The present device is a vertically oriented wind turbine blade having a rectangular simple curvilinear shaped blade, which includes a top edge, a bottom edge, an outer edge, an inner edge, an inner surface and an outer surface. The blade is formed using extrusion to approximate a uncompleted airfoil shape from the inner edge to the outer edge (relative to the turbine center or hub). The angle of attack, the solidity and the arms angle are designed to improve performance at low wind speeds.

The invention relates to a rotor blade (100) for a wind turbine, having a rotor blade root (102), a rotor blade outer edge (104), a leading edge (106) and a trailing edge (108), The leading edge (106) and the trailing edge (108) define a chord (110), the length of which increases from the rotor blade root (102) to the rotor blade outer edge (104), Chord centre points (112) define a rotor wing centre line (114) running from the rotor blade root (0.102) to the rotor blade outer edge (104) and the rotor wing centre line (114) divides the rotor blade outer edge (104) into a leading edge portion (116) and a trailing edge portion (118), a winglet (120) that extends only along the trailing edge portion (118) being arranged on the rotor blade outer edge (104).

A ducted fan is provided including a fan casing surrounding a plurality of fan blades mounted to a rotating drive shaft. The plurality of blades define a tip stagger angle of greater than 68 degrees and the fan casing defines an annular recess defined by an inner wall of the fan casing, the annular recess extending about the circumferential direction proximate a blade tip of each of the plurality of blades. The annular recess may define an average recess depth greater than 10 percent of the tip chord length. The annular recess may also define a length ratio equal to a recess length over the tip axial chord length that is greater than 1.5.

A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the first and second blade segments has at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface and an internal support structure. The first blade segment defines a first pre-bend in a flap-wise direction. The second blade segment defines a different, second pre-bend in the flap-wise direction. Further, the first pre-bend is greater than the second pre-bend. In addition, the first and second pre-bends provide an overall pre-bend in the flap-wise direction away from a tower of the wind turbine that allows for a predetermined deflection of the rotor blade towards the tower.

A damper position-limiting device is provided, which is mounted in a tower to limit the swing amplitude of a damper installed in the tower. The damper position-limiting device includes at least one web and a position-limiting ring. The web is provided with a mounting hole and at least one stress relief hole. A first side wall of the web has a first specified length along a circumferential direction of the inner wall of the tower, and is connected to the inner wall of the tower. The position-limiting ring is positioned within the mounting hole and connected to the mounting hole and is configured to accommodate an impacting plate of the damper.

A rotor for a vertical axis wind turbine generator features a flywheel having first and second faces located opposite one another across a thickness of the flywheel, and a circumferential perimeter edge joining the first and second faces together around the central axis at a perimeter of the flywheel. A series of cavities are spaced radially inward from the circumferential perimeter edge and open into the flywheel from the first face on a path disposed circumferentially about the central axis. A series of permanent magnets carried in the cavities have the opposing poles of adjacent magnets facing in the same axial direction. The recessed magnet configuration avoids the separate magnet-retention means required for flush-mount configurations, and increases the performance of the generator.

This invention relates to a wind turbine blade with retrofitted coating in and around areas where the blade is especially exposed to erosion damages, which is established by the coating including a glue layer, a fiber reinforced polymer layer and one or more non-reinforced polymer layers over the fiber reinforced layer, since the polymer layers stretch themselves out over the fiber reinforced layer and includes areas of the wind turbine blade's surface, which are less exposed to erosion damages. A method for creation of such a wind turbine blade and creation of such a coating and the coating itself, is also established with the invention.

A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine having a longitudinal direction with a tip end and a root end and a transverse direction, comprising: a profiled contour that when impacted by an incident airflow, generates a lift, wherein the profiled contour is divided into: a root region having a substantially circular or elliptical profile closest to the hub, an airfoil region having a lift-generating profile furthest away from the hub, and a transition region between the root region and the airfoil region, the transition region having a profile gradually changing in the radial direction to the lift-generating profile of the airfoil region, and further comprising a shoulder, wherein the shoulder is located in the airfoil region, thus yielding a slender and relative thick blade maximizing energy output, reducing bearing loads and facilitating transportation.

A decorative ornament powered by a vertical axis wind turbine. The turbine includes blades that rotate about a centrally located vertical shaft. An LED illuminated globe is centrally located within the rotating blades and is secured atop the shaft. An alternator is located below the globe and is coupled to the rotating blades. The blades are shaped having a leading cupped section joined to a lagging airfoil section. The leading cup section is defined by a cup radius r and the lagging airfoil section is defined by an airfoil chord length CL. The cup radius r and chord length CL both decrease towards the terminal bottom and top ends of the blade. Also, the airfoil section is located a radial distance Cd from the vertical axis and the radial distance Cd decreases towards the terminal bottom and top ends of the blade.

A turbine system includes a shaft extending along an axis. A first spoke has a first end, attached to the shaft, and a second end. A second spoke has a first end, attached to the shaft, and a second end. A third spoke has a first end, attached to the shaft, and a second end. A turbine blade is attached to the second end of the first spoke, the second end of the second spoke, and the second end of the third spoke. The turbine blade extends continuously circumferentially about the axis. The turbine blade is spaced a distance apart from the axis and in non-contact with the shaft.