Patent ID: 8834127
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: F03D,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine, comprising: a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root; an extension connected to a surface of the rotor blade, the extension having at least one design characteristic configured for increasing a loading capability of the rotor blade within a maximum load limit for the wind turbine; a gurney flap extending from the extension; and a flap adjustment plate mounted to the gurney flap, the flap adjustment plate increasing a height of the gurney flap, wherein the design characteristic is one of extension length, extension width, extension curvature, span-wise extension location, chord-wise extension location, or extension angle with respect to a chord line of the rotor blade.