- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a yaw system
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Application No.: US17311447Application Date: 2019-12-17
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Publication No.: US11542919B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Søren Dalsgaard , Peter Bøttcher , Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer , Anders Yde Wollesen , Julio Xavier Vianna Netø
- 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: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DKPA201870840 20181220
- International Application: PCT/DK2019/050400 WO 20191217
- International Announcement: WO2020/125897 WO 20200625
- Main IPC: F03D17/00
- IPC: F03D17/00

Abstract:
A first aspect of the invention provides a method of monitoring the condition of a yaw system of a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a rotor, the yaw system arranged to control a yaw rotation of the rotor, the method comprising: providing design data 5 representing an expected relationship between yaw moment and yaw rotation speed; measuring a pair of parameters, the pair of parameters comprising a yaw moment parameter indicative of a yaw moment applied to the yaw system, and a yaw rotation speed parameter indicative of a yaw rotation speed caused by the yaw moment; using the design data to evaluate whether the pair of parameters deviates from the expected 10 relationship; and determining a condition of the yaw system on the basis of the evaluation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220025866A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF A YAW SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-01-27
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