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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2022
Applicant:

Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG, Hamburg, DE;

Inventors:

Christof Rautmann, Norderstedt, DE;

Felix Warzok, Meissen, DE;

Thomas Lipka, Rostock, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0633 (2013.01); F05B 2240/305 (2020.08);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a wind turbine rotor blade, including an aerodynamic add-on element comprising a baseplate, the baseplate having an upper side and a bottom side, wherein the aerodynamic add-on element is mounted with the bottom side of the baseplate to an outer surface of the wind turbine rotor blade, at least a section of the bottom side is inclined relative to the outer surface of the wind turbine rotor blade along a downstream direction of an operational wind flow, such that a gap is formed between the at least one section and the outer surface in which a distance between the outer surface and the bottom side increases along the downstream direction, and adhesive is provided in the gap to bond the aerodynamic add-on element to the outer surface of the wind turbine rotor blade. The disclosure also relates to an aerodynamic add-on element.


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