Wind-turbine blade and method for reducing noise in wind turbine
First Claim
1. A wind turbine blade having a pressure side and a suction side, a leading edge, a trailing edge and a tip region, at least a portion of said blade being formed from a cellular material, said cellular material portion defining a portion of an exposed surface of said blade, whereby aerodynamic noise is reduced via noise source reduction and/or noise attenuation and absorption by the cellular material.
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Abstract
Low-noise wind turbine blades are provided wherein metallic and/or polymeric cellular materials that are capable of bearing directional loads are used in the construction of wind turbine blade parts or entire sections. The use of such materials influences the air flow over them in such a way that the resulting boundary-layer turbulence is damped in a controlled way, thus weakening the noise scattering mechanism at the trailing edge, and the scattered acoustic waves are absorbed and attenuated by the material acting as an acoustic liner.
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25 Claims
- 1. A wind turbine blade having a pressure side and a suction side, a leading edge, a trailing edge and a tip region, at least a portion of said blade being formed from a cellular material, said cellular material portion defining a portion of an exposed surface of said blade, whereby aerodynamic noise is reduced via noise source reduction and/or noise attenuation and absorption by the cellular material.
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16. A method of reducing noise in a wind turbine via at least one of noise source reduction and noise attenuation and absorption by a wind turbine blade, the method comprising:
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providing a wind turbine blade for the wind turbine, said blade having a pressure side and a suction side, a leading edge, a trailing edge and a tip region; wherein at least a portion of said blade is formed from a cellular material and wherein said cellular material portion defines a portion of an exposed surface of the blade. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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