US 8,739,612 B2 · Wear control apparatus and wind turbine blade monitoring system including wind turbine blade

Abstract

A wind turbine blade used in a wind power generator that receives wind and rotates a rotating shaft of a generator includes at least two layers on a surface of a blade body, one of the layers being colored with a coating material different in color from the blade body and the rest of the layers. The layers are provided at least on a tip, particularly at a front edge of the wind turbine blade. A wind turbine blade monitoring system that monitors the wind turbine blade includes: an imaging unit that images the wind turbine blade in a predetermined position over a predetermined period at timing when the wind turbine blade passes through the predetermined position; and an indication unit that chronologically indicates imaging results of the wind turbine blade imaged by the imaging means.

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Dependent claims

A wear control apparatus comprising:

an imaging device for imaging a wind turbine blade of a wind power generator in a predetermined position at timing when the wind turbine blade passes through the predetermined position, the wind turbine blade having at least two layers on a surface of a blade body thereof, one of the layers being colored with a coating material different in color from the blade body and the rest of the layers;
and
an indication device for indicating imaging results of the wind turbine blade imaged by the imaging device,
wherein the imaging device images the wind turbine blade over a predetermined period and outputs the imaging results, and
the indication device indicates the imaging results by the imaging device in a chronological order.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Wear control apparatus and wind turbine blade monitoring system including wind turbine blade

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Wear control apparatus and wind turbine blade monitoring system including wind turbine blade

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Abstract

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