About Us

- Smart Blade GmbH was founded in 2009
- Headquarters in Ravensburg (Germany)
- R&D in Berlin (Germany)
- Strong partnership with Tembra GmbH
- Research collaboration with H.F.I. TU Berlin
Innovative WT
Aero-Control
Solutions
Wind Tunnel 
Testing
Consulting on WT Blade 
quality and manufacturing
Full WT Blade Design Capacity
In-house blade design and simulation software
Development of Custom Airfoils
In-house reverse airfoil 
design software
Airfoil performance simulation

Using 2D & 3D Panel Method Codes
Using 3D CFD codes (Finite Volume Navier Stokes)
Wind tunnel validation
Wind tunnel test blades 
Designed by Smart Blade
Built with high precision CNC machines
Wind tunnel tests performed at
the Large Wind Tunnel of H.F.I. TU Berlin
Wing performance evaluated 
with digital force scale and with
Laser PIV system
Inspection, Consulting and Trouble-Shooting
in the field of blade manufacturing...
Surface roughness
Shape deviations and soiling
Manufacturing quality issues
Active Aerodynamic Control of Wind Turbine Blades with High Deflection Flexible Flaps

Authors: George Pechlivanoglou, Juergen Wagner, C. N. Nayeri, C.O. Paschereit
Publication and Conference Presentation at: 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Orlando, FL, USA
The Effect of Distributed Roughness on the Power Performance of Wind Turbines
 
Authors: George Pechlivanoglou, S. Fuehr, C.N. Nayeri, C.O. Paschereit
Publications and Conference Presentation at ASME IGTI Turbo Expo 2010, Glasgow, Scotland
Fixed Leading Edge Auxiliary Wing as a Performance Increasing Device for HAWT Blades
 
Authors: George Pechlivanoglou, C.N. Nayeri, C.O. Paschereit
Conference Presentation and Publication: DEWEK 2010, Bremen, Germany
Flow Control Using Plasma Actuators at the Root Region of Wind Turbine Blades

Authors: George Pechlivanoglou, O. Eisele, C.N. Nayeri, C.O. Paschereit
Conference Publication and Presentation: DEWEK 2010, Bremen, Germany
Scientific Publications...
Advanced control systems for AFC solutions
6-Component Digital
Force Scale
WT Blade Design
Passive & Active
Flow Control
Airfoil Development
SMART BLADE GmbH
Part of the LANG Group
Broad Wind Turbine Technology Know-How
More that 10 years experience in the field
- 100% of our employees have a BSc & MSc level education
- 20% of our employees have PhDs
- More than 10 years experience in Wind Energy
- Coordination of the Wind Energy Research Group of TU Berlin
- Multidisciplinarity through-out the company
SMART BLADE GmbH
www.smart-blade.com
SMART BLADE GmbH
Zuppingerstraße 14
88213 Ravensburg (Germany)
Tel.: +49 751 977144-45
Fax: +49 751 977144-50
Email: info@smart-blade.com

Smart Blade GmbH
Berlin Office
Warschauer Straße 38
10243 Berlin (Germany)
Tel.: +49 30 2000339 70
Fax: +49 30 2000339 99
Email: info@smart-blade.com

Managing Directors:
Dr. Gabriele Beiter
Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich Lang
Registered Office:
Ravensburg, Germany
District Court: AG Ulm B 723332
Performance optimization of Wind Turbine Rotors with Active Flow Control

Authors: George Pechlivanoglou, C.N. Nayeri, C.O. Paschereit
Conference Proceedings ASME IGTI Turbo Expo 2011
Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Load Control Strategies using Active Microflaps on Wind Turbine Blades

Authors: George Pechlivanoglou, Oliver Eisele, Christian Navid Nayeri, Christial Oliver Paschereit
EWEA 2011 Scientific Proceedings, March 17, 2011