IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0027730
(2011-02-15)
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등록번호 |
US-8517681
(2013-08-27)
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우선권정보 |
JP-2009-292398 (2009-12-24); JP-2009-292461 (2009-12-24) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Naka, Takehiro
- Matsushita, Takatoshi
- Nakamura, Nobuyasu
- Hayashi, Yoshihiko
- Arinaga, Shinji
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
5 인용 특허 :
5 |
초록
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A wind turbine blade has a blade body 11, a plurality of receptors 12, 13 embedded in and exposed to the surface of the blade body 11, a conductor layer 14 provided on the surface of the blade body 11 and connecting the receptors 12, 13 with one another and a downconductor 21 connected to the recept
A wind turbine blade has a blade body 11, a plurality of receptors 12, 13 embedded in and exposed to the surface of the blade body 11, a conductor layer 14 provided on the surface of the blade body 11 and connecting the receptors 12, 13 with one another and a downconductor 21 connected to the receptors 12, 13 and provided in the blade body 11. The downconductor 21 may be embedded in an insulator.
대표청구항
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1. A wind turbine blade, comprising: a blade body;a plurality of receptors which is embedded in the blade body and exposed on a surface of the blade body;a conductor layer which is provided on the surface of the blade body and connects the plurality of receptors to one another, the conductor layer b
1. A wind turbine blade, comprising: a blade body;a plurality of receptors which is embedded in the blade body and exposed on a surface of the blade body;a conductor layer which is provided on the surface of the blade body and connects the plurality of receptors to one another, the conductor layer being arranged on an upwind side surface and a downwind side surface the blade body in a continuous manner from the upwind side surface to the downwind side surface through a leading edge of the blade body; anda downconductor which is connected to the plurality of receptors and provided in the blade body. 2. The wind turbine blade according to claim 1, wherein the conductor layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of a conductive tape, a conductive mesh, a conductive foil, and a conductive diverter strip. 3. The wind turbine blade according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of receptors comprises a receptor body having a face formed along the surface of the blade body and a convex portion disposed on the face of the receptor body. 4. The wind turbine blade according to claim 3, wherein the convex portion of the receptor is at least one selected from the group consisting of an acicular conductor, a conical conductor, a cylindrical conductor, and a prismatic conductor. 5. The wind turbine blade according to claim 1, further comprising a photocatalyst which is applied to the surface of the blade body and cleanses the surface of the blade body. 6. A wind turbine generator equipped with the wind turbine blade of claim 1, comprising: a nacelle mounted rotatably on a support;a rotor head which is connected rotatably to the nacelle; andfirst, second and third wind turbine blades each of which is constituted of the wind turbine blade,wherein the first wind turbine blade has a tip part which is additionally processed for lightning protection, andwherein, in response to approaching of lightning, the first to third wind turbine blades are feathered and stopped in such a position that the first wind turbine blade is positioned upright. 7. The wind turbine generator according to claim 6, wherein the second wind turbine blade has an upwind part on an upwind-side which is additionally processed for lightning protection,wherein the third wind turbine blade has a downwind part on a downwind-side which is additionally processed for lightning protection, andwherein, in response to approaching of lightning, the second and third wind turbine blades are stopped in such a position that the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade faces upward and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade faces upward. 8. The wind turbine generator according to claim 7, wherein each of the tip part of the first wind turbine blade, the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade has a bigger receptor or more receptors of the plurality of receptors than other area of said each blade. 9. The wind turbine generator according to claim 7, wherein the conductor layer is provided on a surface of the blade body in each of the tip part of the first wind turbine blade, the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade. 10. The wind turbine generator according to claim 7, wherein the downconductor is embedded in an insulator in each of the tip part of the first wind turbine blade, the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade. 11. The wind turbine generator according to claim 7, further comprising a connection part which comprises a wire connecting the receptors to the downconductor, wherein the connection part is formed smooth in each of the tip part of the first wind turbine blade, the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade. 12. The wind turbine generator according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of receptors includes a plurality of first receptors which is embedded in a leading-edge side of the blade body and exposed on the surface of the blade body and a plurality of second receptors which is embedded in a trailing-edge side of the blade body and exposed on the surface of the blade body, andwherein the downconductor is shared between the plurality of first receptors and the plurality of second receptors in each of the tip part of the first wind turbine blade, the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade. 13. The wind turbine generator according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of receptors that is provided in each of the tip part of the first wind turbine blade, the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade has a receptor body having a face formed along the surface of the blade body and a convex portion disposed on the face of the receptor body. 14. The wind turbine generator according to claim 7, further comprising a drying unit which dries an inside of the blade body and is provided in each of the tip part of the first wind turbine blade, the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade. 15. The wind turbine generator according to claim 7, further comprising a photocatalyst which is applied to the surface of the blade body in each of the tip part of the first wind turbine blade, the upwind part of the second wind turbine blade and the downwind part of the third wind turbine blade, and cleanses the surface of the blade body. 16. A wind turbine generator, comprising: the wind turbine blade according to claim 1. 17. An operation method of a wind turbine generator which comprises a nacelle mounted rotatably on a support,a rotor head which is connected rotatably to the nacelle,first, second and third wind turbine blades each of which is provided on the rotor head and capable of feathering, the first wind turbine blade having a tip part which is additionally processed for lightning protection, the second wind turbine blade having an upwind part which is additionally processed for lightning protection, and the third wind turbine blade having a downwind part which is additionally processed for lightning protection, the method comprising the steps of:feathering the first to third wind turbine blades in response to approaching of lightning; andstopping rotation of the rotor head in such a stop position that the first wind turbine blade having the tip part that is additionally processed for lightning protection compared to other parts of the first wind turbine blade is oriented along a vertical direction with the tip part facing upward,wherein in the stopping step, the second wind turbine blade having the u win that is additionally processed for lightning protection compared to other parts of the second wind turbine blade is oriented so that the upwind part faces upward, and the third wind turbine blade having the downwind part that is additionally processed for lightning protection compared to other parts of the third wind turbine blade is oriented so that the downwind part faces upward. 18. The operation method of the wind turbine generator according to claim 17, further comprising the step of positioning the rotor head so as to face a direction of the lightning.
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