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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andreas Herrig, Garching bei Munchen, DE;

Drew Adam Wetzel, Easley, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0675 (2013.01); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); F05B 2240/32 (2013.01); F05B 2260/63 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11);
Abstract

A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is presented. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having a surface, where the surface of the rotor blade includes an inclined groove. The rotor blade assembly further includes at least one add-on element mounted on the surface of the rotor blade via a bonding interface downstream of the inclined groove such that particulate matter in an airflow upstream of the at least one add-on element is deflected away from the bonding interface between the surface of the rotor blade and the at least one add-on element. The wind turbine having the rotor blade assembly is also presented.


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