Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Individual pitch control for wind turbines
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Application No.: US16647267Application Date: 2018-09-11
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Publication No.: US11519386B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Jacob Deleuran Grunnet , Tobias Gybel Hovgaard
- Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N
- Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Current Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Priority: DKPA201770698 20170915
- International Application: PCT/DK2018/050225 WO 20180911
- International Announcement: WO2019/052617 WO 20190321
- Main IPC: F03D7/04
- IPC: F03D7/04 ; F03D7/02

Abstract:
A method of controlling pitch of individual blades in a wind turbine is described, together with a suitable controller. Wind speed is determined as a function of azimuthal angle. Wind speed is then predicted for individual blades over a prediction horizon using this determination of wind speed as a function of azimuthal angle. The predicted wind speed for each individual blade is used in a performance function, which is optimized to control individual blade pitches.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200271093A1 INDIVIDUAL PITCH CONTROL FOR WIND TURBINES Public/Granted day:2020-08-27
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