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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2010
Biao Fang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stefan Herr, Greenville, SC (US);
Xiaoyue Liu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Biao Fang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stefan Herr, Greenville, SC (US);
Xiaoyue Liu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A wind turbine blade had a suction side surface and a pressure side surface. A plurality of vortex elements are formed on at least one of the suction side or the pressure side surfaces. The vortex elements have an upwardly inclined wind face and a downwardly inclined slip face, with the wind face and slip face meeting at a generally open-ended U-shaped ridge that defines side horns. The side horns decrease in height from a forward most portion of the ridge to the suction side surface or pressure side surface.