Wind turbine blade with lift-regulating means
AssigneeLM Glasfibeer A/S
InventorsBernt Ebbe Pedersen, Jørgen Dahl Vestergaard, Peter Grabau, Ib Frydendal
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AssigneeLM Glasfibeer A/S
InventorsBernt Ebbe Pedersen, Jørgen Dahl Vestergaard, Peter Grabau, Ib Frydendal
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Wind turbine blade (10) including adjustable lift-regulating means (12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21) arranged on or at the surface of the wind turbine blade (10), said lift-regulating means being provided with activating means by means of which they can be adjusted and thus alter the aerodynamic properties of the blade (10). The lift-regulating means (12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21) and the activating means are adapted and arranged such that by activation of the activating means, the lift can be reduced in a zone extending in the longitudinal direction of the blade (10) from a first position adjacent the blade tip (14) to a second position between the position and the blade root (16) and this second position is variable in the longitudinal direction of the blade (10) by adjusting activate means. The lift-regulating means are formed of at least one flexible flap (12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21). The invention further relates to a wind turbine rotor including such wind turbine blades, to a wind turbine and to a method of controlling the wind turbine.
Wind turbine blade including adjustable lift-regulating means arranged on or at a surface of the wind turbine blade and extending in a longitudinal direction of the blade, and activating means by which the lift-regulating means can be adjusted and thus alter the aerodynamic properties of the blade, the lift-regulating means and the activating means being adapted and arranged such that by activation of the activating means, the lift can be reduced in a zone extending in the longitudinal direction of the blade from a first position adjacent a tip of the blade to a second position between the first position and a root of the blade and this second position being variable in the longitudinal direction of the blade by adjusting the activating means characterised in that the lift-regulating means are formed of at least one flexible flap arranged on or at the surface of the wind turbine blade having a fixed blade profile, the at least one flexible flap extending in the longitudinal direction of the blade and being adjustable by means of one or more activating means to allow the lift-altering setting of the flap to be changed gradually in the longitudinal direction of the flap in order to reduce the lift of the blade gradually in the zone between the first position and the variable second position.
A fixed profile wind turbine blade having a variable surface profile, comprising:
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