Systems and methods of assembling a rotor blade for use in a wind turbine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAchuthan Babu, Sachin K. Tripathi, Afroz Akhtar
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Abstract
A method of assembling a rotor blade for use with a wind turbine. The method includes coupling a first sparcap to at least one first panel wall to form a first blade section, wherein the first sparcap has a first chordwise width. A second sparcap is coupled to at least one second panel wall to form a second blade section. The second sparcap has a second chordwise width that is larger than the first chordwise width. The first blade section is coupled to the second blade section to form the rotor blade.
Claims20
A method of assembling a rotor blade for a wind turbine, the method comprising:
- coupling a first sparcap to at least one first panel wall to form a first blade section, the first sparcap having a first chordwise width;
- coupling a second sparcap to at least one second panel wall to form a second blade section, the second sparcap having a second chordwise width that is larger than the first chordwise width;
- and,
- coupling the first blade section to the second blade section to form the rotor blade.
A rotor blade for use with a wind turbine, the rotor blade comprising:
- a first blade section comprising at least one first panel wall;
- a second blade section comprising at least one second panel wall, said second blade section coupled to said first blade section to form said rotor blade;
- a first sparcap coupled to said first blade section, said first sparcap having a first chordwise width;
- and,
- a second sparcap coupled to said second blade section, said second sparcap having a second chordwise width that is greater than the first chordwise width.
A wind turbine, comprising:
- a tower;
- a nacelle coupled to said tower;
- a hub rotatably coupled to said nacelle;
- and,
- at least one rotor blade coupled to said hub, said rotor blade comprising:
- a first blade section comprising at least one first panel wall;
- a second blade section comprising at least one second panel wall, said second blade section coupled to said first blade section to form said rotor blade;
- a first sparcap coupled to said first blade section, said first sparcap having a first chordwise width;
- and,
- a second sparcap coupled to said second blade section, said second sparcap having a second chordwise width that is greater than the first chordwise width.
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