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US 2010/0143135 A1Published application
Torsionally loadable wind turbine blade
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJacob J. Nies, Axel Braicks
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Abstract
A torsionally loadable wind turbine blade, includes a loading member secured to a body of the wind turbine blade; and an adjuster for actively displacing the loading member and torsionally deforming the blade on a spanwise axis.
Claims14
A torsionally loadable wind turbine blade, comprising:
- a loading member secured to a body of the wind turbine blade:
- and
- an adjuster for actively displacing the loading member and torsionally deforming the blade on a spanwise axis.
A wind turbine, comprising:
- a tower;
- a gearbox connected to an electrical generator arranged on the tower;
- a blade, having a spar, for rotating the gearbox and driving the generator;
- a loading member secured to the spar:
- and
- an adjuster for actively for actively displacing the loading member and torsionally deforming the blade on a spanwise axis.
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