FLOATING WIND TURBINE PLATFORM WITH BALLAST CONTROL AND WATER ENTRAPMENT PLATE SYSTEMS
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    发明申请
    FLOATING WIND TURBINE PLATFORM WITH BALLAST CONTROL AND WATER ENTRAPMENT PLATE SYSTEMS 有权
    浮动式风力发电平台,具有控制和水控制板系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150367918A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-24

    申请号:US14841673

    申请日:2015-08-31

    摘要: A floating wind turbine platform includes at least three stabilizing columns, where each stabilizing column has an internal volume for containing ballast. The floating wind turbine platform also includes a tower having mounted in vertical alignment over one of the columns, a turbine rotor coupled to an electrical generator mounted proximate to the upper end of the tower, main beams interconnected to the stabilizing columns, and water-entrapment plates attached to the lower ends of the stabilizing columns. The floating wind turbine platform further includes a ballast control system including an alignment sensor configured to detect a rotation of the tower, and a controller coupled to the alignment sensor for directing a transfer of the ballast from an internal volume of one column to another column upon the alignment sensor detecting rotation of the tower to adjust a vertical alignment of the tower.

    摘要翻译: 浮动风力涡轮机平台包括至少三个稳定柱,其中每个稳定柱具有用于容纳压载物的内部容积。 浮动式风力涡轮机平台还包括一塔架,其垂直对准安装在一列塔上,一涡轮转子,其联接于靠近该塔顶端安装的发电机,与该稳定塔相互连接的主梁,以及捕集水 连接到稳定柱的下端的板。 浮动风力涡轮机平台还包括镇流器控制系统,其包括配置成检测塔的旋转的对准传感器,以及耦合到对准传感器的控制器,用于引导将镇流器从一列的内部容积传递到另一列 对准传感器检测塔的旋转以调节塔的垂直对准。

    Methods for controlling floating wind turbine platforms

    公开(公告)号:US10267293B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15856655

    申请日:2017-12-28

    摘要: A method for controlling an inclination of a floating wind turbine platform Position data associated with an orientation of the floating wind turbine is received. A heel angle in reference to the floating wind turbine platform is determined based on the position data. A first signal for adjusting at least one of a blade pitch of a set of turbine blades and a torque of a generator is sent based on the determined heel angle. A second signal for distributing ballast among at least three stabilizing columns is also sent. The second signal for distributing the ballast is based on the determined heel angle and the first signal. The first and second signals may be adjusted to account for startup and shutdown procedures and for future changes to wind speed and velocity.