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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Pedro Luis Benito Santiago, Móstoles, ES;
Eugenio Yegro Segovia, Serranillos del Valle, ES;
Pedro Luis Benito Santiago, Móstoles, ES;
Eugenio Yegro Segovia, Serranillos del Valle, ES;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a wind turbine () including: a rotor () including a rotatable hub () and a plurality of rotor blades (), each of the plurality of rotor blades () being attached to the hub (); and at least one airfoil body () including an aerodynamic profile () and an airfoil body root portion (); wherein the aerodynamic profile () is configured for increasing aerodynamic lift of at least an inner portion of a rotor blade (); and the at least one airfoil body () is attached to the hub () at the airfoil body root portion (). In addition thereto, the present disclosure relates to an aerodynamic assembly () for a wind turbine () and a method of assembling a wind turbine ().