Manufacturing Technologies for Turbine Power Blades - Hybrid Anisotropic Materials for Wind Power Turbine Blades - page 104

Upper spar cap

Leading edge

Sandwich shell

Trailing edge

TE shear web

Lower spar cap

Wind turbine blade components

FIGURE 4.11
Anatomy.of.wind.turbine.blades.(near.max.chord).

The. anatomy. of. wind. turbine. blades. (near. max. chord). is. shown. in.
Figure 4.11.
The. carbon. spar. consists. of. an. upper. spar. cap,. inner. shear. web,. and.
lower. spar. cap,. which. are. manufactured. by. a. continuous. molding. pro-
cess.. When. inner. shear. web. is. main. spar. endorse. and. gave. strength,. It.
is. main. spar. endorse. strength. when. acting. bending. and. twisting. forces.
acted.in.longitudinal.directions..Robust.SCRIM.process,.reduce.cost.and.
time.(Figure.4.12).

Approx. 30-50 meters

0.2834 [7.20 mm]

3.7868 [96.18 mm]

R3.2402 [R82.30 mm]

0.3008 [7.64 mm]

Carbon spar for large-scale turbine

FIGURE 4.12
Carbon.spar.for.large-scale.turbine.blade.