Ice Heating Mat Wind Turbine Patent

The invention relates to heatable wind energy turbine blades and to a method of heating and deicing the turbine blades using conductive fabrics to displace and or cease the buildup of ice on the turbine blades by electrothermal fabric heater disposed or integrated on the turbines for effectively deicing the blades.

Ice heating mat wind turbine patent.

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The impact of ice formation on wind turbine performance and aerodynamics j. A swiss report last year titled wind turbine ice throw studies in the swiss alps focused on a turbine near a ski area. The main benefits of wips are the following. That report found ice throw to be a significant safety risk the most dangerous place for ice was underneath the turbine but about 5 percent of fragments landed more than 80 meters or 260 feet from the.

There is a system and method for de icing a wind turbine blade. Any mechanical friction or resistance to rotation will inevitably cause a reduction in the overall energy efficiency of the electrical output through wind energy production. Ice prevention systems at work the international energy agency iea wind task 19 published a 2016 report on available technologies for wind energy in cold climate which states there are at least eight oems that now offer ice protection systems for turbine blades and four independent suppliers. Multiple turbine blade design methods are explored as well as heater.

After experiencing significant wind farm downtime due to ice buildup on turbine blades the operators of the 150 turbine lac alfred wind farm near amqui quebec sought. Written by barbara rook contributor it can be tough to predict and even tougher to manage. Energy eng february 2011 energy and thermal performance of social housing. The system includes a heater for heating air and for attaching to an interior surface of the wind turbine blade a blower for moving air across the heater to generate a heated airflow and a flexible duct for receiving the heated airflow and for releasing the heated airflow into the interior of the wind turbine blade.

It allows continuous turbine operation no stoppages for heating cycles.