or more non-composite structural solids.

    METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING BLADE COMPONENTS FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES

    公开(公告)号:US20220055319A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17312766

    申请日:2018-12-11

    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a blade component of rotor blade of a wind turbine includes providing a plurality of pultrusions constructed of one or more fibers or fiber bundles cured together via a resin material. The method also includes placing a protective cap over at least one end of one or more of the plurality of pultrusions. Further, the method includes heat treating a surface of the plurality of pultrusions while the protective cap remains over the at least one end. Moreover, the method includes removing the protective cap from the at least one end. The method further includes arranging the plurality of pultrusions in a mold of the blade component. In addition, the method includes infusing the plurality of pultrusions together so as to form the rotor blade component.

    Joint interface for wind turbine rotor blade components

    公开(公告)号:US10895244B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US16140900

    申请日:2018-09-25

    Abstract: A rotor blade component for a wind turbine includes a first structural component, such as a spar cap, formed from a plurality of stacked pultruded members. A second structural component, such as a shear web, is fixed to the first structural component at a joint interface. One or more webs form the joint interface, wherein each of the webs has a first section bonded between at least two of the pultruded members in the first structural component and a second section extending across the joint interface and bonded onto or into the second structural component.

    GAS TURBINE FIRING TEMPERATURE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON SULFUR CONTENT OF FUEL SUPPLY
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    GAS TURBINE FIRING TEMPERATURE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON SULFUR CONTENT OF FUEL SUPPLY 审中-公开
    基于燃料供应的硫含量的燃气涡轮机温度优化

    公开(公告)号:US20140260287A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US13832270

    申请日:2013-03-15

    CPC classification number: F02C7/30 F02C9/00 F02C9/40 F05D2270/303 G01N25/02

    Abstract: Gas turbine firing temperature optimization based on a measured sulfur content of a fuel supply of the gas turbine system is provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a diagnostic system configured to determine a maximum firing temperature for a combustor of a gas turbine system. The diagnostic system may determine the maximum firing temperature based on a predetermined sulfur content to maximum firing temperature correlation and an actual sulfur content of a fuel supplied to the combustor. The diagnostic system may also be configured to provide an indicator for a change in an actual firing temperature in the combustor of the gas turbine system. The diagnostic system may provide the indicator in response to the determined maximum firing temperature differing from the actual firing temperature of the combustor of the gas turbine system.

    Abstract translation: 提供了基于燃气轮机系统的燃料供给量的测量硫含量的燃气轮机燃烧温度优化。 在一个实施例中,系统包括被配置为确定燃气轮机系统的燃烧器的最高点火温度的诊断系统。 诊断系统可以基于预定的硫含量至最高焙烧温度相关性以及供应到燃烧器的燃料的实际硫含量来确定最大烧制温度。 诊断系统还可以被配置为提供用于燃气轮机系统的燃烧器中的实际燃烧温度的变化的指示器。 诊断系统可以响应于确定的与燃气轮机系统的燃烧器的实际燃烧温度不同的最大燃烧温度来提供指示器。

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