Patent ID: 7604461

Claim:
A rotor blade for a wind turbine, said rotor blade comprising a first surface having a plurality of first aerodynamic feature elements formed therein and a second surface having a plurality of second aerodynamic feature elements formed therein, said first aerodynamic feature elements influencing an air flow at said first surface during operation of the wind turbine and arranged in a three-dimensional pattern, and wherein said first aerodynamic feature elements in a root region of said blade are larger than said first aerodynamic feature elements in a tip region of said blade by at least 10% in at least one dimension of said first aerodynamic feature elements, said second aerodynamic feature elements influencing an air flow at said second surface and arranged in a two-dimensional pattern, wherein said first aerodynamic feature elements have at least one of a shape, a size, and an arrangement different than at least one of a corresponding shape, size and arrangement of said second aerodynamic feature elements.