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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Wouter Haans, The Hague, NL;
Jacob Johannes Nies, Zwolle, NL;
Wouter Haans, The Hague, NL;
Jacob Johannes Nies, Zwolle, NL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling an air distribution system for use in a rotor blade of a wind turbine wherein the rotor blade includes a sidewall extending from a blade root towards a blade tip. The method includes coupling a manifold to the sidewall, wherein the manifold extends from the blade root towards the blade tip and has a root end and an opposing tip end defining a passage from the root end to the tip end. A plurality of apertures is defined through the sidewall. The apertures provide flow communication between the passage and ambient air. A debris collector is coupled to the tip end of the manifold and is configured to collect debris flowing through the air distribution system.