Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine control based on forecasts
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Application No.: US15736705Application Date: 2016-06-22
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Publication No.: US10975843B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Chris Spruce , Kelvin Hales , Judith Turner
- 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: DK201570413 20150630
- International Application: PCT/DK2016/050211 WO 20160622
- International Announcement: WO2017/000955 WO 20170105
- Main IPC: F03D7/02
- IPC: F03D7/02 ; F03D7/04 ; F03D9/25

Abstract:
A wind turbine, power plant and associated method of controlling a wind turbine is provided. Data is obtained that identifies, based on forecast data, one or more future periods of time during which it would be desirable to over-rate the wind turbine, and measures of the fatigue life consumed by one or more turbine components are determined. The total fatigue life consumed by the one or more turbine components is limited prior to the one or more periods of time by controlling the power output of the wind turbine, in advance of the one or more periods of time, based upon the measure of the fatigue life consumed by the one or more turbine components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180187648A1 WIND TURBINE CONTROL BASED ON FORECASTS Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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