Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for testing a yaw system
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Application No.: US17299085Application Date: 2019-12-17
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Publication No.: US11788511B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Søren Dalsgaard , Peter Bøttcher , Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer , Anders Yde Wollesen , Julio Xavier Vianna Netø , Torben Ladegaard Baun
- 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: DK 201870839 2018.12.20
- International Application: PCT/DK2019/050399 2019.12.17
- International Announcement: WO2020/125896A 2020.06.25
- Date entered country: 2021-06-02
- Main IPC: F03D1/02
- IPC: F03D1/02 ; F03D7/02 ; F03D7/00 ; F03D17/00 ; F03D7/04

Abstract:
A first aspect of the invention provides a method of testing a yaw system (200) of a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a rotor; the yaw system (200) comprising a yaw gear (202) coupled to the rotor so that rotation of the yaw gear (202) causes yaw rotation of the rotor, and first and second sub-systems (204a, 204b), the first sub-system (204a) comprising a first pinion gear (206a) and a first drive motor (208a) coupled to the yaw gear (202) by the first pinion gear (206a), the second sub-system (204b) comprising a second pinion gear (206b) and a second drive motor (208b) coupled to the yaw gear (202) by the second pinion gear (206b). The method comprises the steps of: testing the first sub-system (204a) by: applying a first yaw moment to the yaw gear (202) with the second drive motor (208b) via the second pinion gear (206b), reacting the first yaw moment with the first pinion gear (206a), monitoring a yaw motion parameter indicative of rotation of the yaw gear (202), and determining a condition of the first sub-system (204a) based on the monitored yaw motion parameter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220065227A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING A YAW SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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