Smart Blade GmbH

Part of the LANG Group

Broad Wind Turbine Technology Know-How

More that 10 years experience in the field

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

- 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

Airfoil Development

Airfoil performance simulation

• Using 2D & 3D Panel Method Codes
• Using 3D CFD codes (Finite Volume Navier Stokes)

Development of Custom Airfoils

In-house reverse airfoil

design software

Wind tunnel validation

Wind Tunnel

Testing

Wind tunnel test blades

SMART BLADE GmbH

Designed by Smart Blade

Consulting on WT Blade

quality and manufacturing

Wind tunnel tests performed at

the Large Wind Tunnel of H.F.I. TU Berlin

Built with high precision CNC machines

Surface roughness

Shape deviations and soiling

Wing performance evaluated

with digital force scale and with

Laser PIV system

6-Component Digital

Force Scale

Manufacturing quality issues

Inspection, Consulting and Trouble-Shooting

in the field of blade manufacturing...

Passive & Active

Flow Control

WT Blade Design

Innovative WT

Aero-Control

Solutions

Full WT Blade Design Capacity

In-house blade design and simulation software

Advanced control systems for AFC solutions

SMART BLADE GmbH

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

www.smart-blade.com

• 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

Scientific Publications...

• 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

• 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