General Electric Company

Venkateswara Rao Kavala

Afroz Akhtar

Parnasree Maiti

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for securing a lightning protection cable (e.g. a conductor) of a lightning protection system within a wind turbine rotor blade. The lightning protection system includes a plurality of lightning receptors configured along either or both of the pressure or suction sides of the rotor blade. The lightning receptors are connected via the conductor so as to form a conductive circuit. Further, a cover assembly defining a passageway therethrough is configured to receive at least a portion of the conductor along a length thereof. Thus, the cover assembly can be secured to an inner surface of the internal cavity so as to maintain a location of the conductor. Accordingly, the conductor is free to move within the cover assembly since the wire is not directly attached to the rotor blade.

System and method for securing a conductive cable within a wind turbine rotor blade

A blade for a wind turbine includes a spar having a shear web, and at least one cross web extending from the spar.

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Bengaluru, India

Venkateswara Rao Kavala