Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of measuring load on a wind turbine
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Application No.: US15738171Application Date: 2016-06-23
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Publication No.: US10605233B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Morten Thøgersen , Fabio Caponetti , Dan Hilton
- 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: DK201570417 20150630
- International Application: PCT/DK2016/050220 WO 20160623
- International Announcement: WO2017/000960 WO 20170105
- Main IPC: G01L5/12
- IPC: G01L5/12 ; F03D17/00 ; F03D1/06 ; G01M15/14

Abstract:
A method of measuring load on a wind turbine, and a wind turbine for such load measuring, are disclosed. The wind turbine comprises at least one rotor blade and at least one load sensor associated with the rotor blade. At least one load sensor is located at a position on the rotor blade remote from both a flap bending moment axis and an edge bending moment axis of the rotor blade. At the position, a flap bending moment component and an edge bending moment component of the load on the rotor blade are measurable. A load value is measured from the load sensor, and the measured load value is used to determine a flap bending moment component of the load and an edge bending moment component of the load, and optionally or additionally an axial force component of the load.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180180030A1 METHOD OF MEASURING LOAD ON A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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