ATTACHMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM TO INSTALL COMPONENTS, SUCH AS TIP EXTENSIONS AND WINGLETS, TO A WIND TURBINE BLADE

摘要

A method for installing an add-on component 102 onto a tip of a wind turbine blade, the associated blade 16, and the component, are provided. The add-on component 102 has a span-wise end and a separated trailing edge, and is slidable onto the blade tip. Strips of a double-sided adhesive tape 110 are attached onto either or both pressure and suction side surfaces of the blade adjacent the blade tip, or onto interior surfaces of the add-on component 102, the tape strips 110 having a release liner 112 on an opposite exposed side thereof. An extension tail 113 is configured with the release liner 112 that extends beyond the span-wise end of the add-on component 102 when the add-on component is placed and held at a desired position on the blade 16. The add-on component 102 is slid onto and maintained in position on the blade tip and, starting from the tape strip furthest from the separated trailing edge, extension tails of the respective tape strips 110 are sequentially peeled through the separated trailing edge and away from the add-on component 102.