Abstract:
Apparatus for treating a surface of a wind turbine blade, comprising an expandable structure that is deployable from a collapsed state into an expanded state in which the structure defines an elongated treatment zone into which a blade is receivable in use. The apparatus includes treating means arranged to apply a treatment in the treatment zone. Also provided is a method for treating a wind turbine blade including: positioning a wind turbine blade in a substantially vertical orientation; locating an expandable structure adjacent the wind turbine blade; deploying the expandable structure about the blade such that the expandable structure defines an elongated treatment zone which receives at least part of the blade; and applying surface treatment to the surface of the blade using the expandable structure.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a method, as well as a related wind turbine and computer program product, for use with a wind turbine comprising a wind turbine controller. The method comprises determining the wind turbine to be in a first operational state, and operating a control system of the wind turbine using the wind turbine controller. The method further comprises determining the wind turbine to be in a second operational state, and operating the control system using an auxiliary controller. Operating the control system using the auxiliary controller comprises receiving a first control signal for the control system from the wind turbine controller, transmitting a feedback signal to the wind turbine controller in accordance with the first control signal, and transmitting a second control signal to the control system as a substitute for the first control signal.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for determining power set points of a power plant comprising a plurality of power generating units with at least one wind turbine generator. The determination of the power set points are based on a prioritization of the power generating units, where the power generating units are prioritized with respect to individual power levels or fatigue levels obtained for the power generating units. The prioritization is adjusted so that the adjusted prioritization depends both on the power and fatigue levels.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides a method of controlling a wind turbine, wherein the method comprises: a) measuring and recording power output values from a sensor, and measured values from at least one of a rotor speed sensor, rotor speed controller, pitch controller or pitch position sensor for the wind turbine, during operation of the turbine with a reference pitch angle and/or rotor speed regulation curve for a time period t1; b) changing the pitch angle and/or rotor speed regulation curve(s); c) operating the wind turbine with the curve(s) from step b) during a time period t1 and receiving measured values from a wind turbine power output sensor and at least one of a rotor speed sensor, rotor speed controller, pitch controller or pitch position sensor; d) optionally repeating steps b) and c) one or more times; e) comparing a power output of the wind turbine obtained at step a) with a power output obtained in step c) during operation of the wind turbine under one or more changed pitch angle and/or rotor speed regulation curve(s); f) determining whether a power output obtained at step c) is higher than a power output obtained at step a); and g) optionally, changing the pitch angle and/or rotor speed reference curve(s) for the wind turbine to a curve or curves identified in step f) that results in higher power output than the power output measured in step a). A computer programme implementing the method, a controller configured to execute the method and a wind turbine comprising the controller are also provided.
Abstract:
There is provided a method (40) of correcting blade pitch in a wind turbine (10) having a tower (12) and a plurality of rotor blades (18). The method (40) comprises: receiving (410) sensor output data from one or more wind turbine sensors (141), the sensor output data including data indicative of excitation of the tower (12) for a plurality of different pitch angles of a particular one of the blades (18); determining (420) a corrected pitch reference of the particular blade (18), the corrected pitch reference corresponding to a minimum tower excitation based on the received sensor output data; and, sending (430) the corrected pitch reference to a pitch actuator system (24) of the particular blade (18).
Abstract:
The invention relates to controlling power generation from a power plant which includes power generating units including at least one wind turbine generator. Based on obtained fatigue levels of the power generating units and a comparison of the obtained fatigue levels of the power generating units with a fatigue level threshold the power set points of the power generating units are adjusted dependent on the fatigue levels and the fatigue level threshold to achieve a levelling of the individual fatigue levels of the power generating units.