Wind turbine with record-breaking rotors (75 meters in length)

ScienceRocks · Jul 30, 2012

Wind turbine with record-breaking rotors

July 30, 2012

The B75 blade is the world's largest fiberglass component cast in one piece. The manufacturing process posed several challenges for the project team. In particular, the mold had to consist of two parts so that it could be transported. Siemens has produced the world's longest rotor blades for wind turbines. Measuring 75 meters in length, the blades are almost as big as the wingspan of an Airbus A380. Beginning this fall, the B75 rotor blades will be installed into a prototype six-megawatt offshore wind power system in Denmark's Østerild test station. As it moves, each rotor covers 18,600 square meters, which is the size of two and a half soccer fields. The tips of the blades move at up to 80 meters per second, or 290 kilometers per hour. The huge rotor was made possible by special technologies that enable Siemens to make extremely strong yet lightweight structures.

Siemens uses the patented IntegralBlade process, in which the entire blade is poured as a single piece made of glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin and balsa wood. As a result, the blade has neither seams nor bonded joints and is extremely robust. The gigantic rotor, which measures 154 meters, has to withstand huge air masses, as it is hit by the energy of 200 tons of air per second when the wind blows at a speed of 10 meters per second. Thanks to another patented process, QuantumBlade, the rotor blade weighs 20 percent less than conventionally produced blades. As a result, the nacelles, towers, and foundations can be made lighter as well, which reduces the facility's cost. The weight reduction is achieved by using specially designed blade profiles that are also shaped in a way that delivers maximum rotor performance at a range of different wind speeds.
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daveman · Jul 30, 2012

Wow indeed. Sucker's huge.

I'm continually amazed by what man can accomplish.

Mr. H. · Jul 30, 2012

My kid works for Siemens.
Gotta wonder how they transport those things.

daveman · Jul 31, 2012

Mr. H. said: ↑

My kid works for Siemens.
Gotta wonder how they transport those things.
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With not many tight turns, I'm guessing.

Nova78 · Jul 31, 2012

Screw that, methane is the answer ,only requires the consumption of "legumes" aka -(beans)...

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