Patent ID: 9670900
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: F03D,Y02E

Claim:
1. A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine, the rotor blade assembly comprising: a rotor blade having exterior surfaces 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 defining a span and a chord, wherein a span-wise portion of the pressure side comprises a tab mounted along a chord-wise cross-section, the tab comprising a plurality of inflection points, the plurality of inflection points comprising a first inflection point, a second inflection point, and a third inflection point, the first and second inflections points positioned within 40% of the chord from the leading edge, and the third inflection point positioned between 50% and 100% of the chord from the leading edge, the tab comprising a first end and an opposing, second end that define an overall length therebetween, the first end corresponding to the first inflection point, the second end corresponding to the third inflection point, the second inflection point configured between the first and third inflection points, wherein the tab comprises a continuously curved profile along its entire length that tapers towards the pressure side of the rotor blade from the second inflection point to the third inflection point.