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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Glenville, NY (US);
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Schenectady, NY (US);
Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stephen Bertram Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);
Peggy Lynn Baehmann, Glenville, NY (US);
Anurag Gupta, Manvel, TX (US);
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Glenville, NY (US);
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Schenectady, NY (US);
Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stephen Bertram Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);
Peggy Lynn Baehmann, Glenville, NY (US);
Anurag Gupta, Manvel, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A deployable aerodynamic component configured to be mounted to a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes at least one rotor blade. The deployable aerodynamic component configured to be positioned in front of an inner portion of the at least one rotor blade, and is structurally configured to cover a substantial portion of the inner portion of the at least one rotor blade in a wind direction during deployment of the deployable aerodynamic component and to allow the passage therethrough of an incoming wind when non-deployed. Further described is a wind turbine including the above-described deployable aerodynamic component and method for aerodynamic performance enhancement of an existing wind turbine, wherein the method includes mounting the above-described deployable aerodynamic component to a wind turbine.