公开(公告)号：US08928164B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-06

申请号：US13518776

申请日：2010-12-22

申请人： Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce ,  Justin Creaby

发明人： Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce ,  Justin Creaby

IPC分类号： F03D9/00 ,  H02P9/04 ,  F03D7/04 ,  F03D7/02

CPC分类号： F03D7/0292 ,  F03D7/0276 ,  F03D7/042 ,  F05B2260/82 ,  F05B2270/32 ,  F05B2270/321 ,  F05B2270/322 ,  F05B2270/332 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  F05B2270/805 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： A wind turbine has a Lidar device to sense wind conditions upstream of the wind turbine including wind speed, direction and turbulence. Signals from the Lidar are processed to detect an event which could give rise to low cycle fatigue loading on one or more components of the wind turbine. On detection the system controller takes the necessary evasive action depending on the nature and severity of the extreme condition detected. This may include a significant reduction in power generated through reduction in rotor speed or torque, complete shutdown of the generator and yawing of the nacelle and rotor in response to a change in wind direction.

摘要翻译： 风力涡轮机具有用于感测风力涡轮机上游的风况的激光雷达装置，包括风速，方向和湍流。 来自激光雷达的信号被处理以检测可能导致风力涡轮机的一个或多个部件上的低循环疲劳载荷的事件。 在检测时，系统控制器根据检测到的极端条件的性质和严重程度采取必要的回避措施。 这可能包括通过降低转子速度或转矩而产生的功率的显着降低，发电机的完全关闭和响应于风向变化的机舱和转子的偏转。

公开(公告)号：US09841006B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US13980271

申请日：2011-12-15

申请人： Justin Creaby ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce

发明人： Justin Creaby ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce

IPC分类号： F03D7/02 ,  F03D17/00

CPC分类号： F03D7/0264 ,  F03D7/0208 ,  F03D7/0268 ,  F03D17/00 ,  F05B2260/82 ,  F05B2270/309 ,  F05B2270/321 ,  F05B2270/322 ,  F05B2270/332 ,  F05B2270/404 ,  F05B2270/702 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： A wind turbine has a Lidar device to sense wind conditions upstream of the wind turbine. Signals from the wind turbine are processed to detect an extreme change in wind direction. The detection is performed by differentiating the rate of change of wind direction and filtering for a period of time. On detection of extreme change the system controller takes the necessary evasive action which may include shutting down the turbine, commencing an immediate yawing action, and de-rating the turbine until the yawing action is complete.

公开(公告)号：US20130033040A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-07

申请号：US13518803

申请日：2010-12-21

申请人： Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce ,  Justin Creaby ,  Jens Jakob Wedel-Heinen

发明人： Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce ,  Justin Creaby ,  Jens Jakob Wedel-Heinen

IPC分类号： H02P9/04

CPC分类号： F03D7/043 ,  F03D7/028 ,  F05B2260/82 ,  F05B2270/1095 ,  F05B2270/32 ,  F05B2270/321 ,  F05B2270/322 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： A wind turbine has a Lidar device to sense wind conditions upstream of the wind turbine. Signals from the wind turbine are processed to detect an extreme event. On detection the system controller takes the necessary evasive action depending on the nature and severity of the extreme condition detected. This may include a significant reduction in power generated, complete shutdown of the generator and yawing of the nacelle and rotor to reduce loading on the rotor blades.

摘要翻译： 风力涡轮机具有用于感测风力涡轮机上游的风力条件的激光雷达装置。 来自风力涡轮机的信号被处理以检测极端事件。 在检测时，系统控制器根据检测到的极端条件的性质和严重程度采取必要的回避措施。 这可能包括产生的功率的显着减少，发电机的完全关闭和机舱和转子的偏航以减少转子叶片上的负载。

公开(公告)号：US20130062880A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-14

申请号：US13518776

申请日：2010-12-22

申请人： Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce ,  Justin Creaby

发明人： Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce ,  Justin Creaby

IPC分类号： H02P9/04

CPC分类号： F03D7/0292 ,  F03D7/0276 ,  F03D7/042 ,  F05B2260/82 ,  F05B2270/32 ,  F05B2270/321 ,  F05B2270/322 ,  F05B2270/332 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  F05B2270/805 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： A wind turbine has a Lidar device to sense wind conditions upstream of the wind turbine including wind speed, direction and turbulence. Signals from the Lidar are processed to detect an event which could give rise to low cycle fatigue loading on one or more components of the wind turbine. On detection the system controller takes the necessary evasive action depending on the nature and severity of the extreme condition detected. This may include a significant reduction in power generated through reduction in rotor speed or torque, complete shutdown of the generator and yawing of the nacelle and rotor in response to a change in wind direction.

摘要翻译： 风力涡轮机具有用于感测风力涡轮机上游的风况的激光雷达装置，包括风速，方向和湍流。 来自激光雷达的信号被处理以检测可能导致风力涡轮机的一个或多个部件上的低循环疲劳载荷的事件。 在检测时，系统控制器根据检测到的极端条件的性质和严重程度采取必要的回避措施。 这可能包括通过降低转子速度或转矩而产生的功率的显着降低，发电机的完全关闭和响应于风向变化的机舱和转子的偏转。

公开(公告)号：US09217416B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-22

申请号：US13517966

申请日：2010-05-31

申请人： Christopher Spruce ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Justin Creaby

发明人： Christopher Spruce ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Justin Creaby

IPC分类号： G05D3/12 ,  G05D17/00 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  F03D9/00 ,  H02P9/00 ,  F03D7/02 ,  F03D7/04 ,  G05B13/04

CPC分类号： F03D7/045 ,  F03D7/0224 ,  F03D7/0272 ,  F05B2260/821 ,  F05B2270/20 ,  F05B2270/32 ,  F05B2270/404 ,  G05B13/048 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： The application describes a wind turbine having a control method and controller for performing predictive control of a wind turbine generator. Based on the measured instantaneous wind speed, it is known to provide control signals to a wind turbine in order to control the pitch of the wind turbine rotor blades and the speed of the generator. However, it is difficult using instantaneous wind speed measurements to achieve smooth control, due to finite response speeds of the associated electro-mechanical systems, as well as the constantly changing control system inputs. The predictive control system described in the application assumes a model of generator speed based on the values of the incident wind speed v(t) and the values of a control signal u(t) output to the wind turbine in a feed forward loop. Here, the control signal can be for one or more of controlling either the power setting of the generator, or the pitch angle of the rotor blades. The predictive controller uses a rolling time series of values for v(t) and u(t) and based on a predicted response of the generator speed w(t) optimizes the time series control signal u(t). The predicted response of the generator speed w(t) is based on model, that can be refined in real time as the wind turbine operates.

摘要翻译： 本申请描述了具有用于执行风力涡轮发电机的预测控制的控制方法和控制器的风力涡轮机。 基于所测量的瞬时风速，已知向风力涡轮机提供控制信号，以便控制风力涡轮机转子叶片的桨距和发电机的速度。 然而，由于相关的机电系统的有限响应速度以及不断变化的控制系统输入，使用瞬时风速测量来实现平滑的控制是困难的。 该应用中描述的预测控制系统基于入射风速v（t）的值和在前馈回路中输出到风力涡轮机的控制信号u（t）的值来假定发电机速度的模型。 这里，控制信号可以用于控制发电机的功率设定或转子叶片的俯仰角的一个或多个。 预测控制器使用v（t）和u（t）的滚动时间序列值，并且基于发电机速度w（t）的预测响应优化时间序列控制信号u（t）。 发电机转速w（t）的预测响应是基于模型，可随着风力发电机的运行而实时改进。

公开(公告)号：US20140070538A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-13

申请号：US14111127

申请日：2012-04-30

申请人： Robert Bowyer ,  Carsten Hein Westergaard ,  Justin Creaby ,  Christopher Spruce

发明人： Robert Bowyer ,  Carsten Hein Westergaard ,  Justin Creaby ,  Christopher Spruce

IPC分类号： F03D7/02

CPC分类号： F03D7/0224 ,  F03D7/042 ,  F03D17/00 ,  F05B2260/821 ,  F05B2270/322 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  G01N21/53 ,  G01P5/26 ,  G01P13/025 ,  G01S17/95 ,  Y02A90/19 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： A wind turbine has a scanning Lidar arranged on the nacelle. The Lidar has a single scanning beam which scans about a substantially vertical axis to sense wind related data in a measurement volume a predetermined distance from the Lidar. Fast Fourier transforms of data from a plurality of points in the measurement volume are analysed to derive a peak velocity and a measure of variance. A controller receives the peak velocity and measure of variance as inputs and generates an output if the controller determines that the input data shows that the wind conditions are such that damage to the wind turbine is likely.

摘要翻译： 风力涡轮机具有布置在机舱上的扫描激光雷达。 激光雷达具有单个扫描光束，该扫描光束围绕基本上垂直的轴扫描，以在距离激光雷达预定距离的测量体积中感测风相关数据。 分析来自测量体积中的多个点的数据的快速傅立叶变换以导出峰值速度和方差度量。 控制器接收峰值速度和方差测量作为输入，并且如果控制器确定输入数据显示出风条件使风力涡轮机的损坏可能的话，则产生输出。

公开(公告)号：US20140035285A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-06

申请号：US13980271

申请日：2011-12-15

申请人： Justin Creaby ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce

发明人： Justin Creaby ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Christopher Spruce

IPC分类号： F03D7/02

CPC分类号： F03D7/0264 ,  F03D7/0208 ,  F03D7/0268 ,  F03D17/00 ,  F05B2260/82 ,  F05B2270/309 ,  F05B2270/321 ,  F05B2270/322 ,  F05B2270/332 ,  F05B2270/404 ,  F05B2270/702 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： A wind turbine has a Lidar (20) device to sense wind conditions upstream of the wind turbine. Signals from the wind turbine are processed to detect an extreme change in wind direction. The detection is performed by differentiating the rate of change of wind direction and filtering for a period of time. On detection of extreme change the system controller takes the necessary evasive action which may include shutting down the turbine, commencing an immediate yawing action, and de-rating the turbine until the yawing action is complete.

摘要翻译： 风力涡轮机具有用于感测风力涡轮机上游的风力的激光雷达（20）装置。 来自风力涡轮机的信号被处理以检测风向的极端变化。 通过区分风向变化率和过滤一段时间来进行检测。 在检测到极端变化时，系统控制器采取必要的回避措施，包括关闭涡轮机，开始立即的偏航动作，以及对涡轮进行降额，直到偏航动作完成。

公开(公告)号：US20130106107A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-02

申请号：US13517966

申请日：2010-05-31

申请人： Christopher Spruce ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Justin Creaby

发明人： Christopher Spruce ,  Robert Bowyer ,  Justin Creaby

IPC分类号： F03D9/00

CPC分类号： F03D7/045 ,  F03D7/0224 ,  F03D7/0272 ,  F05B2260/821 ,  F05B2270/20 ,  F05B2270/32 ,  F05B2270/404 ,  G05B13/048 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： The application describes a wind turbine having a control method and controller for performing predictive control of a wind turbine generator. Based on the measured instantaneous wind speed, it is known to provide control signals to a wind turbine in order to control the pitch of the wind turbine rotor blades and the speed of the generator. However, it is difficult using instantaneous wind speed measurements to achieve smooth control, due to finite response speeds of the associated electro-mechanical systems, as well as the constantly changing control system inputs. The predictive control system described in the application assumes a model of generator speed based on the values of the incident wind speed v(t) and the values of a control signal u(t) output to the wind turbine in a feed forward loop. Here, the control signal can be for one or more of controlling either the power setting of the generator, or the pitch angle of the rotor blades. The predictive controller uses a rolling time series of values for v(t) and u(t) and based on a predicted response of the generator speed w(t) optimises the time series control signal u(t). The predicted response of the generator speed w(t) is based on model, that can be refined in real time as the wind turbine operates.

摘要翻译： 本申请描述了具有用于执行风力涡轮发电机的预测控制的控制方法和控制器的风力涡轮机。 基于所测量的瞬时风速，已知向风力涡轮机提供控制信号，以便控制风力涡轮机转子叶片的桨距和发电机的速度。 然而，由于相关的机电系统的有限响应速度以及不断变化的控制系统输入，使用瞬时风速测量来实现平滑的控制是困难的。 该应用中描述的预测控制系统基于入射风速v（t）的值和在前馈回路中输出到风力涡轮机的控制信号u（t）的值来假定发电机速度的模型。 这里，控制信号可以用于控制发电机的功率设定或转子叶片的俯仰角的一个或多个。 预测控制器使用v（t）和u（t）的滚动时间序列值，并且基于发电机速度w（t）的预测响应优化时间序列控制信号u（t）。 发电机转速w（t）的预测响应是基于模型，可随着风力发电机的运行而实时改进。

公开(公告)号：US08901763B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US13807564

申请日：2011-06-29

申请人： Robert Bowyer ,  Justin Creaby

发明人： Robert Bowyer ,  Justin Creaby

IPC分类号： F03D9/00 ,  H02P9/04 ,  F03D7/04 ,  F03B7/00 ,  F03D7/02

CPC分类号： F03D7/0204 ,  F03D7/042 ,  F05B2260/845 ,  F05B2270/32 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： A wind turbine with a rotor comprising one or more rotor blades and a hub, the hub being attached to a nacelle, a yaw system for rotating the rotor to orient it in a wind direction, and one or more line of sight detectors for detecting a component of wind velocity. The one or more detectors are mounted such that they rotate under the action of the yaw system. A control system is coupled to the one or more detectors and is arranged to compare the detected wind velocity component with a wind velocity value and control the yaw system in response to the comparison. The nacelle can be rotated under control of the control system until the yaw error is substantially zero.

摘要翻译： 一种具有转子的风力涡轮机，其包括一个或多个转子叶片和毂，所述轮毂附接到机舱，用于使转子旋转以使其沿风向旋转的偏转系统，以及用于检测 风速分量。 一个或多个检测器被安装成使得它们在偏航系统的作用下旋转。 控制系统耦合到一个或多个检测器，并且被布置成将检测到的风速分量与风速值进行比较，并响应于比较来控制偏航系统。 机舱可以在控制系统的控制下旋转，直到偏航误差基本为零。

公开(公告)号：US20130099497A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-25

申请号：US13807564

申请日：2011-06-29

申请人： Robert Bowyer ,  Justin Creaby

发明人： Robert Bowyer ,  Justin Creaby

IPC分类号： F03D7/02

CPC分类号： F03D7/0204 ,  F03D7/042 ,  F05B2260/845 ,  F05B2270/32 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  Y02E10/723

摘要： A wind turbine with a rotor comprising one or more rotor blades and a hub, the hub being attached to a nacelle, a yaw system for rotating the rotor to orient it in a wind direction, and one or more line of sight detectors for detecting a component of wind velocity. The one or more detectors are mounted such that they rotate under the action of the yaw system. A control system is coupled to the one or more detectors and is arranged to compare the detected wind velocity component with a wind velocity value and control the yaw system in response to the comparison. The nacelle can be rotated under control of the control system until the yaw error is substantially zero.

摘要翻译： 一种具有转子的风力涡轮机，其包括一个或多个转子叶片和毂，所述轮毂附接到机舱，用于使转子旋转以使其沿风向旋转的偏转系统，以及用于检测 风速分量。 一个或多个检测器被安装成使得它们在偏航系统的作用下旋转。 控制系统耦合到一个或多个检测器，并且被布置成将检测到的风速分量与风速值进行比较，并响应于比较来控制偏航系统。 机舱可以在控制系统的控制下旋转，直到偏航误差基本为零。