Wind turbine lightning protection system

A glass-reinforced fiber or carbon-reinforced wind turbine blade (14) having a suction side (16) and a pressure side (18) includes a tip portion (12) adapted with an electric field control region disposed solely on or within the tip portion (12). The electric field control region is in electrical co...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lewke, Bastian, Kraemer, Sebastian Gerhard Maxim, Hernandez, Yaru Najem Mendez, Feichter, Wilhelm, Menzel, Matthias
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BLASTING HEATING LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER WEAPONS WIND MOTORS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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Zusammenfassung:	A glass-reinforced fiber or carbon-reinforced wind turbine blade (14) having a suction side (16) and a pressure side (18) includes a tip portion (12) adapted with an electric field control region disposed solely on or within the tip portion (12). The electric field control region is in electrical communication with or galvanically connected to an electric discharge conduction mechanism (20), wherein the electric field control region and the electric discharge conduction mechanism (20) together operate to protect a wind turbine and its associated blade(s) (14) from damage due to a lightning strike at the tip (12) of the wind turbine blade(s) (14) by controlling an electric field at the tip portion(s) (12) caused by the lightning strike.