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Wind turbine blade inspection and cleaning system

一种风力涡轮、清洁系统的技术，应用在风力发动机、风力发电机组件、清洁方法和用具等方向，能够解决昂贵、手动叶片维护耗时等问题

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-01-26
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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However, manual blade maintenance is time consuming and expensive, and is therefore generally performed at longer than desired intervals
As a result, wind turbines may operate in an inefficient manner for long periods of time

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[0017] One or more specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In an effort to provide a concise description of these embodiments, all features of actual implementation may not be described in the specification. It should be understood that when developing any such actual implementation in any engineering or design project, many implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developer’s specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints. The specific goals can be Change from one implementation to another. In addition, it will be understood that this development attempt may be complicated and time-consuming, but nonetheless, it will still be a routine work of design, processing, and manufacturing for those of ordinary skill who benefit from the present disclosure.

[0018] When introducing elements of various embodiments of the present invention, the articles "a," "an," "the," and "said" are intended t...

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The invention relates to a wind turbine blade inspection and cleaning system. In one embodiment, the system (10) includes a blade maintenance vehicle (24). The blade maintenance vehicle (24) includes a self-contained balance (34) configured to stabilize the blade maintenance vehicle (24) on an upwardly facing edge (20) of a horizontally positioned wind turbine blade (16).

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Technical field [0001] The subject matter disclosed herein relates to wind turbine blade inspection and cleaning systems. Background technique [0002] Wind turbines typically include a plurality of blades extending from a central hub. The hub is rotatably coupled to a nacelle suspended above the ground by a tower. In general, the nacelle houses a generator, which is coupled to the hub and configured to generate electrical power as the blades are driven to rotate by the wind. Wind turbine blades are typically precisely designed and manufactured to efficiently convert wind energy into rotational motion, thereby providing the generator with sufficient rotational energy for power generation. Blade efficiency generally depends on blade shape and surface smoothness. Unfortunately, during operation, debris (such as dirt, bugs, sea salt, etc.) collects on the blades, thereby changing the shape and reducing the smoothness. In addition, rocks or other debris can scratch or erode the b...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): F03D1/06B08B1/00B08B3/00
CPCF05B2270/8041B08B1/02F03D11/0016Y02E10/722B08B1/04F03D1/003B08B3/022Y02E10/721F03D80/55F03D80/50Y02E10/72B08B1/20B08B1/34B08B1/32
Inventor E·埃格莱斯顿
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO