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US 2013/0219718 A1Published application
Blade insert for a wind turbine rotor blade and related methods
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBruce Clark Busbey, Ramesh Vedula, Stefan Herr, Revathy Murugappan, Satish Balusu, Thomas Joseph Fischetti
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Abstract
A method for retrofitting a rotor blade of a wind turbine is disclosed. The method may generally include cutting the rotor blade at a specified location in order to form a root segment and a tip segment and positioning a blade insert between the root segment and the tip segment
Claims20
A method for extending the length of a rotor blade, the method comprising:
- dividing the rotor blade at a specified location into a first blade segment and a second blade segment;
- coupling a first end of a blade insert to a joint end of the first blade segment such that a first interface is defined between the blade insert and the first blade segment;
- and,
- coupling a second end of the blade insert to a joint end of the second blade segment such that a second interface is defined between the blade insert and the second blade segment.
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A method for retrofitting a rotor blade of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
- cutting the rotor blade at a specified location in order to form a root segment and a tip segment;
- and
- positioning a blade insert between the root segment and the tip segment.
A method for retrofitting a rotor blade of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
- removing a section of the rotor blade between a blade root and a blade tip of the rotor blade;
- and,
- positioning a blade insert at the location of the removed section of the rotor blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.