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- Patent Title: Method for improving large array wind park power performance through active wake manipulation reducing shadow effects
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Application No.: US14344284Application Date: 2012-08-21
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Publication No.: US09835138B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Carsten Hein Westergaard
- Applicant: Carsten Hein Westergaard
- 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: DKPA201170503 20110913
- International Application: PCT/DK2012/050301 WO 20120821
- International Announcement: WO2013/037374 WO 20130321
- Main IPC: F03D7/04
- IPC: F03D7/04 ; F03D7/02

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for increasing turbulent mixing in the wake of at least one wind turbine. Doing so, increases efficiency of a wind turbine located in the wake by transferring energy to the wake that was lost when the wind passed through the upwind turbine. Turbulent mixing may be increased by changing the induction factor for a rotor by, for example, altering the pitch of the blades, the RPMs of the rotor, or the yaw of the nacelle. These techniques may be static or dynamically changing. Further, the different induction factors for a plurality of wind turbines may be synchronized according to a predetermined pattern to further increase turbulent mixing.
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