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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Roger Drobietz, Rheine, DE;
Klaus Ulrich Koegler, Rheine, DE;
Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Murray Fisher, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jamie Livingston, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Roger Drobietz, Rheine, DE;
Klaus Ulrich Koegler, Rheine, DE;
Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Murray Fisher, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jamie Livingston, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further includes a noise reducer configured on a surface of the rotor blade, the noise reducer comprising a plurality of serrations, each of the plurality of serrations defining a centerline. The centerline of each of the plurality of serrations defines a individual tailored angle dependent on at least one of span-wise location, local chord, width, length, bend angle, and thickness.