Abstract: Provided is a system for determining a soiling state of a wind turbine rotor blade. The system includes a pressure sensor adapted to measure a plurality of pressure values corresponding to a plurality of different heights above a trailing edge region of the wind turbine rotor blade, and a processing unit in communication with the pressure sensor and adapted to determine the soiling state of the wind turbine rotor blade by estimating an air flow velocity distribution above the trailing edge region of the wind turbine rotor blade based on the plurality of pressure values. Furthermore, a corresponding method of determining a soiling state of a wind turbine rotor blade is described.

Abstract: Provided is a system for determining a soiling state of a wind turbine rotor blade. The system includes a pressure sensor adapted to measure a plurality of pressure values corresponding to a plurality of different heights above a trailing edge region of the wind turbine rotor blade, and a processing unit in communication with the pressure sensor and adapted to determine the soiling state of the wind turbine rotor blade by estimating an air flow velocity distribution above the trailing edge region of the wind turbine rotor blade based on the plurality of pressure values. Furthermore, a corresponding method of determining a soiling state of a wind turbine rotor blade is described.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade with a flow guiding device attached to a profiled contour on a pressure side of the blade is described. The flow guiding device has a front surface facing toward an oncoming airflow and comprises at least a first portion, which is angled towards the oncoming airflow and a leading edge of the wind turbine blade.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade with a plurality of flow guiding device parts attached to a profiled contour on a pressure side of the blade is described. The longitudinally extending flow guiding device parts are grouped together to form a first flow guiding device group in the transition region of the blade.

Abstract: A blade (10) for a rotor of a wind turbine having a profiled contour divided into: a root region (30), an airfoil region (34), and a transition region (32) between the root region (30) and the airfoil region (34). A shoulder (40) is located at the boundary between the transition region (32) and the airfoil region (34). The blade's profiled contour comprises a local relative thickness defined as the local ratio between a maximum profile thickness (t) and the chord length (c). The ratio between the shoulder width (W) and the blade length (L) being less than or equal to 0.075, and the relative thickness (t/c) in a blade length interval of 0-0.8 L is at least 22%.

Abstract: A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine has a profiled contour including a leading edge and a trailing edge as well as a pressure side and a suction side, the profiled contour generating lift when impacted by an incident airflow. The profiled contour is divided into a root region with a substantially circular profile closest to the hub, an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub, and a transition region between the root and airfoil regions. The suction side has a first zone which extends substantially in the direction of the incident airflow, and which is positioned in a zone of a cross-flow. The first zone includes a first barrier generating means adapted to generating a barrier of airflow, which extends essentially in the direction of the incident airflow and is of sufficient strength and length so as to effectively reduce the cross-flow.

Abstract: A rotor blade of a wind turbine and a wind turbine including at least one of such rotor blades is provided. The rotor blade comprises a main vortex generator, and a secondary vortex generator. The height of the main vortex generator is greater than the height of the secondary vortex generator. Furthermore, the main vortex generator and the secondary vortex generator are configured and arranged such with regard to each other that for a boundary layer thickness being smaller than the height of the secondary vortex generator, the secondary vortex generator reduces, in particular neutralizes, the impact of the main vortex generator on the lift of the rotor blade, and for a boundary layer thickness being larger than the height of the secondary vortex generator, the lift of the rotor blade is substantially unaffected by the presence of the secondary vortex generator.

Abstract: A wind turbine includes a number of blades and an optical measurement system comprising a light source, such as a laser, an optical transmitter part, an optical receiver part, and a signal processor. The light source is optically coupled to the optical transmitter part, which includes an emission point for emitting light in a probing direction. The optical receiver part comprises a receiving point and a detector. The optical receiver part is adapted for receiving a reflected part of light from a probing region along the probing direction and directing the reflected part of light to the detector to generate a signal used to determine a first velocity component of the inflow. The emission point is located in a first blade at a first radial distance from a center axis, and the receiving point is located in the first blade at a second radial distance from the center axis.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade (10) for a rotor of a wind turbine (2) is provided with a longitudinally extending flow guiding device (70, 170) attached to the profiled contour. The flow guiding device comprises: a base (90, 190) having a first longitudinal end (91, 191) nearest the root end (16) and a second longitudinal end (92, 192) nearest the tip end (14), a first side (93, 193) nearest the leading edge (18) and a second side (94, 194) nearest the trailing edge (20), as well as a first surface (95, 195) and a second surface (96, 196), the first surface of the base being attached to the profiled contour, and the second surface facing away from the profiled contour. A longitudinally extending substantially plate-shaped element (97, 197) protrudes from the second surface (96, 196) of the base (90, 190).

Abstract: A blade, for a rotor of a wind turbine has a profiled contour in a radial direction is divided into a root region with a substantially circular or elliptical profile closest to the hub and an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub. A transition region between the root region and the airfoil region has a profile gradually changing in the radial direction from the circular or elliptical profile of the root region to the lift generating profile of the airfoil region, and the airfoil region comprises at least a first longitudinal segment extending at least 20% of a longitudinal extent of the airfoil region. The first longitudinal segment has a first base part with a cross-sectional profile such that, when impacted by an incident airflow at an angle of attack of 0 degrees has a lift coefficient, which is 0 or less.

Abstract: A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine is manufactured with a root region with a substantially circular or elliptical profile closest to the hub, an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub and a transition region having a profile gradually changing the root region to the airfoil region. A first blade design is used for the first base part on a first longitudinal section of an airfoil region of a second blade, so that an induction factor of the first base part on the second blade deviates from a target induction factor. The first longitudinal section of the second blade is provided with flow altering devices so as to adjust the aerodynamic properties of the first longitudinal segment to substantially meet the target induction factor at the design point on the second blade.

Abstract: A wind turbine includes a number of blades and an optical measurement system comprising a light source, such as a laser, an optical transmitter part, an optical receiver part, and a signal processor. The light source is optically coupled to the optical transmitter part, which includes an emission point for emitting light in a probing direction. The optical receiver part comprises a receiving point and a detector. The optical receiver part is adapted for receiving a reflected part of light from a probing region along the probing direction and directing the reflected part of light to the detector to generate a signal used to determine a first velocity component of the inflow. The emission point is located in a first blade at a first radial distance from a center axis, and the receiving point is located in the first blade at a second radial distance from the center axis.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade with a flow guiding device attached to a profiled contour on a pressure side of the blade is described. The flow guiding device extends along at least a longitudinal part of a transition region of the blade and is arranged so as to generate a separation of airflow along at least a central longitudinal portion of the flow guiding device from the pressure side of the blade at a point between the flow guiding device and a trailing edge of the blade, when the blade is impacted by an incident airflow. The inflow surface, in at least the central longitudinal portion, is formed so that, for each transverse cross-section, a end point tangent to the inflow surface at the end point crosses the profiled contour at a crossing point, where the profiled contour has a profile tangent to the profiled contour, and wherein an angle between the profile tangent and the end point tangent is at least 45 degrees.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade with a flow guiding device attached to a profiled contour on a pressure side of the blade is described. The flow guiding device extends along at least a longitudinal part of a transition region of the blade and is arranged so as to generate a separation of airflow along at least a central longitudinal portion of the flow guiding device from the pressure side of the blade at a point between the flow guiding device and a trailing edge of the blade, when the blade is impacted by an incident airflow. The flow guiding device is arranged at a relative chordal position, seen from the leading edge of the blade, lying in an interval between 40% and 92%. The relative height of the flow guiding device is at least 10% of a maximum thickness of the profiled contour.

Abstract: A wind turbine includes a number of blades and an optical measurement system comprising a light source, such as a laser, an optical transmitter part, an optical receiver part, and a signal processor. The light source is optically coupled to the optical transmitter part, which includes an emission point for emitting light in a probing direction. The optical receiver part comprises a receiving point and a detector. The optical receiver part is adapted for receiving a reflected part of light from a probing region along the probing direction and directing the reflected part of light to the detector to generate a signal used to determine a first velocity component of the inflow. The emission point is located in a first blade at a first radial distance from a center axis, and the receiving point is located in the first blade at a second radial distance from the center axis.

Abstract: A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine is divided into a root region closest to the hub and an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub. A transition region has a profile gradually changing in the radial direction from the circular or elliptical profile of the root region to the lift generating profile of the airfoil region, and includes at least a first longitudinal segment extending along at least 20% of a longitudinal extent of the airfoil region. A base part has an inherent non-ideal twist, such as no twist, or a reduced twist compared to a target blade twist, so that an axial induction factor of the first base part at a design point deviates from a target axial induction factor. A number of flow altering devices are arranged so as to adjust the aerodynamic properties of the first longitudinal segment.

Abstract: A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine has a root region with a substantially circular or elliptical profile closest to the hub and an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub. A transition region has a base part with an inner dimension that varies linearly in the radial direction of the blade in such a way that an induction factor of the first base part without flow altering devices at a rotor design point deviates from a target induction factor. The first longitudinal segment is provided with a number of first flow altering devices arranged so as to adjust the aerodynamic properties of the first longitudinal segment to substantially meet the target induction factor at the design point.

Abstract: A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine is divided into a root region closest to the hub and an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub and a transition region. A base part of the transition region has an axial induction factor, which without flow altering device deviates at least 5% from a target axial induction factor. A number of first flow altering devices are arranged so as to adjust the aerodynamic properties of a longitudinal segment of the transition region to substantially meet the target axial induction factor.

Abstract: A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine having a substantially horizontal rotor shaft, the rotor comprising a hub, from which the blade extends substantially in a radial direction when mounted to the hub. The blade comprises a main blade part having a profiled contour comprising a pressure side and a suction side as well as a leading edge and a trailing edge with a chord extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The profiled contour generates a lift when being impacted by an incident airflow. The profiled contour is divided in the radial direction into a root region with a substantially circular or elliptical profile closest to the hub, the substantially circular or elliptical profile having a diameter, an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub, and a transition region between the root region and the airfoil region.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine rotor blade includes a root portion, an airfoil portion, a thickened zone extending outward from an inner hub end of the blade into the airfoil portion of the blade; and an airflow correction arrangement arranged on a pressure side of the blade over at least a portion of the thickened zone. The airflow correction arrangement includes a spoiler to increase blade lift and a vortex generator arranged between a leading edge and the trailing edge and realized to maintain an attached airflow between the vortex generator and the spoiler. A wind turbine with at least one such rotor blade is disclosed. An airflow correction arrangement for correcting the airflow over the pressure side of a wind turbine rotor blade for a region of the blade having a thickened zone is further disclosed.