Method for installing an add-on device on a wind turbine blade
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorDarren John Danielsen
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Abstract
A method is provided for installing a continuous pliant add-on device (e.g., a vibration suppression device) onto a blade of a wind turbine, wherein the blade is mounted to a rotor that is atop a tower. The method includes, with the rotor, positioning the blade to a first position. A first end of the add-on device is fixed to a first end of the blade. The blade is then rotated with a pitch control system while supplying the add-on device in a first direction along a span of the rotating blade to wrap the add-on device around the blade towards an opposite second end of the blade in a first wrap pattern.
Claims20
A method for installing a continuous pliant add-on device onto a blade of a wind turbine, wherein the blade is mounted to a rotor that is atop a tower, the method comprising:
- with the rotor, positioning the blade to a first position;
- fixing a first end of the add-on device to a first end of the blade;
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- rotating the blade with a pitch control system while supplying the add-on device in a first direction along a span of the rotating blade to wrap the add-on device around the blade towards an opposite second end of the blade in a first wrap pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.