Noise-reduction device for wind turbine and the wind turbine applied thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10920742-B2
Application number	US-201816046132-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2018
Priority date	Jul 26, 2018
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

A noise-reduction device for a wind turbine and the wind turbine applied thereof are introduced. The noise-reduction device has a body. The body has a connection portion and a spoiler. The connection portion is concavely disposed on one side of the body and corresponds in shape to the wind turbine's blade so as to be fixed to a confronting edge of the wind turbine blade. The spoiler is disposed on the opposing side of the body. As soon as the wind turbine blade is driven by wind, the spoiler stirs air and guides the air across two sides thereof. When guided by the spoiler, airflows turn into vortexes on the wind turbine blade; hence, the chance that the wind turbine will stall and generate noise is greatly reduced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A noise-reduction device for a wind turbine, the noise-reduction device being applied to a wind turbine blade, the noise-reduction device comprising:
a body comprising:
a connection portion concavely disposed on a side of the body and corresponding in shape to the wind turbine blade so as to be fixed to a confronting edge of the wind turbine blade; and
a spoiler disposed on an opposing side of the body, wherein, as soon as the wind turbine blade is driven by wind, the spoiler stirs air and guides the air across two sides thereof;
wherein the spoiler is spherical, cylindrical or conical.

2. A wind turbine, comprising:
a rotating shaft;
a plurality of wind turbine blades each having a pivotal end connected to the rotating shaft; and
a plurality of noise-reduction devices of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of noise-reduction devices are disposed at a confronting edge of each said wind turbine blade, the noise-reduction devices disposed at the confronting edge of each said wind turbine blade are spaced apart by the same distance.

3. A wind turbine, comprising:
a rotating shaft;
a plurality of wind turbine blades each having a pivotal end connected to the rotating shaft; and
a plurality of noise-reduction devices of claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of noise-reduction devices is disposed at a confronting edge of each said wind turbine blade; and the spoilers are spherical, cylindrical, or conical.

4. The wind turbine of claim 3 , wherein the noise-reduction devices disposed at the confronting edge of each said wind turbine blade are spaced apart by the same distance.

5. The wind turbine of claim 3 , wherein the noise-reduction devices disposed at the confronting edge of each said wind turbine blade are spaced apart by distances being different and decreasing from the pivotal end to a free end of the wind turbine blade.

6. The wind turbine of claim 5 , wherein the decrease in the distances grows according to Fibonacci sequence.

7. The wind turbine of claim 3 , wherein surface areas of the spoilers decrease from the pivotal end to a free end of the wind turbine blade.

8. The wind turbine of claim 7 , wherein the decrease in surface areas of the spoilers grows according to Fibonacci sequence.

9. The wind turbine of claim 7 , wherein the noise-reduction devices disposed at the confronting edge of each said wind turbine blade are spaced apart by different distances.

Assignees

• Institute Of Nuclear Ennergy Res Atomic Energy Council Executive Yuan R O C
• Iner Aec Executive Yuan

Inventors

• Lin Yan-Ting
• Lin Guan-Ting
• Cheng En-Kai
• Huang Chin-Cheng

Classifications

• F03D1/0633 Primary

  of the blades · CPC title

• F05B2240/221

  with horizontal axis · CPC title

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title

• F05B2250/231

  cylindrical · CPC title

• F05B2260/962

  by means creating "anti-noise" · CPC title