Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive noise control for wind turbine
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Application No.: US16468192Application Date: 2017-11-24
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Publication No.: US11220997B2Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- Inventor: Martin Qvist
- 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: DKPA201670979 20161209
- International Application: PCT/DK2017/050391 WO 20171124
- International Announcement: WO2018/103801 WO 20180614
- Main IPC: F03D7/02
- IPC: F03D7/02 ; F03D17/00 ; F03D7/04 ; H04W64/00

Abstract:
A control system for one or more wind turbines comprising an RF receiver used as a method for adaptively controlling the noise mode of operation of a wind turbine. Preferably, this involves multilateration to determine location of RF sources near wind turbindes of a wind turbine park. The RF receivers would detect nearby RF signals in multiple spectrums, in particular mobile telecommunication signals (GSM/UMTS), to identify and localize RF sources near to the wind turbine(s). This information is then be processed to identify which RF sources are likely to be linked to a real person near the wind turbine, and this can be used to adjust the noise mode of the wind turbine accordingly. Thereby maximizing energy production from the wind turbine in absence of nearby people, while keeping noise low when people are nearby.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190331093A1 ADAPTIVE NOISE CONTROL FOR WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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