A large-size wind power blade with a multi-beam structure and its manufacturing method, wherein the blade adopts a hollow layout structure and comprises a blade skin suction edge, a blade skin pressure edge, a main load-carrying structure crossbeam and anti-shearing webs, wherein the blade skin suction edge and the blade skin pressure edge are combined to form a cavity structure having a streamlined cross section, wherein a support structure formed by the combination of the main load-carrying structure crossbeam and the anti-shearing web is located in the cavity. Both the blade skin suction edge and the blade skin pressure edge adopt a multi-segment combined structure, wherein the multiple segments are connected to the side surface of the main load-carrying structure crossbeam to integrally form the blade skin suction edge and the skin pressure edge. Under the premise of ensuring the structural rigidity and strength, the anti-bending capability as well as the stability of the blade of the present invention is increased. With the use of high modulus carbon fiber laxer, the weight of the blade is reduced, the load of the blade, especially the fatigue load, is reduced is reduced.

A hybrid turbine blade having a box beam assembly structure and method of designing such a hybrid turbine blade are disclosed. The box beam assembly provides the primary structure for supporting loads on the blade, and comprises oppositely positioned spar caps joined by oppositely positioned shear webs. For a portion of the blade, the box beam assembly further comprises a root buildup. In one embodiment, the shear webs comprise foam core sandwiched between two biaxial fiber-reinforced plastic laminates (FRP), the spar caps comprise uniaxial FRP laminates, and the root buildup comprises triaxial FRP laminates. The blades are designed using a novel inside-out method, wherein the box beam is first designed to support expected loads, and an aerodynamic surface is then designed to be supported by the box beam. The blade may be constructed in segments that are joined with connectors that engage the box beam structure.

This invention relates to a sleeve and a modular wind turbine blade comprising such a sleeve. The modular wind turbine blade comprises a first blade and a second blade section, wherein the two blade sections are joined together to form a joint interface having a number of adjoining end lines located in the outer surfaces. A sleeve is positioned over the joint interface and connected to both the first and second blade sections. The body of the sleeve extends over the adjoining end lines and protects them from environmental and external impacts. The sleeve further comprises a number of airflow modifying elements projecting from the outer surface of the sleeve. The airflow modifying elements may be stall fences.

An active folding wind turbine capable of resisting severe typhoons is provided. Each wind turbine blade includes an upper blade part and a lower blade part that are hinged to each other by a hinge device. A motor transmission system is installed in the lower blade part, is connected to the hinge device in a transmission manner, and can drive the upper blade part to rotate relative to the lower blade part through the hinge device, so that the wind turbine blade is bent. When the upper blade part rotates to an end of a travel, a blade tip of the upper blade part is propped against an upper end of the lower blade part of an adjacent wind turbine blade. A winch is built in an upper portion of the lower blade part of the wind turbine blade, and is provided with a cable.

A rotor blade of a wind turbine. The rotor blade comprises at least one rotor-blade inner portion, having a region connecting to the rotor-blade hub, and at least one rotor-blade outer portion, having a rotor-blade tip, the rotor-blade inner portion and the rotor-blade outer portion each being made substantially of a fibre-reinforced plastic, and the rotor-blade inner portion and the rotor-blade outer portion being connected to each other by a connecting device. The connecting device in this case comprises an inner insert that is at least partially wrapped in the fibre-reinforced plastic of the rotor-blade inner portion, an outer insert that is at least partially incorporated in the fibre-reinforced plastic of the rotor-blade outer portion, the inner insert and the outer insert being connected to each other via a connecting element.

Disclosed is a wind turbine blade comprising a first blade section and a second blade section connected to the first blade section. The wind turbine blade comprises a first down conductor for conducting lightning current to ground. The blade further comprises one or more lightning receptors at or in proximity of an external surface of the wind turbine blade. A smallest distance from a first lightning receptor of the one or more lightning receptors to an interface between the first blade section and the second blade section may be less than or equal to a chord length of a chord of the wind turbine blade at the interface between the first blade section and the second blade section.

A two-part or multi-part rotor blade and also to a method which is associated with it. The rotor blade is split into at least one rotor blade component which is close to the hub and one rotor blade component which is remote from the hub at a separation point in the longitudinal direction, wherein the rotor blade component which is close to the hub and the rotor blade component which is remote from the hub can be connected at the separation point for operation of the wind turbine. A ratio of profile thickness to profile depth, called relative thickness, at the separation point lies within a range of from 0.4 to 0.5. An improved two-part or multi-part rotor blade in spite of the unexpectedly high relative thicknesses.

A method is provided for servicing a jointed rotor blade of a wind turbine. The jointed rotor blade is positioned in a six o'clock position and a blade tip support element is secured to a tip section of the jointed rotor blade. A lift-support element is secured at a mounting location above the blade tip support element. A lifting line is coupled between the lift-support element and the blade tip support element. The tip section is separated from the root section of the jointed rotor blade such that the tip section is suspended above a support surface of the wind turbine via the blade tip support element and the lifting line. The tip section of the jointed rotor blade is serviced.

A method for assembling a wind turbine blade is disclosed. The method includes providing a root end element 70 of the wind turbine blade 10, providing a tip end element 72 of the wind turbine blade 10, and inserting one or more alignment members 82 at pre-defined positions in at least one of the root end elements 70 and the tip end element 72. The one or more alignment members 82 is of a pre-defined shape. The method further includes aligning the one or more members 82 with a receiver portion of at least one of the root end elements 70 and the tip end element 72 in which the one or more alignment members 82 is not inserted, along a joining portion. Then, joining the root end element 70 and the tip end element 72 wherein, during joining, the one or more alignment members 82 align along a longitudinal axis of at least one of the root end elements 70 and the tip end element 72.

Rotor blade assembly and methods for forming rotor blade assemblies are provided. A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade including a shell and defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge and a trailing edge each extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further defines a span and a chord. The shell includes an inner skin, an outer skin, and a core disposed between the inner skin and the outer skin. The rotor blade assembly further includes a reinforcement assembly bonded to the shell, the reinforcement assembly comprising a reinforcement core.