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Control of Energy Production Errors In a Wind Park
27 May 20
The invention relates to a method for correcting deviations of power produced by a power plant which includes at least one wind turbine generator and possibly other types of power generating units.
Mu WEI, Kouroush NAYEBI, Søren KAPPELGAARD
Filed: 15 May 18
Utility
Rotor hub for a wind turbine having pre-positioned fasteners and related method
25 May 20
A rotor hub for a wind turbine includes a hub frame having a blade attachment site configured for attachment of a wind turbine blade to the hub frame, and a dispenser coupled to the hub frame and containing one or more fasteners, wherein the one or more fasteners is selectively releasable from the dispenser to facilitate attachment of the wind turbine blade to the hub frame.
Høgne Joensen
Filed: 19 Dec 16
Utility
Rotor blade control for high winds
25 May 20
The invention relates to a control apparatus and method for controlling the rotor blades of a wind turbine, and in particular to controlling the rotor blades during an extreme wind event.
Fabio Caponetti, Ian Couchman, Thomas Krüger, Ali Zaib, Carsten Nørlund Thomsen
Filed: 18 Nov 14
Utility
Position Based Vibration Reduction of Nacelle Movement of Wind Turbine
20 May 20
The present invention relates to control of a wind turbine where nacelle vibration is reduced by use of blade pitching or generator torque modulation.
Fabio CAPONETTI
Filed: 14 May 18
Utility
Pitch control system for pitching wind turbine blade
18 May 20
There is provided a pitch control system (210) for controlling a pitch force system (220) for pitching a blade (103) of a wind turbine (100), the pitch control system (210) being arranged for activating (682) an auxiliary pitch force subsystem (224) at an initiation point in time where a main pitch force is sufficient to pitch the blade (103) into a target pitch value.
John Schwensen, Kasper Zinck Østergaard, Jacob Hviid Nielsen, Jan Vestergaard Knudsen
Filed: 10 Oct 16
Utility
Blade load sensing system for a wind turbine
18 May 20
A sensor system for a wind turbine, comprising: a blade load sensor; a blade temperature sensor configured to provide a temperature measurement of an associated blade; a load calculation module configured to output a temperature-corrected blade load value; and a processing unit interfaced with the temperature sensor.
Fabio Caponetti, Dan Hilton
Filed: 16 Jun 16
Utility
Improvements Relating to Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture
13 May 20
A method of making a wind turbine blade is described.
Peter Frans Thomsen
Filed: 3 Jun 18
Utility
Improved Electro-thermal Heating Elements
13 May 20
The present invention relates to an Electro-Thermal Heating element for a wind turbine blade comprising an electrically conductive resistive material; two active busbars for supplying electrical power to the electrically conductive resistive material; and at least one dummy busbar at a predetermined spacing between the two active busbars on the electrically conductive resistive material.
Luke SPANDLEY, Arran WOOD, Darren ROGERS
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Control system having local and central controllers for wind turbine system having multiple rotors
11 May 20
A wind turbine system comprising a plurality of wind turbines mounted to a common support structure, wherein each of the plurality of wind turbines includes a rotor and a power generation system driven by the rotor, wherein the wind turbine system further comprises: localised control means including a plurality of local control modules, wherein each of the local control modules is operable to monitor the operation of a respective one of the plurality of wind turbines, and to issue local control commands thereto to achieve a set of local control objectives; and centralised control means configured to monitor the operation of the wind turbine system and provide centralised control commands to the plurality of wind turbines in order to achieve a set of supervisory control objectives associated with at least two of the plurality of wind turbines.
Erik Carl Lehnskov Miranda
Filed: 11 Feb 16
Utility
Method and System for Lifting a Wind Turbine Rotor
6 May 20
A method of lifting a rotor of a wind turbine, the rotor having a center of gravity and including a hub and first, second, and third blades projecting outwardly from the hub at locations circumferentially distributed thereabout, includes positioning first and second slings around the first and second blades, respectively, to define first and second lifting zones delineating a lifting envelope, wherein the lifting envelope encompasses the center of gravity.
Henrik Petersen, Jesper Hermann Hansen, Jens Torborg
Filed: 12 Dec 17
Utility
Pitch Adjustment Cylinder for Adjustment of a Pitch Angle of a Blade of a Wind Turbine
6 May 20
The present disclosure relates to wind turbines, pitch adjustment cylinders for adjusting a pitch angle of a blade of a wind turbine, to methods of assembling pitch adjustment cylinders, and to use of pitch adjustment cylinders in wind turbine, wherein the pitch adjustment cylinder comprises a cylinder barrel having an first cylinder barrel thread with a first thread pitch, a piston arranged movably in the cylinder barrel and extending out of the cylinder barrel for coupling to one of the blade and a hub of the wind turbine, a trunnion adapted to couple the cylinder barrel to the other one of the blade and the hub of the wind turbine, wherein the cylinder barrel extends through the trunnion, the trunnion has an first trunnion thread with a second thread pitch being different from the first thread pitch; and a sleeve arranged at least partially between the trunnion and the cylinder barrel, wherein the cylinder barrel extends through the sleeve, the sleeve has an inner sleeve thread with the first thread pitch and is engaged with the first cylinder barrel thread and the sleeve has an outer sleeve thread with the second thread pitch and is engaged with the first trunnion thread.
Lasse Køgs Andersen, Erik Garde, Simon Kabus, Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer
Filed: 29 Nov 17
Utility
Wind Turbine and Methods Including Main Shaft Integrated with Locking Disc
6 May 20
A wind turbine includes a main shaft (34), a rotor hub (22), a plurality of blades coupled to the rotor hub (22), and a rotor locking disc (32), (32′).
Thomas Møller Christiansen, Erik Markussen, Jeppe Hesseldal Otten, Nicolaj Biltoft Kristensen
Filed: 28 Oct 19
Utility
Smoke Validation Process for Wind Turbines
6 May 20
The present disclosure generally relates to validation processes in wind turbines, as well as controllers and wind turbines implementing the same.
Claus BELLI
Filed: 20 Jun 18
Utility
Adaptive control of a wind turbine by detecting a change in performance
4 May 20
A controller for a wind turbine is disclosed, comprising: a processor; an input/output interface; and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: i) select a setting xi from a list of settings X1, . . . , XN; ii) operate the turbine according to setting Xi for a period of time t1; iii) record a power output signal over t1; iv) repeat steps i) to iii) for another setting in X1, . . . , XN until all N settings have been used; v) repeat steps i) to iv) for a number of cycles c; vi) calculate a summarized power output for each setting over all cycles; and vii) compare the summarized power outputs across settings and determine whether any setting X* results in a higher power output than other settings tested.
Thomas S. Bjertrup Nielsen
Filed: 5 Jun 17
Utility
Transport frames for a wind turbine blade
4 May 20
Transport frame pair configured for transporting a wind turbine blade, said frame pair comprising a tip frame and a root frame, each said tip and root frame being stackable with identical frames for blade transport or storage, each one of said tip and root frame comprising four upright frame struts which together define a generally cuboid internal space having a longitudinal extent between two pairs of said upright struts; said tip frame comprising a tip saddle assembly within said generally cuboid internal space, and said root frame comprising a root saddle assembly within said generally cuboid internal space, and wherein said root frame is configured to prohibit a translation movement of said root saddle assembly in a longitudinal direction of a blade supported in a root saddle of said root saddle assembly; and wherein said tip frame allows a translation movement of said tip saddle assembly in a longitudinal direction of a blade supported in a tip saddle of said tip saddle assembly.
Peter Frans Thomsen, Adrian Botwright, Troels Vahle, Martin Damm, Kristoffer Lolk Fredriksen, Carsten Jasper
Filed: 22 Dec 16
Utility
Transport frame for a wind turbine blade
4 May 20
Transport frame and method; the transport frame having a longitudinal, lateral and upright extent, and being configured for receiving a tip or root portion of a longitudinally extending wind turbine blade, said frame being stackable with similar frames, said frame comprising four upright frame struts which together define a generally cuboid internal space having a longitudinal extent between two pairs of said upright struts; said frame having, within said generally cuboid internal space, a tip or root saddle assembly comprising a saddle with a support surface shaped to receive a respective blade root or tip; said frame furthermore having four top shoulders and four feet, said feet of said frame being conformed to be stackable on corresponding said shoulders of another frame; and wherein said frame, proximate one or more said top or bottom corner thereof, comprises a retractable arm arrangement; wherein said frame further comprises, proximate at least one said top or bottom corner thereof, a claw arrangement; said retractable arm arrangement being configured to fixingly engage a corresponding claw arrangement at an adjacent similar frame in a stacked arrangement of the frames.
Peter Frans Thomsen, Adrian Botwright, Troels Vahle, Lucia Quintana, Jacob Antonsen, Kristoffer Lolk Fredriksen
Filed: 27 Dec 16
Utility
Method of operating a wind turbine
4 May 20
The present invention provides a method of operating a wind turbine.
Ib Svend Olesen, Avanindra Gupta
Filed: 15 Dec 15
Utility
Power Plant Controller for Generating a Power Reference to Wind Turbine Generators
29 Apr 20
The invention relates to a power plant controller for controlling wind turbine generators.
Jorge Martinez GARCIA, Rasmus LÆRKE, Henrik MØLLER, Kouroush NAYEBI, Rubin PANNI, Chun Meng HENG
Filed: 19 Dec 19
Utility
a Wind Energy Park Comprising Airborne Wind Energy Systems
29 Apr 20
A wind energy park comprising a number of wind turbines (1) is disclosed.
Torben Ladegaard Baun
Filed: 3 May 18
Utility
Wind turbine blade manufacture
27 Apr 20
A method of making a wind turbine blade, and the turbine blade resulting form the process, is described in which correct alignment of the shear webs (42a, 42b) upon mould (30) closing is ensured.
Brian Birkemose, Kim Linddal Kristensen
Filed: 23 Jun 15