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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Stefan Herr, Greenville, SC (US);
Kevin R. Kirtley, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kevin W. Kinzie, Moore, SC (US);
Brandon S. Gerber, Ware Shoals, SC (US);
Kevin J. Standish, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Benoit P. Petitjean, Greer, SC (US);
Stefan Herr, Greenville, SC (US);
Kevin R. Kirtley, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kevin W. Kinzie, Moore, SC (US);
Brandon S. Gerber, Ware Shoals, SC (US);
Kevin J. Standish, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Benoit P. Petitjean, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A blade for a wind turbine includes a total backward twist of between approximately 6 degrees and approximately 15 degrees between an outer approximately 1 percent to approximately 10 percent of a rotor radius of the blade; and a total normalized chord change of between approximately one percent and approximately two percent between the outer approximately 1 percent to approximately 10 percent of the rotor radius of the blade.