Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active promotion of wind turbine tower oscillations
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Application No.: US15325056Application Date: 2015-06-05
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Publication No.: US10415548B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: Fabio Caponetti , Ian Couchman , Jacob Deleuran Grunnet , Ilias Konstantinos Ariston , Poul Brandt Christensen
- Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N
- Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Current Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Priority: DK201470429 20140709
- International Application: PCT/DK2015/050146 WO 20150605
- International Announcement: WO2016/004950 WO 20160114
- Main IPC: F03D17/00
- IPC: F03D17/00 ; F03D7/02 ; F03D9/25 ; F03D13/20

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for determining dynamic parameters associated with damping properties of a wind turbine. The method involves active excitation of tower oscillations by adjusting the pitch or rotor torque. After the active excitation, the parameters can be determined from the passive decay of the excited oscillations. Alternatively, the oscillations can be actively damped, so that the parameters can be determined from the active decay of the excited oscillations. The method for promoting oscillations may be triggered in response to different events or in response to predetermined times for determining the actual dynamic parameters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170184077A1 ACTIVE PROMOTION OF WIND TURBINE TOWER OSCILLATIONS Public/Granted day:2017-06-29
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