Sparcap system for wind turbine rotor blade and method of fabricating wind turbine rotor blade

A rotor blade (18) for a wind turbine (10) is provided. The rotor blade (18) includes a first blade section (26) and a second blade section (28) coupled to the first blade section to form the rotor blade, each of the first blade section and the second blade section having a leading edge (30) and a t...

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Main Author AKHTAR, AFROZ
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 13.10.2010
Subjects
BLASTING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER
WEAPONS
WIND MOTORS
WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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Summary:A rotor blade (18) for a wind turbine (10) is provided. The rotor blade (18) includes a first blade section (26) and a second blade section (28) coupled to the first blade section to form the rotor blade, each of the first blade section and the second blade section having a leading edge (30) and a trailing edge (32), a first sparcap (40) including a carbon material (70) and positioned on an inner surface (42) of the first blade section, and a second sparcap (44) including a glass material (72) and positioned on the first blade section, the second sparcap positioned with respect to the first sparcap in one of a leading edge direction and a trailing edge direction.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20090177436