Wind generator blade with divergent trailing edge
US8182232B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/72
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wind turbine blade having an aerodynamic profile (5) with a leading edge (11), a trailing edge (13) and suction and pressure sides (17, 19) between the leading edge (11) and the trailing edge (13) which has, on at least one part of the wind turbine blade, a Trailing Edge Region (TER), the transversal section of which increases in the direction of the trailing edge (13). Said trailing edge region (TER) preferably has a divergent form with a curved concave surface on its lower part.
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