Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Relating to the determination of rotor imbalances in a wind turbine
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Application No.: US15507891Application Date: 2015-08-28
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Publication No.: US10669986B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Jacob Krogh Kristoffersen
- 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: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@25a8779
- International Application: PCT/DK2015/050250 WO 20150828
- International Announcement: WO2016/034180 WO 20160310
- Main IPC: F03D7/02
- IPC: F03D7/02 ; F03D17/00 ; F03D1/06 ; F03D7/04

Abstract:
A method and system for improving the balance of a rotor in a wind turbine, including; determining blade load data associated with a selected rotor blade pair; determining, based on the blade load data, pitch imbalance data associated with the selected rotor blade pair, wherein the pitch imbalance data associated with a rotor blade pair is based on measurements of at least blade loading, rotor speed and wind speed; and, determining and applying pitch control inputs to one or both of the selected rotor blade pair in order to reduce the severity of the rotor imbalance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170241404A1 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE DETERMINATION OF ROTOR IMBALANCES IN A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2017-08-24
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