Wind turbine blade with cambering flaps controlled by surface pressure changes
AssigneeGamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
InventorsAnders Rebsdorf, Christian Medgaard
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AssigneeGamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
InventorsAnders Rebsdorf, Christian Medgaard
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A wind turbine having at least a blade comprising a first component having an aerodynamic profile with a leading edge, a trailing edge, and suction and pressure sides between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a second component, attached to the trailing edge and/or to the leading edge of the first component in at least a part of the blade, comprising one or several upwards and/or downwards deflectable flaps that allow changing the flow over the blade, in which a device for deflecting each of the flaps comprises an actuating force or torque provided by scaling devices connected to a predetermined location in the outer surface of the blade, through a duct, so that the changes in the wind pressure at this location can be scaled to the actuating force or torque.
A wind turbine having blades wherein at least one of the blades consist of a first component (11) having an aerodynamic profile with a leading edge (5), a trailing edge (7), and suction and pressure sides between the leading edge (5) and the trailing edge (7) and a second component (13) attached to the end of leading edge (5) and/or to the trailing edge (7) of the first component (11) in at least a part of the blade, wherein:
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