Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of operating a wind turbine
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Application No.: US14377116Application Date: 2013-02-28
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Publication No.: US09739265B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Jaume Betran Palomas
- Applicant: ALSTOM RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
- Applicant Address: FR Grenoble
- Assignee: ALSTOM Renewable Technologies
- Current Assignee: ALSTOM Renewable Technologies
- Current Assignee Address: FR Grenoble
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Priority: EP12382077 20120301
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/053996 WO 20130228
- International Announcement: WO2013/127899 WO 20130906
- Main IPC: F03D7/02
- IPC: F03D7/02

Abstract:
Method of operating a wind turbine comprising a plurality of blades rotatable along their longitudinal axes using a pitch mechanism, and comprising one or more movable trailing edge surfaces. The method includes predicting, at a first moment in time, a high load for one or more of the blades at a second moment in time. The method further comprises actuating on one or more of the movable trailing edge surfaces of these blades such that the trailing edge surfaces have a wider range of control to counteract the predicted high loads before the second moment in time, and simultaneously pitching the blades such as not to negatively affect the operation of the wind turbine. The method furthermore comprises, at the second moment in time, actuating the one or more movable trailing edge surfaces of the at least one or more blades to counteract the high loads.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150030449A1 METHOD OF OPERATING A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2015-01-29
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