Abstract:
The invention involves a wind turbine comprising at least one blade (5) in turn comprising a blade body (501), lift-regulating means (502) adapted for movement in relation to the blade body (501) so as to regulate the lift of the blade, and load sensing means (5022, 506) for determining a load acting on the lift-regulating means (502), the wind turbine further comprising an actuation control unit (6) adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on output from the load sensing means (5022, 506). In addition to output from the load sensing means (5022, 506), the actuation control unit (6) is adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on the movement of the lift-regulating means (502).
Abstract:
A wind turbine comprising an elongated blade body, a system for detecting an ice layer on the blade body, the system comprising a light source for emitting a light beam; a light splitting optical element optically connected to the light source so as to receive the light beam emitted from the light source, the optical element adapted to split the light beam received from the light source into a reference light beam and a detecting light beam, a boundary area which is arranged at the blade body so as to be exposed to the outer surroundings of the blade body and which is optically connected to the light splitting optical element such as to receive the detecting light beam and to reflect an internal reflected part of the detecting light beam at the boundary area and to transmit a transmitting part of the detecting light beam to the outer surroundings of the blade body through the boundary area and to allow an external reflected part of the transmitting part of the detecting light beam, which has been reflected from outside of the blade body, to be re-transmitted through the boundary area, a light measuring device optically connected to the light splitting optical element so as toreceive the reference light beam, the internal reflected part of the detecting light beam and the external reflected part of the detecting light beam, wherein the light measuring device is configured to analyze the received light and to determine the presence and/or thickness of an ice layer on the blade body dependent on the analysis.
Abstract:
A rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided with a flap 9 which is movable between first and second configurations so as to change the aerodynamic surface shape of the rotor blade. The flap 9 is attached to the distal end of a push-pull control cable 11, and an actuator 15 remotely situated from the flap 9 is connected to the proximal end of the push-pull control cable 11, such that the flap 9 can be moved by energising the actuator 15 Means are provided for sensing the movement of the cable so as to determine the configuration of the flap 9. In one embodiment, the flap 9 is controlled using four respective push-pull control cables 11 attached to the flap 9 at different positions and controlled by a single actuator 15.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a wind turbine blade with at least one control surface and an actuator inside the main body of the wind turbine blade for moving the control surface, wherein the actuator comprises a fluidic muscle, a controller and a pump, and wherein the fluidic muscle is adapted to change in length and width when the pressure of the fluid within the fluidic muscle is varied.