MITIGATING VIBRATIONS IN WIND TURBINES
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240084785A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18271430

    申请日:2022-01-09

    IPC分类号: F03D80/50 F03D13/10

    CPC分类号: F03D80/502 F03D13/10

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to wind turbine blades, devices and methods for reducing vibrations in wind turbines, particularly during installation. In an aspect, a device for mitigating vibrations of a blade of a wind turbine during standstill is provided. The device comprises a flexible base having a first connection area and a second connection area, the first connection area being configured to be attached to the second connection area to form a removable attachment. The device further comprises one or more airflow modifying elements attached to the flexible base. The flexible base is configured to fit around a portion of the rotor blade such that the removable attachment is positioned substantially at a leading edge of the blade. The present disclosure further relates to methods for mitigating vibrations in a parked wind turbine blade and to sleeves for wrapping around a portion of a wind turbine blade.

    Method for removing an electromagnetic module from an electrical machine

    公开(公告)号:US11552538B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16937249

    申请日:2020-07-23

    摘要: In a first aspect, a method for removing an electromagnetic module from an electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine comprises a plurality of electromagnetic modules having an electromagnetic material. The electromagnetic modules comprise base and a support extending from the base and supporting the electromagnetic material. The base comprises a bottom surface and a first side surface. The first side surface comprises an axially extending groove defining a cooling channel with an axially extending groove of a first side surface of an adjacent electromagnetic module. The method comprises inserting a rod in a cooling channel formed by the groove of the electromagnetic module to be removed and a groove of an adjacent electromagnetic module; releasing the electromagnetic module to be removed from a structure of the electrical machine; and sliding the electromagnetic module to be removed along the rod.

    Nacelle assembly for a wind turbine

    公开(公告)号:US11499532B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16940790

    申请日:2020-07-28

    IPC分类号: F03D80/00 F03D13/10

    摘要: A nacelle assembly for a wind turbine is connected to a wind turbine tower through a yaw system and includes a front region coupled to a rotor having a rotor hub and at least one rotor blade. The nacelle assembly includes a nacelle having a cover structure to house wind turbine components and an add-on wind flow deflector system that is coupled to an outside of the cover structure. The wind flow deflector system guides wind flowing to the nacelle for reducing a drag of the nacelle when a wind direction is misaligned with respect to the longitudinal wind direction in a yaw system failure event.

    Hub Access Through Nacelle
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210270245A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17184662

    申请日:2021-02-25

    IPC分类号: F03D80/50

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a nacelle configured to be mounted on top of a wind turbine tower, comprising a nacelle hatch for covering a nacelle opening at a side of the nacelle facing a wind turbine hub. The nacelle hatch is completely supported by the nacelle when the hatch is closed, and the nacelle hatch forms a passageway to an opening in the wind turbine hub at a side of the wind turbine hub facing the nacelle when the hatch is opened. The passageway comprises a first side structure at least partially obstructing a downwards view on a first side of the hub and a second side structure at least partially obstructing a downwards view on a second side of the hub, the second side being opposite to the first side. The present disclosure further relates to wind turbines and to methods for accessing a wind turbine hub from a nacelle.

    Wind turbines and methods
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10823148B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US16520469

    申请日:2019-07-24

    摘要: A wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine comprises: a generator (162), one or more power converters (20) arranged between the generator and a point of connection to a main transformer (5), and one or more wind turbine electrical components (8, 9, 10). The main transformer (5) is configured to connect a busbar (60) to an auxiliary wind turbine transformer, wherein the busbar is configured to receive electrical power from an electrical grid with a main voltage. The wind turbine electrical components are configured to be connected to the auxiliary wind turbine transformer (6), wherein a selection of the wind turbine electrical components is further configured to be connected to the busbar through a service voltage transformer (7) when the main transformer (5) is disconnected from the busbar. Systems comprising such wind turbines are also provided. Methods for connecting a wind turbine main transformer to a grid are also provided.

    METHOD FOR REMOVING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC MODULE FROM AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20230120790A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US18081995

    申请日:2022-12-15

    摘要: In a first aspect, a method for removing an electromagnetic module from an electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine comprises a plurality of electromagnetic modules having an electromagnetic material. The electromagnetic modules comprise base and a support extending from the base and supporting the electromagnetic material. The base comprises a bottom surface and a first side surface. The first side surface comprises an axially extending groove defining a cooling channel with an axially extending groove of a first side surface of an adjacent electromagnetic module. The method comprises inserting a rod in a cooling channel formed by the groove of the electromagnetic module to be removed and a groove of an adjacent electromagnetic module; releasing the electromagnetic module to be removed from a structure of the electrical machine; and sliding the electromagnetic module to be removed along the rod.

    METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND TURBINE, A METHOD FOR DESIGNING A WIND TURBINE, AND A WIND TURBINE

    公开(公告)号:US20220065222A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17463984

    申请日:2021-09-01

    IPC分类号: F03D7/02 F03D15/00 F03D9/25

    摘要: A method (1000-1004) for operating a wind turbine (10, 11) including a drive train (64) including a generator (42) and a rotor shaft (44) mechanically connected with the generator (42) and having an axis (30) of rotation, and a rotor (18) having rotor blades (22-22c). The rotor (18) is mechanically connected with the rotor shaft (44) and rotatable about the axis (30) of rotation. The method (1000-1004) includes determining (1100) that the generator (42) is not operating in a power generating mode, and operating (1200) the rotor (18) to move around a predefined desired angular orientation (αdes) with respect to the axis (30) of rotation in an alternating fashion.

    METHODS FOR RETROFITTING A WIND TURBINE FOUNDATION AND WIND TURBINE FOUNDATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210047797A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-18

    申请号:US16986538

    申请日:2020-08-06

    摘要: A method for retrofitting a wind turbine foundation is provided. The foundation comprises a first substantially elongated pile (31) in the ground. The method further comprises: arranging a lower end of an elongated channel (41) of a second substantially elongated pile (40) around the first pile (31), wherein the elongated channel (41) extends substantially along a longitudinal direction of the second pile (40), wherein the channel (41) is configured to receive at least a portion of the first pile. The method further comprises lowering the second pile (40) such that the elongated channel (41) surrounds at least a portion of the first pile (31). Finally, the second pile (40) is driven into the ground (35).