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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2012
Jesper Madsen, Gesten, DK;
Ines Wurth, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Rolf Hansen, Kolding, DK;
Olaf Muller, Kolding, DK;
Jesper Madsen, Gesten, DK;
Ines Wurth, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Rolf Hansen, Kolding, DK;
Olaf Muller, Kolding, DK;
LM WINDPOWER A/S, Kolding, DK;
Abstract
Disclosed is a wind turbine blade and a method for retrofitting a wind turbine blade, the wind turbine blade extending in a longitudinal direction along a pitch axis and having a tip end and a root end as well as a blade length, the wind turbine blade further comprising a profiled contour including a pressure side and a suction side, as well as a leading edge and a trailing edge with a chord having a chord length extending there between, the profiled contour, when being impacted by an incident airflow generating a lift, wherein the suction side of the wind turbine blade is provided with a plurality of vortex generators positioned along a mounting line having a proximal end point nearest the root end and a distal end point nearest the tip end, wherein the mounting line is a concave line seen from the trailing edge of the wind turbine blade.