公开(公告)号：US20180180029A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15736158

申请日：2016-06-17

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Aleks Kvartborg JAKOBSEN ,  Dan HILTON ,  Kasper Zinck OSTERGAARD

IPC: F03D17/00 ,  G01L5/12 ,  G01L1/22

CPC classification number: F03D17/00 ,  F05B2240/2211 ,  F05B2260/80 ,  F05B2270/326 ,  F05B2270/327 ,  F05B2270/329 ,  F05B2270/331 ,  F05B2270/807 ,  F05B2270/808 ,  G01L1/22 ,  G01L5/12 ,  G01M15/14 ,  Y02E10/726

Abstract: A sensor system for a wind turbine blade, the system comprising: a blade load sensor providing a load measurement; a processing unit interfaced with the blade load sensor and configured to provide a corrected load parameter as an output. The processing unit includes: an axial force estimation module that determines an estimated axial force on the wind turbine blade in a direction along the length of the blade; and a load calculation module that 10 determines the corrected load parameter based on the estimated axial force and the load measurement of the blade load sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20180135601A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15580001

申请日：2016-06-17

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Fabio CAPONETTI ,  Kasper Zinck OSTERGAARD ,  Dan HILTON

IPC: F03D17/00 ,  F03D7/02 ,  G05B19/042

Abstract: A method of calibrating load sensors of a wind turbine, and a wind turbine for such load sensor calibration, are disclosed. The wind turbine comprises a rotor, a plurality of rotor blades, and a plurality of load sensors associated with the rotor blades. While the rotor is rotating, at least one of the rotor blades is moved from a first calibration position to a second calibration position, and load values from the load sensors are measured. The number of rotor blades being moved is at least one fewer than the number of the plurality of rotor blades. The rotation of the rotor may be during idling of the wind turbine. The movement of the blade(s) may be to change the pitch angle of the blade(s). At least one of the rotor blades not being moved to a calibration position may also be moved, for example to control the rotational speed of the rotor.

公开(公告)号：US20180320663A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US15775356

申请日：2016-11-17

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Martin Ansbjerg KJÆR ,  Kasper Zinck OSTERGAARD ,  Jan GRAUGAARD-JENSEN

IPC: F03D7/02

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to control of a wind turbine during a recovery period after a grid fault. It is disclosed to operate a wind turbine during the recovery period to determine the actual pitch angle of the rotor blades and the actual wind speed, and based on that determining a desired pitch angle of the rotor blades, as well as a pitch ramp rate so that the actual pitch angle can be brought to match the desired pitch angle before the end of the recovery period. In embodiments, the steps performed in the recovery mode are repeated at intervals during the recovery period.