Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Improvements relating to the determination of rotor imbalances in a wind turbine
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Application No.: US15503629Application Date: 2015-08-12
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Publication No.: US10480486B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Martin Brødsgaard , Thomas Krüger
- 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: DK201470483 20140813
- International Application: PCT/DK2015/050234 WO 20150812
- International Announcement: WO2016/023556 WO 20160218
- Main IPC: F03D7/04
- IPC: F03D7/04 ; F03D7/02

Abstract:
A wind turbine comprising a tower, a rotor including a plurality of blades, an electrical generator operatively coupled to the rotor, and a control system including an active damping module configured to monitor oscillatory motion of the wind turbine and to output a damping demand signal to damp the oscillatory motion. The control system is configured to perform a rotor imbalance determination process including: controlling the rotating frequency of the rotor so that it substantially coincides with the natural frequency of the tower, determining rotor imbalance data based on the damping demand signal and evaluating said rotor imbalance data to determine the presence of a rotor imbalance condition, and correcting the rotor imbalance condition by applying pitch control inputs to one or more of the plurality of blades so as to reduce the severity of the rotor imbalance. The invention may also be expressed as a method.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170234300A1 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE DETERMINATION OF ROTOR IMBALANCES IN A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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