US 12,116,975 B1
Turbine blade with curved suction surface
Shafiqur Rehman, Dhahran (SA); Luai M. Alhems, Dhahran (SA); Md. Mahbub Alam, Dhahran (SA); and Longjun Wang, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/746,106.
Application 18/746,106 is a continuation of application No. 18/152,860, filed on Jan. 11, 2023.
Int. Cl. F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01)
CPC F03D 1/0675 (2013.01) [F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F05B 2240/303 (2020.08); F05B 2240/304 (2020.08); F05B 2240/306 (2020.08); F05B 2250/18 (2013.01); F05B 2260/70 (2013.01); F05B 2260/83 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A curved turbine blade for a wind turbine, comprising:
a curved suction surface; and
a plurality of arrays of blowing and suction holes on the curved suction surface,
wherein two arrays of the holes are arranged with blowing holes located 40 mm and suction holes located 120 mm away from a leading edge of the turbine blade,
wherein the curved suction surface has a length of 160 mm±5%.