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Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Lm Wp Patent Holding A/s, Kolding, DK;

Inventors:

Dhinagaran Ramachandran, Bangalore, IN;

Jesper Madsen, Gesten, DK;

Rajkumar Rajamani, Tamilnadu, IN;

Assignee:

LM WIND POWER A/S, Kolding, DK;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0641 (2013.01); F03D 1/0633 (2013.01); F05B 2240/221 (2013.01); F05B 2240/30 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wind turbine blade is described wherein at least one stall fence is provided on the blade surface, where the stall fence is arranged such that it extends at an angle to the chord of the blade. The stall fence acts to re-direct airflow over the blade, to improve wind turbine performance. The stall fence may be a provided towards the blade root end, acting to divert airflow towards the root end of the blade to prevent separation of attached airflow. Additionally or alternatively, the stall fence may be arranged as a flow diverter provided towards the blade tip end, to increase airflow in the tip region for increased performance and/or to disrupt the formation of tip vortices.


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