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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2010
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bruce John Badding, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Philippe Giguere, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Schenectady, NY (US);
Anurag Gupta, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bruce John Badding, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Philippe Giguere, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Schenectady, NY (US);
Anurag Gupta, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for deicing a wind turbine blade includes an electrically powered active plasma actuator applied to a desired portion of a wind turbine blade. The activated plasma actuator energizes the air in the vicinity of the plasma actuator to increase the surface temperature of the wind turbine blade in the vicinity of the plasma actuator sufficiently to reduce or eliminate the collection of ice on a desired portion of the wind turbine blade.