Tower damping in wind turbine power production

    公开(公告)号:US11319925B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16954186

    申请日:2018-12-04

    摘要: A method for wind turbine tower damping is disclosed, as well as an associated controller and wind turbine. The method comprises determining, using one or more sensor signals, dynamic state information for a tower of a wind turbine during power production, wherein the dynamic state information comprises a tower frequency. The method further comprises determining at least one control loop gain value using the tower frequency, and generating, using the at least one control loop gain value, one or more control signals for controlling a rotational speed of a rotor of the wind turbine.

    Ramping power in a wind turbine using gain scheduling

    公开(公告)号:US10669990B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-02

    申请号:US15735513

    申请日:2016-06-09

    IPC分类号: F03D7/02

    摘要: The invention relates to a control system for a wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises a power generator configured to generate power dependent on a power reference and a pitch system configured to adjust the pitch of a blade of the wind turbine dependent on a pitch request. The control system comprises a controller configured to determine the pitch request dependent on an adjustable gain. A gain scheduler comprised by the control system is configured to set the adjustable gain to an increased gain value if a rate of change of the power reference, e.g. an external power reference, exceeds a threshold.

    Increasing active power from a wind turbine

    公开(公告)号:US10451038B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US15738170

    申请日:2016-06-22

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprises a rotor connected to a generator, and a rotational speed controller configured to control a speed of the rotor in response to a generator speed reference, and a power controller to control an electric power production, the method comprises the step for receiving a boost command to request a power boost event, so to increase the electrical power production, and imposing a dead band with a dead zone value limit to the rotational speed controller, and wherein the dead band imposes a zero signal to be send to the rotational speed controller, when a speed error is within the dead zone value limit and wherein the dead band imposes an error signal to be send to the rotational speed controller, when a speed error is greater than the dead zone value limit, the error signal being a function of the speed error and the dead zone value limit. The invention also relates to a wind power plant comprising a power plant controller and at least one wind turbine with a control system according to the above mentioned method.

    Power output changes by ramping de-rated power output and de-rated rotor speed

    公开(公告)号:US10359026B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US15761549

    申请日:2016-09-20

    IPC分类号: F03D7/02 F03D1/06 F03D7/04

    摘要: A method and associated control arrangement are disclosed for controlling a de-rated power output of a wind turbine generator, where the wind turbine generator is associated with a predetermined power ramp rate upper limit and operating with a de-rated rotor speed. The method includes ramping the power output from an initial power level to a target power level during a ramping interval. During a first portion of the ramping interval, the power output is ramped at a first power ramp rate less than the power ramp rate upper limit. The method further includes ramping the rotor speed to a predetermined rotor speed value contemporaneously with ramping the power output during the first portion of the ramping interval. The first power ramp rate is determined such that a difference between the power output and the target power level is monotonically decreasing during the entirety of the ramping interval.

    Damping of a wind turbine tower oscillation

    公开(公告)号:US10982651B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-20

    申请号:US16079772

    申请日:2017-02-24

    摘要: A method for damping an oscillation of a tower of a wind turbine is disclosed, wherein a pitch angle of each of the one or more rotor blades is individually adjustable, the method comprising damping the oscillation of the tower by pitching each rotor blade individually according to tower damping pitch control signals, wherein each tower damping pitch control signal comprises a first periodic component, where a first frequency of the first periodic component corresponds to a frequency difference between a tower frequency of the oscillation of the tower and a rotor frequency of a rotation of the rotor, and where a second periodic component has been reduced or removed. A second frequency of the second periodic component corresponds to a frequency sum of the tower frequency and the rotor frequency.

    Method for controlling air deflectors and pitch angles of wind turbine blades

    公开(公告)号:US10968888B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16336015

    申请日:2017-09-20

    摘要: A method for controlling a wind turbine is disclosed, the wind turbine comprising a set of wind turbine blades (1), each wind turbine blade (1) being provided with at least one air deflector (2) being movable between an activated position in which it protrudes from a surface of the wind turbine blade (1) and a de-activated position. The occurrence of an event causing a change in operational conditions is registered, and a new operating state for the wind turbine is determined, the new operating state meeting requirements of the changed operational conditions. The air deflectors (2) of the wind turbine blades (1) and pitch angles of the wind turbines blades (1) are controlled in order to reach the new operating state for the wind turbine, and in such a manner that the control of the pitch angles of the wind turbine blades (1) is performed while taking information regarding the control of the air deflectors (2) into account.