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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619273
