DocumentCode
2766457
Title
Design and realisation of active coatings for wind turbine blades
Author
Chambers, B. ; Ford, K.L. ; Tennant, A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Sheffield Univ., Sheffield
fYear
2008
fDate
5-11 July 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Potential designs of active coatings for ameliorating the reflection of radar signals from wind turbine generator blades have been investigated theoretically and confirmed experimentally using large area panels. In practice, the performance of such panels would need to be tolerant of diode failure due to lightning strikes and progress in this area will be reported elsewhere.
Keywords
blades; turbogenerators; wind turbines; active coatings; diode failure; large area panels; lightning strikes; radar signals; wind turbine generator blades; Blades; Coatings; Doppler radar; Frequency; Radar clutter; Radar tracking; Reflection; Reflectivity; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2042-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2008.4619273
Filename
4619273
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