Resolving Performance Conflicts In New Wind Turbine Blade Designs

Vidyadhar Peesapati; I Cotton; L S Rashid; A Brown; P Jamshidi; P J Hogg

Resolving Performance Conflicts In New Wind Turbine Blade Designs

Vidyadhar Peesapati, I Cotton, L S Rashid, A Brown, P Jamshidi, P J Hogg

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Abstract

This paper considers the various conflicts that arise in designing a wind turbine bladewhich satisfies the needs for enhanced structural performance and effectivelightning protection whilst simultaneously providing a low radar cross section. Somenovel materials solutions to these three problems are presented and empirical datawill be used to develop routes to optimising the various properties provided. A key factor will be the ability to incorporate any potential solution within a low cost manufacturing system without introducing any significant weight penalty to the final manufactured blade. This work was funded by EPSRC under its Supergen initiative.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009
Pages	260-287
Number of pages	28
Volume	1
Publication status	Published - Dec 2009
Event	EWEC2009 - Marseille, Duration: 16 Mar 2009 → 18 Dec 2015

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Conference	EWEC2009
City	Marseille,
Period	16/03/09 → 18/12/15

Keywords

Wind Turbine
Lightning Protection
Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM)
composite
radar-reflective surface

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Resolving Performance Conflicts In New Wind Turbine Blade Designs

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