Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-rotor turbine arranged for coordinated rotational speeds
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Application No.: US15775449Application Date: 2016-11-18
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Publication No.: US10690116B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Jacob Deleuran Grunnet , Erik Carl Lehnskov Miranda , Michael Riis Krabbe
- 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@3a23e2e0
- International Application: PCT/DK2016/050375 WO 20161118
- International Announcement: WO2017/084676 WO 20170526
- Main IPC: F03D9/00
- IPC: F03D9/00 ; H02P9/00 ; F03D7/02 ; F03D1/02 ; F03D7/04 ; G05B19/042

Abstract:
A wind turbine system is described comprising a plurality of wind turbine modules, each including a rotor, mounted to a support structure including a tower. In use, each rotor has an associated rotating unbalance that defines an unbalance vector. The wind turbine system includes control means configured to coordinate the rotational speeds of the plurality of rotors to attenuate oscillations of the support structure caused by the rotating unbalance of the rotors. Also described is a method of controlling such a wind turbine system. The method comprises coordinating the rotational speeds of the plurality of rotors to attenuate oscillations of the support structure caused by the rotating unbalance of the rotors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180347544A1 MULTI-ROTOR TURBINE ARRANGED FOR COORDINATED ROTATIONAL SPEEDS Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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