Method of providing an edge seal for a rotor blade add-on
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsGiridhar Ramanujam, Alex Loeven
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Abstract
A method of providing an edge seal along a longitudinal edge of an add-on part mounted on the outer surface of a rotor blade is provided. The method includes determining a height at the longitudinal edge of the add-on part, choosing a width for the edge seal to be applied on the rotor blade surface, wherein the width of the edge seal is chosen to exceed the height at the longitudinal edge of the add-on part by a factor of at least twenty; and forming the edge seal by applying a sealant material to the rotor blade surface at least in a volume defined by the height at the longitudinal edge of the add-on part and the chosen edge seal width.
Claims10
A method of providing an edge seal along a longitudinal edge of an add-on part mounted on an outer surface of a rotor blade, the method comprising:
- determining a height at the longitudinal edge of the add-on part;
- choosing a width for the edge seal to be applied on the rotor blade surface, wherein the width of the edge seal is chosen to exceed the height at the longitudinal edge of the add-on part by a factor of at least twenty;
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- forming the edge seal over the longitudinal edge of the add-on part by applying a sealant material to a portion of the add-on part and to the rotor blade surface adjacent to the longitudinal edge of the add-on part so that the edge seal overlaps the portion of the add-on part and the rotor blade surface.
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