DAMPING AN OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT OF A NACELLE OF A WIND TURBINE
    1.
    发明申请
    DAMPING AN OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT OF A NACELLE OF A WIND TURBINE 审中-公开
    阻止风力涡轮机的振荡运动

    公开(公告)号:US20150076822A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-19

    申请号:US14026075

    申请日:2013-09-13

    IPC分类号: F03D7/02

    摘要: A method is provided for damping an oscillatory movement of a nacelle of a wind turbine. The nacelle is attached to a tower of the wind turbine. The method involves rotating the nacelle about a yawing axis with a yawing speed, the yawing axis being aligned with a longitudinal axis of the tower, changing the yawing speed, and coordinating the yawing speed with the oscillatory movement such that a torque resulting from the change of the yawing speed damps the oscillatory movement of the nacelle of the tower.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于阻尼风力涡轮机的机舱的振荡运动的方法。 机舱连接到风力涡轮机的塔架上。 该方法包括以偏航速度围绕偏转轴线旋转机舱,偏航轴线与塔架的纵向轴线对准,改变偏航速度,以及使偏航速度与振荡运动协调使得由变化产生的转矩 的偏航速度阻止塔的机舱的振荡运动。

    Method and apparatus for protecting wind turbines from fatigue damage
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for protecting wind turbines from fatigue damage 有权
    保护风力涡轮机免受疲劳损伤的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08928164B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-06

    申请号:US13518776

    申请日:2010-12-22

    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。

    Method to individually optimize respective pitch angles of a plurality of blades in a wind turbine
    4.
    发明授权
    Method to individually optimize respective pitch angles of a plurality of blades in a wind turbine 有权
    分别优化风力涡轮机中的多个叶片的相应桨距角的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09518560B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-13

    申请号:US13903180

    申请日:2013-05-28

    申请人: Justin Creaby

    发明人: Justin Creaby

    IPC分类号: F03D7/02

    CPC分类号: F03D7/0224 Y02E10/723

    摘要: A method to individually optimize respective pitch angles of blades in a wind turbine. The method allows supplying (102) a modulation signal to modulate a pitch angle of the individual blade being optimized. The method further allows filtering (104) output power of the turbine subject to the modulating frequency to extract a power signal in a frequency spectrum including the modulating frequency. The extracted power signal and a demodulation signal are mixed (106) to generate a signal including a product of the extracted power signal and the demodulation signal. The generated signal is filtered (108) to remove the modulating frequency and extract a gradient signal effective to search a pitch angle estimate conducive to optimize output power of the turbine. The gradient signal may be integrated (110) to cause the gradient signal to converge towards an optimal pitch angle for the individual blade being optimized.

    摘要翻译: 分别优化风力涡轮机中的叶片的相应俯仰角的方法。 该方法允许提供(102)调制信号以调制被优化的单个叶片的桨距角。 该方法还允许经受调制频率的涡轮机的过滤(104)输出功率以提取包括调制频率的频谱中的功率信号。 提取的功率信号和解调信号被混合(106)以产生包括提取的功率信号和解调信号的乘积的信号。 产生的信号被滤波(108)以去除调制频率并提取有效地搜索有助于优化涡轮机的输出功率的俯仰角估计的梯度信号。 梯度信号可以被积分(110),以使梯度信号朝向被优化的单个叶片的最佳俯仰角会聚。

    Apparatus and method for reducing yaw error in wind turbines
    6.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for reducing yaw error in wind turbines 有权
    用于减少风力涡轮机偏航误差的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08901763B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-02

    申请号:US13807564

    申请日:2011-06-29

    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。

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING YAW ERROR IN WIND TURBINES
    7.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING YAW ERROR IN WIND TURBINES 有权
    降低风力涡轮机中的误差的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130099497A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-04-25

    申请号:US13807564

    申请日:2011-06-29

    IPC分类号: F03D7/02

    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。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING WIND TURBINES FROM FATIGUE DAMAGE
    8.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING WIND TURBINES FROM FATIGUE DAMAGE 有权
    用于保护风力涡轮机的疲劳损伤的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130062880A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-14

    申请号:US13518776

    申请日:2010-12-22

    IPC分类号: H02P9/04

    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。

    Wind turbine having a control method and controller for performing predictive control of a wind turbine generator
    9.
    发明授权
    Wind turbine having a control method and controller for performing predictive control of a wind turbine generator 有权
    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

    公开(公告)号:US09217416B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-22

    申请号:US13517966

    申请日:2010-05-31

    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。