US20110236215A1 - Wind turbine control surface hinge - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to wind turbines and in particular to wind turbine blades having deflectable flaps.
- a wind turbine rotor blade comprising at least one movable control surface, the upper surface of the blade defining a flap hinge along a hinge line, about which the contol surface is movable, wherein the blade surface is provided with one or more slots along the hinge line.
- the movable control surface is a flap.
- Embodiments of the inventions have the advantage that the tendency for the flap or other control surface to pop-up when the blade is bending in a flapwise direction is avoided, so allowing smooth deployment of the flap or other control surface.
- the one or more slots are filled with a soft deformable material such as a silicone rubber.
- a soft deformable material such as a silicone rubber.
- the deformable material may comprise pre-moulded plugs.
- the upper surface of the blade has one or more areas of strengthening around the one or more slots.
- the areas of strengthening may be included in the blade moulding process and compensate for any loss of strength caused by forming slots along the hinge line.
- the upper surface of the blade may comprise a skin which extends across the hinge line. This may be a single skin forming the entire upper blade surface and the upper flap surface or a portion of the upper blade surface that also forms a portion of the upper flap surface and defines the hinge line. Alternatively, it may comprise a thin film that bridges the hinge line or the outer layer of the material of the upper blade surface, which is typically GRP.
- a mechanical hinge is arranged under the flap hinge.
- a mechanical hinge may be desirable in addition to the hinge in the upper blade surface, for example where the flap is relatively large.
- a plurality of slots are substantially evenly spaced along the hinge line. Strengthening may then be provided around each of the slots evenly along the length of the hinge.
- the flap is a trailing edge flap.
- Embodiments of the invention are particularly advantageous where the hinge line is curved as the tendency for the flap to pop-up is most pronounced where the hinge line is not straight.
- the invention also provides a wind turbine having a rotor comprising two or more rotor blades as defined above.
- FIG. 1 shows a wind turbine blade having a plurality of trailing edge flaps
- FIG. 2 is a cross-section through a blade and a flap showing the hinge line
- FIG. 3 is a section of a blade and a flap illustrating an embodiment of the invention.
- the following description is given with respect to a wind turbine blade having a plurality of trailing edge flaps.
- the invention is applicable to a blade having only a single trailing edge flap or any number of trailing edge flaps as desired.
- the invention is presently intended for use with trailing edge flaps, it is also applicable to single and multiple flaps and other control surfaces positioned at other locations on the blade, for example on the leading edge.
- FIG. 1 shows a wind turbine rotor blade 10 having a root 12 , tip 14 , leading edge 16 and trailing edge 18 .
- the blades of a large commercial scale wind turbine are typically made of resiliently deformable material such as GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastics). This may typically be glass fibre reinforced epoxy or polyester.
- GRP Glass Reinforced Plastics
- Each blade has a central beam or area of strengthening that extends along its length with a skin or surface forming upper and lower surfaces 17 , 19 of the blade.
- the skin is continuous over the blade surface.
- the blade has a degree of twist such that the angle of attack of the leading edge of the blade is steeper at the root of the blade than at the tip.
- the rotor blades are designed to flex and deform significantly as they rotate in response to oncoming wind. Deformation may be in an edgewise direction or a flapwise direction or a combination of the two. The deformation combined with the blade twist has a effect on the performance of flaps.
- FIG. 1 shows a rotor blade having three trailing edge flaps 20 a , 20 b , 20 c . This number is shown as an example only and any number of flaps may be provided depending on the length of the blade and the amount of control required from the flap. The flaps deflect up and down in the flapwise direction in response to wind conditions and optionally under the control of a wind turbine controller.
- the upper surface 21 of the flaps is an extension of the blade surface and so is made from the same continuous skin as the upper blade surface with the inboard edge of the flap being defined by a hinge line 22 .
- the trailing edge of the blade, along which the flaps are arranged is curved and the flaps themselves and their hinge lines are also curved. Under conditions of flapwise blade bending this prevents the flaps from deflecting freely up and down. In this case, the flaps tend to pop-up from a position flush with the blade to a fully extended position. Clearly this is undesirable.
- the direction of flapwise bending is indicated by the arrow marked F in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 2 shows a cross section through the blade on the line II-II in FIG. 1 .
- the continuous surface of the blade skin can be seen extending over and forming the upper surface of the flap with the flap being defined by the hinge line.
- the covering over the flap may comprise a thin film that bridges the hinge line or the outer layer of the material of the upper blade surface.
- the lower surface of the flap is here shown as a surface 24 that is free at its inboard end to slide over the lower surface 19 of the blade as the flap deforms.
- An end wall 26 extends between the upper and lower surfaces of the blade to define the trailing end of the blade and is arranged below the hinge line.
- the hinge line 22 in the upper blade skin 17 is shown as the only means by which the flap can deflect.
- a mechanical hinge may also be included and which can be arranged to extend along the hinge line under the skin.
- FIG. 3 shows how the blade skin may be modified along the hinge line to prevent the problem of the flaps popping up as the blade deflects in the flapwise direction.
- a plurality of slots 30 are formed in the skin along the hinge line. Preferably, these slots are then filled with a resilient material such as silicone rubber. This material is chosen to be soft and deformable. It is advantageous to fill the slots to maintain a smooth upper surface on the blade and so to maintain a smooth airflow over the blade. It is particularly advantageous to avoid turbulence on a control surface such as the upper surface of the flap.
- the number of slots in the skin will depend on the length of the flap and may vary from a single long slot to many slots distributed along the length of the flap. Preferably the distribution of the slots along the hinge is even, such that the distance between adjacent slots is substantially the same.
- slots along the hinge line introduces a weakness that could lead to breaking or cracking along the hinge line, particularly with repeated deployment.
- the skin around the slots is strengthened to compensate for the loss of material at the slots.
- one or more areas of strengthening or reinforcement is applied around the slots.
- the strengthening of the hinge line may be part of the blade moulding process.
- the slot positions are preferably marked on the mould and the reinforcement is added around these marked positions as additional layers of GRP material or other material depending on the composition of the blade.
- the slot markings remain visible and the slots can then be machined using a milling tool.
- the slots can then be filled with the soft deformable material.
- the embodiment has been described with respect to a blade having one or more trailing edge flaps but it is applicable to one or more flaps or ailerons located at any point on the blade for any purpose, for example on the leading edge or at the blade tip acting as a tip brake.
- the invention is applicable to any flap or other control surface which uses the blade skin as a hinge, whether or not this is supplemented by a mechanical hinge.
- the invention may be applied to slats or to spoilers, for example.
- the skin is continuous, it could be made up of a number of separate pieces or sections at least one of which forms the overlap between the blade body and the flap and so defines the hinge. This construction might be adopted, for example, with a modular blade assembly where the blade is formed from several separate sections which are then joined together.
- wind turbine blade described above may be used with any suitable wind turbine rotor, for example a rotor having two or three blades.
Abstract
A wind turbine rotor blade has a plurality of trailing edge flaps, the upper surfaces of which are formed as a continuation of the blade skin. The flap deflects about a hinge line in the skin. The hinge line has a plurality of spaced apart slots to prevent the hinge from popping up as the blade deflects in a flapwise direction. The slots are filled with a soft deformable material and the skin around the slots is reinforced during the manufacturing process.
Description
- This invention relates to wind turbines and in particular to wind turbine blades having deflectable flaps.
- Although most commercial wind turbines do not have movable control surfaces, there have in the past been a number of proposals to use flaps or ailerons in wind turbine blades to provide for additional control of the blade in reaction to changing wind conditions. An example of a known wind turbine blade having a trailing edge aileron is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,527,151 of Northern Power Systems, Inc. The aileron disclosed can be used to brake the rotor by moving it into a position where lift destroying turbulence is generated by the gap between the aileron and the trailing edge of the blade. This produces sufficient drag to stop the blade.
- In the example of U.S. Pat. No. 5,527,151 a gap between the blade and the flap is deliberately included. However, in modern wind turbine blade design it is generally considered undesirable to include a gap in the blade surface as this interferes adversely with the air flow under normal operating conditions and reduces the efficiency of energy extraction. Accordingly it is desirable to make the hinge that connects the flap to the blade flush with the blade. An example of this type of flap is shown in WO 2004/074681 of Forskningscenter Risoe. However this introduces a problem in moving the flaps which can be appreciated from
FIG. 1 . This figure shows a wind turbine blade which has three flaps arranged along its trailing edge. The modern blade is very long and is designed to deflect a considerable distance in the flapwise direction. This deflection makes it hard to control movement of the flap which tends to pop up from a closed position to a fully open position as the blade deflects. This problem is exacerbated by the hinge line being curved. Trailing edge flaps are attractive to designers of large modern wind turbines as they are useful in controlling random turbulence loading and asymmetrical loading, both of which are problems which increase with blade length. - The invention aims to address this problem. Accordingly, there is provided a wind turbine rotor blade comprising at least one movable control surface, the upper surface of the blade defining a flap hinge along a hinge line, about which the contol surface is movable, wherein the blade surface is provided with one or more slots along the hinge line.
- Preferably the movable control surface is a flap.
- Embodiments of the inventions have the advantage that the tendency for the flap or other control surface to pop-up when the blade is bending in a flapwise direction is avoided, so allowing smooth deployment of the flap or other control surface.
- Preferably the one or more slots are filled with a soft deformable material such as a silicone rubber. This has the advantage of ensuring that smooth airflow is maintained over the hinge avoiding turbulence over the flap surface which is undesirable. The deformable material may comprise pre-moulded plugs.
- Preferably the upper surface of the blade has one or more areas of strengthening around the one or more slots. The areas of strengthening may be included in the blade moulding process and compensate for any loss of strength caused by forming slots along the hinge line.
- The upper surface of the blade may comprise a skin which extends across the hinge line. This may be a single skin forming the entire upper blade surface and the upper flap surface or a portion of the upper blade surface that also forms a portion of the upper flap surface and defines the hinge line. Alternatively, it may comprise a thin film that bridges the hinge line or the outer layer of the material of the upper blade surface, which is typically GRP.
- In one preferred embodiment a mechanical hinge is arranged under the flap hinge. A mechanical hinge may be desirable in addition to the hinge in the upper blade surface, for example where the flap is relatively large.
- Preferably a plurality of slots are substantially evenly spaced along the hinge line. Strengthening may then be provided around each of the slots evenly along the length of the hinge.
- Preferably the flap is a trailing edge flap. Embodiments of the invention are particularly advantageous where the hinge line is curved as the tendency for the flap to pop-up is most pronounced where the hinge line is not straight.
- The invention also provides a wind turbine having a rotor comprising two or more rotor blades as defined above.
- Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 (referred to above) shows a wind turbine blade having a plurality of trailing edge flaps; -
FIG. 2 is a cross-section through a blade and a flap showing the hinge line; and -
FIG. 3 is a section of a blade and a flap illustrating an embodiment of the invention. - The following description is given with respect to a wind turbine blade having a plurality of trailing edge flaps. However, the invention is applicable to a blade having only a single trailing edge flap or any number of trailing edge flaps as desired. Although the invention is presently intended for use with trailing edge flaps, it is also applicable to single and multiple flaps and other control surfaces positioned at other locations on the blade, for example on the leading edge.
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FIG. 1 shows a windturbine rotor blade 10 having aroot 12,tip 14, leadingedge 16 andtrailing edge 18. The blades of a large commercial scale wind turbine are typically made of resiliently deformable material such as GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastics). This may typically be glass fibre reinforced epoxy or polyester. Each blade has a central beam or area of strengthening that extends along its length with a skin or surface forming upper andlower surfaces - The rotor blades are designed to flex and deform significantly as they rotate in response to oncoming wind. Deformation may be in an edgewise direction or a flapwise direction or a combination of the two. The deformation combined with the blade twist has a effect on the performance of flaps.
FIG. 1 shows a rotor blade having threetrailing edge flaps upper surface 21 of the flaps is an extension of the blade surface and so is made from the same continuous skin as the upper blade surface with the inboard edge of the flap being defined by ahinge line 22. As can be seen fromFIG. 1 , the trailing edge of the blade, along which the flaps are arranged is curved and the flaps themselves and their hinge lines are also curved. Under conditions of flapwise blade bending this prevents the flaps from deflecting freely up and down. In this case, the flaps tend to pop-up from a position flush with the blade to a fully extended position. Clearly this is undesirable. The direction of flapwise bending is indicated by the arrow marked F inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 2 shows a cross section through the blade on the line II-II inFIG. 1 . The continuous surface of the blade skin can be seen extending over and forming the upper surface of the flap with the flap being defined by the hinge line. Alternatively, the covering over the flap may comprise a thin film that bridges the hinge line or the outer layer of the material of the upper blade surface. The lower surface of the flap is here shown as asurface 24 that is free at its inboard end to slide over thelower surface 19 of the blade as the flap deforms. However, this is only one example of a flap construction and other lower flap surface configurations are possible. Anend wall 26 extends between the upper and lower surfaces of the blade to define the trailing end of the blade and is arranged below the hinge line. - In
FIG. 2 , thehinge line 22 in theupper blade skin 17 is shown as the only means by which the flap can deflect. Although not shown, a mechanical hinge may also be included and which can be arranged to extend along the hinge line under the skin. -
FIG. 3 shows how the blade skin may be modified along the hinge line to prevent the problem of the flaps popping up as the blade deflects in the flapwise direction. A plurality ofslots 30 are formed in the skin along the hinge line. Preferably, these slots are then filled with a resilient material such as silicone rubber. This material is chosen to be soft and deformable. It is advantageous to fill the slots to maintain a smooth upper surface on the blade and so to maintain a smooth airflow over the blade. It is particularly advantageous to avoid turbulence on a control surface such as the upper surface of the flap. The number of slots in the skin will depend on the length of the flap and may vary from a single long slot to many slots distributed along the length of the flap. Preferably the distribution of the slots along the hinge is even, such that the distance between adjacent slots is substantially the same. - The inclusion of slots along the hinge line introduces a weakness that could lead to breaking or cracking along the hinge line, particularly with repeated deployment. To prevent this, and to strengthen the hinge line, the skin around the slots is strengthened to compensate for the loss of material at the slots. Thus, one or more areas of strengthening or reinforcement is applied around the slots.
- The strengthening of the hinge line may be part of the blade moulding process. The slot positions are preferably marked on the mould and the reinforcement is added around these marked positions as additional layers of GRP material or other material depending on the composition of the blade. When the blade is removed from the mould, the slot markings remain visible and the slots can then be machined using a milling tool. The slots can then be filled with the soft deformable material.
- It will be appreciated that the inclusion of slots along the hinge line enables the flap to deflect smoothly even under conditions of severe flapwise bending. The reinforcement of the skin around the slots ensures that the hinge has the substantially same strength as a hinge with no slots, and the soft deformable filling of the slots ensures that smooth airflow is maintained over the slotted hinge.
- The embodiment has been described with respect to a blade having one or more trailing edge flaps but it is applicable to one or more flaps or ailerons located at any point on the blade for any purpose, for example on the leading edge or at the blade tip acting as a tip brake. The invention is applicable to any flap or other control surface which uses the blade skin as a hinge, whether or not this is supplemented by a mechanical hinge. Thus, the invention may be applied to slats or to spoilers, for example. Although in the embodiment described the skin is continuous, it could be made up of a number of separate pieces or sections at least one of which forms the overlap between the blade body and the flap and so defines the hinge. This construction might be adopted, for example, with a modular blade assembly where the blade is formed from several separate sections which are then joined together.
- The wind turbine blade described above may be used with any suitable wind turbine rotor, for example a rotor having two or three blades.
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1. A wind turbine rotor blade comprising at least one movable control surface, the upper surface of the blade defining a hinge along a hinge line, about which the control surface is movable, wherein the blade surface is provided with one or more slots along the hinge line.
2. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the movable control surface is a flap.
3. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more slots are filled with a soft deformable material.
4. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 3 , wherein the soft deformable material is a silicone rubber.
5. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 3 , wherein the deformable material comprises pre-moulded plugs.
6. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the blade has one or more areas of strengthening around the one or more slots.
7. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the blade comprises a skin which extends across the hinge line.
8. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , comprising a mechanical hinge arranged under the control surface hinge.
9. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of slots substantially evenly spaced along the hinge line.
10. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 2 , wherein the flap is a trailing edge flap.
11. The wind turbine rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge line is curved.
12. A wind turbine having a rotor comprising two or more rotor blades, each rotor blade comprising at least one movable control surface, the upper surface of the blade defining a hinge along a hinge line, about which the control surface is movable, wherein the blade surface is provided with one or more slots along the hinge line.
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