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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2022
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Marc Canal Vila, Barcelona, ES;
Darren John Danielsen, Greenville, SC (US);
Rolf Hansen, Esbjerg, DK;
Jesper Madsen, Gesten, DK;
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona, ES;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to devices () for wind turbine blades () and methods for reducing vibrations in wind turbines (). More particularly, the present disclosure relates to devices () for mitigating vortex induced vibrations and stall induced vibrations, wind turbine blades () comprising such devices (), and methods for reducing wind turbine vibrations when the wind turbine () is parked, especially during wind turbine installation and/or maintenance. A device () comprises a proximal support () configured to be arranged around a first portion () of a wind turbine blade (), a distal support () configured to be arranged around a second portion () of the wind turbine blade (), and a barrier () extending between the proximal support () and the distal support (). The first portion () of the wind turbine blade () is at a different longitudinal position along the blade () than the second portion (). The proximal () and distal () supports are configured to provide a gap () between the barrier () and a wind turbine blade surface.