Serrated panel for a wind turbine rotor blade

A wind turbine rotor blade comprising:

• a rotor blade body having a trailing edge;
• a serrated panel for said trailing edge;
• said serrated panel including at least two teeth, and a plurality of tines;
• each of said at least two teeth having a tip, a base, a length measured in a chordwise direction between said base and said tip, a pressure side, a suction side, and two edges running from said tip to said base, wherein said two edges each have an edge height measured between said suction side and said pressure side;
• said plurality of tines being arranged side by side in the chordwise direction, each of said plurality of tines extending rearwards from a corresponding one of said two edges of a corresponding tooth of said at least two teeth and having a tine width and a tine height;
• and,
• each of said plurality of tines having a cross section with a first straight section forming a suction side of said tine and defining said tine width and an opposite section forming a pressure side of said tine, wherein said suction side of said tine transfers smoothly into said suction side of the corresponding one of said at least two teeth from which said tine extends, said tine height being larger than said edge height of the corresponding one of said at least two teeth from which said tine extends, and said pressure side of said tine extending in a forward direction beyond the corresponding one of said two edges of the corresponding one of said at least two teeth from which said tine extends.

A wind turbine comprising:

• a rotor blade having a trailing edge;
• a serrated panel for said trailing edge;
• said serrated panel including at least two teeth, and a plurality of tines;
• each of said at least two teeth having a tip, a base, a length measured in a chordwise direction between said base and said tip, a pressure side, a suction side, and two edges running from said tip to said base, wherein said two edges each have an edge height measured between said suction side and said pressure side;
• said plurality of tines being arranged side by side in the chordwise direction, each of said plurality of tines extending rearwards from a corresponding one of said two edges of a corresponding tooth of said at least two teeth and having a tine width and a tine height;
• and,
• each of said plurality of tines having a cross section with a first straight section forming a suction side of said tine and defining said tine width and an opposite section forming a pressure side of said tine, wherein said suction side of said tine transfers smoothly into said suction side of the corresponding one of said at least two teeth from which said tine extends, said tine height being larger than said edge height of the corresponding one of said at least two teeth from which said tine extends, and said pressure side of said tine extending in a forward direction beyond the corresponding one of said two edges of the corresponding one of said at least two teeth from which said tine extends.