Web1-20. (canceled) 21.A rotor blade for a turbo machine, comprising an aerofoil having pressure and suction surfaces, leading and trailing edges, and an array of passages at a tip region of the aerofoil, which passages extend from the pressure surface to the suction surface of the aerofoil and are disposed so that the array creates, in operation, a … Web5 de fev. de 2024 · Tens of thousands of aging blades are coming down from steel towers around the world and most have nowhere to go but landfills. In the U.S. alone, about …
Wind turbine blades being disposed of in Casper …
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New Wind Turbine Blades Could Be Recycled Instead of Landfilled
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