IP Library Granted Patent US 9,169,830
Granted Patent B2
US 9,169,830 · App. 13/715,453 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Rotor blade de-icing

Inventors: Roland Weitkamp (Belm, DE); Peter Quell (Osterronfeld, DE)
Assignee: SENVION SE
F03D11/0025F03D1/0675F03D1/0683F05B2240/30Y02E10/721Y02E10/722
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Patent No.
US 9,169,830
App. No.
13/715,453
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotor blade ( 10 ) of a wind power plant having a first and a second duct ( 16, 17 ) running inside the rotor blade ( 10 ) for conducting an air flow ( 21, 22 ) is provided. A method for de-icing a rotor blade ( 10 ) of a wind power plant is also provided. The rotor blade has a partition device ( 15 ) which separates the ducts ( 16, 17 ) from one another, such that the first duct ( 16 ) is arranged on a first side of the partition device ( 15 ) at the pressure side ( 26 ) of the rotor blade ( 10 ), and the second duct ( 17 ) is arranged on a second side of the partition device ( 15 ) at the suction side ( 25 ) of the rotor blade ( 10 ). In the method, the flow speed of the air flow provided in the first and second duct ( 16, 17 ) is predefined at least in portions of the rotor blade ( 10 ).

Claims (32)

1. A rotor blade of a wind power plant comprising:

a first duct that feeds airflow through the rotor blade and is located at a pressure side of the rotor blade;

a second duct that removes the airflow from the rotor blade and is located at a suction side of the rotor blade wherein at least one of the first duct and the second duct has an exterior wall of the rotor blade as a wall;

two webs that are arranged substantially in a longitudinal extent of the rotor blade so that both the first duct and the second duct are arranged between the two webs of the rotor blade, the webs being bonded to the exterior wall of the rotor blade so as to reinforce a strength of the rotor blade, wherein the webs each extend from the pressure side to the suction side of the rotor blade; and

a partition device is provided which separates the ducts from one another so that the first duct is arranged on a first side of the partition device at the pressure side of the rotor blade and the second duct is arranged on a second side of the partition device at the suction side of the rotor blade.

2. The rotor blade according to claim 1 ,

wherein the partition device includes a partition wall at least in sections, that is arranged substantially in the longitudinal extent of the rotor blade, and transverse to the webs of the rotor blade.

3. The rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the ducts are air conducting ducts.

4. The rotor blade according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first duct and the second duct includes a wall that has at least one opening that allows a connection to a third duct, and

wherein the third duct has the exterior wall of the rotor blade as a wall.

5. The rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein at least one wall of the first or the second duct is heat insulated at least in sections.

6. The rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein shell material of the rotor blade in the region of a leading edge of the rotor blade is permeated with thermal conductive material.

7. The rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and the second ducts is disposed at a distance to the exterior wall of the rotor blade.

8. The rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and the second ducts has a flow restricting apparatus.

9. The rotor blade according to claim 8 , wherein the flow restricting apparatus is provided in at least one of the exterior wall and an interior wall of the first and/or the second duct.

10. The rotor blade according to claim 8 , wherein the flow restricting apparatus has an air passage that can be adjusted.

11. A method for de-icing a rotor blade of a wind power plant, comprising the steps of:

providing a rotor blade having a first duct located at a pressure side of the rotor blade and a second duct located at a suction side of the rotor blade, the ducts being disposed so as to longitudinally extend inside the rotor blade, wherein at least one of the first duct and the second duct has an exterior wall of the rotor blade as a wall;

providing two webs that are arranged substantially in a longitudinal extent of the rotor blade so that both the first duct and the second duct are arranged between the two webs of the rotor blade, the webs being bonded to the exterior wall of the rotor blade so as to reinforce a strength of the rotor blade, wherein the webs each extend from the pressure side to the suction side of the rotor blade;

conducting an air flow with the first duct and the second duct, wherein the air flow comprises a heated air flow which is introduced into the first duct and flows in a predetermined flow path at least in sections in the direction from a rotor blade root to a rotor blade tip, and

de-icing at least one section of the rotor blade with the air flow that flows along at least one part of an exterior wall of the rotor blade, wherein the first duct feeds the air flow through the rotor blade and the second duct removes the air flow from the rotor blade, and

wherein the flow speed of the air flow in the at least one section is set.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the flow speed and/or the flow path is modified particularly during the operation of the wind power plant.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein sections of the rotor blade disposed one after the other in the longitudinal extent of the rotor blade are heated at different times.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a leading edge region of the rotor blade is heated.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein flow restricting apparatuses, the passages of which can be adjusted, are provided in the first and second ducts and/or between the first and second ducts.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a flow direction is reversed temporarily.

17. A rotor blade of a wind power plant, comprising:

a first duct that feeds airflow through the rotor blade and is located at a pressure side of the rotor blade;

a second duct that removes the airflow from the rotor blade and is located at a suction side of the rotor blade, wherein the first duct and the second duct are arranged substantially in a longitudinal extent of the rotor blade, and wherein at least one of the first duct and the second duct has an exterior wall of the rotor blade as a wall; and

two webs that are arranged substantially in the longitudinal extent of the rotor blade so that both the first duct and the second duct are arranged between the two webs of the rotor blade, the webs being bonded to the exterior wall of the rotor blade so as to reinforce a strength of the rotor blade, wherein the webs each extend from a pressure side to a suction side of the rotor blade.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 064834/0873 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: SENVION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 064371/0624 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: SENVION GMBH
To: SENVION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 061462/0567 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: SENVION AG
To: SENVION GMBH
Reel/Frame 061068/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: SENVION SE
To: SENVION AG
Reel/Frame 060692/0328 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 23, 2015
From: REPOWER SYSTEMS SE
To: SENVION SE
Reel/Frame 034806/0074 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2012
From: WEITKAMP, ROLAND; QUELL, PETER
To: REPOWER SYSTEMS SE
Reel/Frame 029476/0106 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 030 472 · Jun 24, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2011002994 · Jun 17, 2011
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