公开(公告)号：US20180156200A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15736678

申请日：2016-06-17

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Dan HILTON

IPC: F03D17/00

CPC classification number: F03D17/00 ,  F05B2260/80 ,  F05B2260/821 ,  F05B2260/84 ,  F05B2270/303 ,  F05B2270/325 ,  F05B2270/331 ,  F05B2270/808 ,  G01B11/16 ,  G01K13/00

Abstract: A method for determining the load on a wind turbine blade, comprising: measuring the blade load by way of a wind turbine blade load sensor; estimating the temperature of the blade; and determining, based on the estimated temperature and the measured load, a temperature-corrected value for the load on the wind turbine blade. The invention also relates to a sensor system for a wind turbine blade, the system comprising a load sensor; a processing unit interfaced with the load sensor and configured to provide a temperature-corrected load parameter as an output, wherein the processing unit includes: a temperature estimation module that determines an estimated temperature of the blade in the vicinity of the load sensor based on at least one wind turbine parameter; and a load compensation module that determines the temperature-corrected load parameter based on the estimated temperature and the measurement of the load sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20170009739A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-12

申请号：US15269839

申请日：2016-09-19

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Per BRATH ,  Keld HAMMERUM ,  Johnny NIELSEN

IPC: F03D7/04 ,  F03D17/00 ,  F03D7/02 ,  G05B15/02

CPC classification number: F03D7/042 ,  F03D7/0224 ,  F03D17/00 ,  F03G7/00 ,  G05B15/02

Abstract: A method of detecting a fault mode of a sensor is provided. The sensor may be, for example, a bending moment sensor and may sense a bending moment of a blade on a wind turbine generator (WTG). The method includes comparing data output by a first sensor with reference data indicating what is expected to be output by the first sensor to produce a first comparison result and comparing data output by the first sensor with data output by a second sensor to produce a second comparison result. A determination of whether the first sensor has entered a fault mode is made based at least in part on the first and second comparison results.

Abstract translation: 提供一种检测传感器故障模式的方法。 传感器可以是例如弯矩传感器并且可以感测风力涡轮发电机（WTG）上的叶片的弯矩。 该方法包括将由第一传感器输出的数据与由第一传感器预期输出的参考数据进行比较以产生第一比较结果，并将由第一传感器输出的数据与由第二传感器输出的数据进行比较以产生第二比较 结果。 至少部分地基于第一和第二比较结果确定第一传感器是否已经进入故障模式。

公开(公告)号：US20160377057A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-29

申请号：US15103126

申请日：2014-12-03

Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Martin BRØDSGAARD ,  Thomas KRÜGER

IPC: F03D7/02 ,  F03D9/25 ,  F03D9/00

CPC classification number: F03D7/0224 ,  F03D7/024 ,  F03D7/0268 ,  F03D7/0276 ,  F03D7/0296 ,  F03D9/25 ,  F03D9/255 ,  F05B2260/96 ,  Y02E10/723 ,  Y02E10/725

Abstract: The invention presents a method for operating a horizontal axis wind turbine (1), the wind turbine comprising a tower (2) and a rotor (5) with at least one rotor blade (51), the rotor being connected to the tower, and being adapted to drive a generator (6) connected to a utility grid (8), wherein a pitch angle (A) of each rotor blade is adjustable, the method comprising detecting (905, 911), when the wind turbine is in an idling power producing situation in relation to the utility grid, a tower oscillation, and controlling (907, 913, 914, 915), when the wind turbine is in the idling power producing situation, the pitch angle of the at least one rotor blade so as to produce aerodynamic forces counteracting the detected tower oscillation.

Abstract translation: 本发明提出了一种用于操作水平轴风力涡轮机（1）的方法，所述风力涡轮机包括具有至少一个转子叶片（51）的塔架（2）和转子（5），转子连接到塔架，以及 适于驱动连接到公用电网（8）的发电机（6），其中每个转子叶片的俯仰角（A）是可调节的，所述方法包括当风力涡轮机处于空转状态时检测（905,911） 当风力发电机处于怠速发电状态时，与公用电网相关的动力产生状况，塔架振荡和控制（907,913,914,915），所述至少一个转子叶片的俯仰角为 以产生抵消检测到的塔振荡的空气动力。

公开(公告)号：US20150369214A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-24

申请号：US14766380

申请日：2014-02-04

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Eik HERBSLEB ,  Fabiano DAHER ADEGAS ,  Poul Brandt CHRISTENSEN ,  Robert BOWYER ,  Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Ian COUCHMAN ,  Lars Finn SLOTH LARSEN

IPC: F03D7/04 ,  F03D7/02

CPC classification number: F03D7/045 ,  F03D7/022 ,  F03D7/0272 ,  F03D7/046 ,  F05B2270/404 ,  Y02E10/723

Abstract: The invention relates to a controller configured to determine one or more future values of blade control references and/or a generator control references for a wind turbine generator. The first of the future values of the control references are used for control purposes. The future control references are determined from a physical model of a system of the wind turbine generator by solving an optimization problem which includes at least one cost function and at least one constraint.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种被配置为确定叶片控制参考的一个或多个未来值和/或风力涡轮发电机的发电机控制参考的控制器。 控制参考的第一个未来值用于控制目的。 通过解决包括至少一个成本函数和至少一个约束的优化问题，从风力涡轮发电机的系统的物理模型确定未来的控制参考。

公开(公告)号：US20220260053A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17623078

申请日：2020-06-22

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  James Alexander NICHOLS ,  Benjamin ROWLINSON

IPC: F03D7/02

Abstract: There is provided a method of controlling power output of a wind turbine at below-rated wind speed, the method comprising: determining an indication of blade torsion of one or more rotor blades of the wind turbine in dependence on wind speed and/or rotor speed; determining a torsion-corrected blade pitch based on the indication of blade torsion; and using the torsion-corrected blade pitch to control pitch the one or more rotor blades.

公开(公告)号：US20210372369A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US17402085

申请日：2021-08-13

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Claus Thy HENNINGSEN ,  Robert GRØN-STEVENS

IPC: F03D7/02 ,  F03D7/04

Abstract: There is presented a method for damping an edgewise vibration of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the method comprises measuring at the rotor blade a motion parameter of the edgewise rotor blade vibration, generating based on said motion parameter a blade pitch angle control signal, and damping the edgewise vibration of the rotor blade by pitching the rotor blade according to the blade pitch angle control signal, wherein the blade pitch angle control signal is arranged so that a resulting force on a rotor blade pitched according to the blade pitch angle control signal, in a direction of the edgewise vibration of the rotor blade in a coordinate system, which rotates with a rotor of the wind turbine, is opposite and proportional to the edgewise rotor blade vibration velocity.

公开(公告)号：US20210207585A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17142139

申请日：2021-01-05

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Tobias Gybel HOVGAARD ,  Christian JEPPESEN ,  Silvia Estelles MARTINEZ

IPC: F03D7/04 ,  F03D7/02

Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling a wind turbine, including predicting behaviour of one or more wind turbine components such as a wind turbine tower over a prediction horizon using a wind turbine model that describes dynamics of the one or more wind turbine components or states. The method includes determining behavioural constraints associated with operation of the wind turbine, wherein the behavioural constraints are based on operational parameters of the wind turbine such as operating conditions, e.g. wind speed. The method includes using the predicted behaviour of the one or more wind turbine components in a cost function, and optimising the cost function subject to the determined behavioural constraints to determine at least one control output, such as blade pitch control or generator speed control, for controlling operation of the wind turbine.

公开(公告)号：US20210156357A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US16954178

申请日：2018-12-13

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Jesper Sandberg THOMSEN

IPC: F03D7/02 ,  F03D7/04

Abstract: A method for wind turbine tower damping is disclosed, as well as an associated controller and wind turbine. The method comprises generating, using at least a first sensor signal, a first pitch reference signal for one or more rotor blades of a wind turbine during partial load operation. The method further comprises determining, using at least a second sensor signal, dynamic state information for a tower of the wind turbine. The method further comprises generating a second pitch reference signal by adapting the first pitch reference signal using the dynamic state information. The method further comprises selecting a maximum pitch reference signal from the second pitch reference signal and a saturation pitch reference signal. The method further comprises communicating the maximum pitch reference signal to control a pitch of the one or more rotor blades.

公开(公告)号：US20200284242A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16617206

申请日：2018-05-25

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Kristian KIIB ,  Dan HILTON

IPC: F03D17/00 ,  F03D7/02

Abstract: This application describes a method of detecting an error in a rotor angle sensing system of a wind turbine, where the wind turbine comprises a rotor including a plurality of wind turbine blades, a blade load sensor associated with a respective one of the wind turbine blades, and a rotor angle sensing system configured to output a rotor angle signal. The blade load sensor is configured to output a measured blade load signal. The method comprises generating an estimated blade load signal based on at least the rotor angle signal; comparing the estimated blade load signal with the measured blade load signal to determine a phase difference between them; and identifying an error if the phase difference between the estimated blade load signal and the measured blade load signal exceeds a predetermined threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20200088165A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16494643

申请日：2018-03-20

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Thomas S. Bjertrup NIELSEN ,  Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Keld HAMMERUM

IPC: F03D7/02 ,  F03D9/25

Abstract: A wind turbine comprising a tower, a nacelle, a rotor including a plurality of blades, an electrical generator operatively coupled to the rotor, and a control system. The control system comprises: a sensing system operable to output a signal indicative of the torsional oscillation frequency of the nacelle; a torsional damping module configured to monitor the torsional oscillation signal and to determine one or more blade pitch command signals for damping the torsional oscillation of the tower, and a filter module configured to receive the one or more blade pitch command signals as inputs and to output a respective one or more modified blade pitch command signals, wherein the filter module is configured to filter the one or more blade pitch command input signals to exclude frequency components greater than the torsional oscillation frequency. Aspects of the invention also relate to a method, a computer program software product and a controller for implementing the method.