Method and apparatus for decommissioning wind turbine blades
AssigneePraetorian Renewables, LLC
InventorMatthew Bahnij
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Abstract
A method for decommissioning a wind turbine blade includes separating a root section of a turbine blade from a tip section of a turbine blade, and laterally cutting the tip section of the turbine blade into a plurality of separate tip subsections. Each tip subsection is cut along its length, flattened, deposited into a compacting and bundling apparatus, and compressed. The compressed tip subsections are bundled in the compacting and bundling apparatus with banding material to form a bundle. The bundle is removed from the compacting and bunding apparatus and loaded onto a transportation vehicle.
Claims12
A method of decommissioning industrial-scale wind turbine blades, comprising:
- separating a root section of a turbine blade from a tip section of the turbine blade;
- laterally cutting the tip section of the turbine blade into a plurality of separate tip subsections;
- longitudinally cutting at least one tip subsection along its length;
- depositing the tip subsections into a compacting and bundling apparatus;
- compressing and compacting the tip subsections in the compacting and bundling apparatus;
- bundling the compressed and compacted tip subsections with banding material to form a bundle of tip subsections;
- removing the bundle from the compacting and bunding apparatus;
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- loading the bundle onto a transportation vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.