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Methods and systems for generating wind turbine control schedules
17 Aug 20
Generating a control schedule for a wind turbine, the control schedule indicating how the turbine maximum power level varies over time.
Chris Spruce, Chakradhar Byreddy, Kelvin Hales, Judith Turner
Filed: 21 Jun 16
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Pitch System for a Wind Turbine
12 Aug 20
A drive assembly for adjusting the pitch of a wind turbine blade comprises a stator having a cylindrical body and a drive member positioned at least partially within the cylindrical body and movable along an axis thereof.
Erik Garde, Daniel Brämer, Simon Kabus, Lasse Godballe Andersen
Filed: 3 Oct 18
Utility
Method and system for controlling a wind turbine to manage edgewise blade vibrations
10 Aug 20
A method of controlling a wind turbine comprising at least one rotor blade, and at least one accelerometer housed within a nacelle or a tower of the wind turbine.
Kasper Zinck Østergaard, Martin Brødsgaard, Tobias Gybel Hovgaard
Filed: 6 Apr 17
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Mill Bit for the Manufacture of a Wind Turbine Blade and Method of Forming Same
5 Aug 20
A mill bit for the manufacture of a wind turbine blade includes an elongate based body having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer surface, and an internal bore that defines an inner surface, one or more flutes formed on the outer surface that defames one or more teeth, and an abrasive coating on at least a portion of the outer surface, wherein the one or more flutes are free of the abrasive coating.
Jeremy Haight
Filed: 1 Aug 18
Utility
Wind power plant controller
3 Aug 20
The present invention relates a power plant controller (PPC), the power plant controller to control produced power from a wind power plant (WPP), the wind power plant comprises at least a plurality of wind turbine generators, the wind power plant being connected to an electrical grid, wherein the power plant controller, in the event of receiving a signal indicative of a predefined event in the wind power plant, is capable of controlling the wind power plant so that the produced power, from the wind power plant to the electric grid, is a negative amount of active power.
Jorge Martinez Garcia, Kouroush Nayebi, Rubin Panni
Filed: 13 Dec 18
Utility
Power boost of a wind turbine using model predictive control
3 Aug 20
The present disclosure relates to a control of a wind turbine in connection with power boosting or fast increase of active power production.
Tobias Gybel Hovgaard, Peter Fogh Odgaard
Filed: 3 Oct 16
Utility
Controlling wind turbines according to reliability estimates
27 Jul 20
There is presented a method for controlling a plurality of wind turbines comprising measuring wind turbine operation parameters in a model relating a plurality of wind turbine parameters to each other, estimating one wind turbine operation parameter value based on the model and the measured remaining wind turbine operation parameter values, providing a reliability parameter value for each wind turbine based on a difference value, said difference value being a difference between the estimated wind turbine operation parameter value, and the measured wind turbine operation parameter value corresponding to the wind turbine operation parameter for which the estimated wind turbine operation parameter value is provided, and controlling the plurality of wind turbines based on the corresponding plurality of reliability parameter values.
Kouroush Nayebi, Jacob Deleuran Grunnet, Jesper Sandberg Thomsen
Filed: 30 Nov 16
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Device and Method for Performing Retrofitting Process on a Wind Turbine Blade
22 Jul 20
A device for aligning a tool at a predetermined orientation with respect to a target surface of a wind turbine blade, the device comprising: a suction cup having an outer sealing element for sealing against the target surface; an inner sealing element located radially inward of the outer sealing element for sealing against the target surface, a suction cavity being defined between the outer sealing element and the inner sealing element; and a tool guide located radially inward of the inner sealing element, wherein the tool guide defines a tool access passage.
Vijayasankar Irissappane, Lyle Stratton, Bjarne Korshøj Mathiasen, Nathan A. Brilliant, Andrew Leaver, Bo Birkelund Mogensen
Filed: 30 Aug 18
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Wind turbine blade surface treatment apparatus
20 Jul 20
Apparatus for treating a surface of a wind turbine blade (14), comprising an expandable structure (22) that is deployable from a collapsed state into an expanded state in which the structure defines an elongated treatment zone (32) into which a blade (14) is receivable in use.
Karthik Krishnan Jamuna
Filed: 5 Oct 16
Utility
Control system for wind turbine having multiple rotors arranged to control support arm orientation
13 Jul 20
The invention is directed to a wind turbine system comprising a first pair of wind turbines mounted to a support structure by a first support arm arrangement, and a second pair of wind turbines mounted to the support structure by a second support arm arrangement.
Torben Ladegaard Baun, Erik Carl Lehnskov Miranda
Filed: 11 Feb 16
Utility
Web Foot for a Shear Web
8 Jul 20
A shear web foot for a wind turbine blade is described.
Stephen Randall
Filed: 23 Jul 18
Utility
Fault ride through method for load impact minimization
6 Jul 20
Controlling a wind turbine during a grid fault where the grid voltage drops below a nominal grid voltage.
Ciprian Biris, Uffe C. Merrild, Leif Svinth Christensen, Martin Ansbjerg Kjær
Filed: 26 Sep 18
Utility
Wind Turbine Safety Brake Control Strategy
1 Jul 20
A method is provided for braking a rotor of a wind turbine.
Michael Riis KRABBE
Filed: 7 Aug 18
Utility
Method of Operating Wind Turbine Based on Maximum Thrust Limit
1 Jul 20
A method of operating a wind turbine having a rotor.
Anders Steen NIELSEN, Kasper ZINCK, Gnana SEKARAN
Filed: 1 Jan 20
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Multirotor wind turbine
29 Jun 20
A multirotor wind turbine (1) comprising a tower structure (2) and at least one load carrying structure (3, 4), each load carrying structure (3, 4) being arranged for carrying two or more energy generating units (5, 7) comprising a rotor (6, 8).
Peter Bjørn Andersen, Jonas Lerche Schomacker, Anurag Gupta, Henrik Kudsk
Filed: 3 Apr 17
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Wind turbine blades
29 Jun 20
A shear web for a wind turbine blade is described.
Anton Bech, Steve Wardropper
Filed: 25 Jul 16
Utility
Wind turbine blade with aerodynamic device attached thereto
29 Jun 20
An aerodynamic device is described for mounting to an outer surface of a wind turbine blade.
Jeremy Hurault, Raphael Sajous
Filed: 21 Nov 16
Utility
Control of a wind turbine taking noise into account
29 Jun 20
The present invention relates to control of wind turbines where a noise measure is taken into account.
Keld Hammerum, Tobias Gybel Hovgaard, Erik Sloth
Filed: 2 Apr 17
Utility
Method for lifting a component of a multirotor wind turbine
29 Jun 20
The invention relates to a method for lifting a component (1a, 1b) of a multirotor wind turbine (100) from an initial position to an operating position.
Torben Ladegaard Baun, Gunnar K. Storgaard Pedersen, Ivar J. B. K. Jensen
Filed: 26 Apr 17
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Wind power plants and multi-rotor wind turbine systems
29 Jun 20
A wind power plant includes a plurality of wind turbine systems arranged in rows and columns and includes a cable support system with at least one cable.
Torben Ladegaard Baun, Henrik Kudsk, Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer
Filed: 6 Nov 16