METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLUSTER OF WIND TURBINES

    公开(公告)号:US20230407849A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18326978

    申请日:2023-05-31

    Abstract: A method for operating a cluster of a plurality of wind turbines is disclosed. For each of the wind turbines, one or more parameter values of a parameter being indicative for a condition occurring at the wind turbine are derived, based the measurements obtained by the wind turbine. In the case that a derived parameter value for a specific wind turbine exceeds a trigger value, measures for mitigating an effect of the condition at the specific wind turbine are initiated. The derived parameter values for the wind turbines of the cluster of wind turbines are compared to an expected distribution of the parameter values. In the case that a distribution of the derived parameter values differs from the expected distribution of the parameter values, the trigger value is adjusted, and the adjusted trigger value is subsequently applied when comparing the derived parameter values to the trigger value.

    A WIND TURBINE BLADE, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE, A CONTROL SYSTEM, AND A WIND TURBINE

    公开(公告)号:US20210262448A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17254809

    申请日:2019-06-20

    Abstract: A wind turbine blade is provided which comprises a main blade portion and a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) element, the main blade portion having a shell defining an outer aerodynamic surface of the blade, and the LIDAR element being disposed within a volume bounded by the outer aerodynamic surface and comprising at least one LIDAR system configured to transmit light beams away from the blade and to detect reflected light beams incident upon the blade, wherein the shell comprises at least one aperture extending at least partly through a thickness of the shell and containing optically transparent material, wherein the at least one LIDAR system is disposed within a volume bounded by an inner surface of the shell and is positioned to transmit and detect light beams through the optically transparent material, wherein the LIDAR element comprises a housing coupled to a surface of the blade within the volume bounded by the inner surface of the shell, the housing comprising a gyroscope mechanism coupled to the at least one LIDAR system such that an orientation of the at least one LIDAR system is substantially unaffected by movement of the blade so as to vary an angle at which light beams are transmitted through the optically transparent material as the blade moves.

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