Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Having Segmented Tip
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsChristopher Gordon Thomas Payne, Amaury Denis Vuillaume
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Abstract
A wind turbine rotor blade is provided. The rotor blade comprises a root portion located in a proximal region of the rotor blade and a tip portion connected to the root portion and located in a distal region of the rotor blade. A spar extends from the root portion to the tip portion. The spar is a unitary member at the root portion and separates into a primary spar and a sub-spar towards the tip region of the rotor blade. Each spar and sub-spar has a respective lifting surface of the rotor blade associated therewith, each lifting surface being distinct from each other lifting surface.
Claims6
A wind turbine rotor blade comprising:
- a root portion located in a proximal region of the rotor blade;
- a tip portion connected to the root portion and located in a distal region of the rotor blade;
- a spar extending from the root portion to the tip portion, wherein the spar is a unitary member at the root portion and separates into a primary spar and a sub-spar towards the tip region of the rotor blade, each spar and sub-spar having associated therewith a respective lifting surface of the rotor blade, each lifting surface being distinct from each other lifting surface.
A wind turbine rotor blade substantially as herein described and with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.