公开(公告)号：US10352306B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15540278

申请日：2016-01-21

申请人： Vestas Wind Systems A/S

发明人： Torben Ladegaard Baun ,  Henrik Kudsk ,  Klaus Lynge Petersen ,  Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer

IPC分类号： F03D11/04 ,  F03D13/40 ,  F03D80/80 ,  F03D13/20 ,  F03D15/00 ,  F03D80/70 ,  B65D85/68 ,  B65D88/12

摘要： A wind turbine nacelle configured for mounting on a wind turbine tower and for supporting a rotor assembly, the nacelle comprising at least a first and a second nacelle module. The first nacelle module comprises a first frame structure and a main bearing system for a main shaft of the rotor assembly, and the second nacelle module comprises a second frame structure and a drive train system for the wind turbine. When the nacelle is mounted on the wind turbine tower, the main bearing system is supported by the wind turbine tower, and the drive train system is attached to the main bearing such that the weight of the drive train system is transferred to the main bearing system and thereby to the wind turbine tower. Further, the first frame structure is configured to support the main bearing system during transportation and prior to mounting of the nacelle, and the second frame structure is configured to support the drive train system during transportation and prior to mounting of the nacelle, and the first and second frame structures form a load carrying structure of a first and a second shipping freight container such that the first and second nacelle module can be transported as shipping freight containers. When the nacelle is mounted on the wind turbine tower, the first and second frame structures may be placed side by side in a direction along a rotational axis of the wind turbine rotor and may be oriented such as to have a length extending transversely to a rotational axis of the wind turbine rotor.

公开(公告)号：US20170363071A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15540278

申请日：2016-01-21

申请人： Vestas Wind Systems A/S

发明人： Torben Ladegaard Baun ,  Henrik Kudsk ,  Klaus Lynge Petersen ,  Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer

IPC分类号： F03D13/40 ,  F03D80/70 ,  B65D88/12 ,  F03D13/20 ,  B65D85/68 ,  F03D15/00

CPC分类号： F03D13/40 ,  B65D85/68 ,  B65D88/129 ,  B65D2585/6877 ,  F03D13/20 ,  F03D15/00 ,  F03D80/70 ,  F03D80/82 ,  F03D80/88 ,  F05B2230/60 ,  F05B2240/142 ,  F05B2240/912 ,  Y02E10/726 ,  Y02P70/523

摘要： A wind turbine nacelle configured for mounting on a wind turbine tower and for supporting a rotor assembly, the nacelle comprising at least a first and a second nacelle module. The first nacelle module comprises a first frame structure and a main bearing system for a main shaft of the rotor assembly, and the second nacelle module comprises a second frame structure and a drive train system for the wind turbine. When the nacelle is mounted on the wind turbine tower, the main bearing system is supported by the wind turbine tower, and the drive train system is attached to the main bearing such that the weight of the drive train system is transferred to the main bearing system and thereby to the wind turbine tower. Further, the first frame structure is configured to support the main bearing system during transportation and prior to mounting of the nacelle, and the second frame structure is configured to support the drive train system during transportation and prior to mounting of the nacelle, and the first and second frame structures form a load carrying structure of a first and a second shipping freight container such that the first and second nacelle module can be transported as shipping freight containers. When the nacelle is mounted on the wind turbine tower, the first and second frame structures may be placed side by side in a direction along a rotational axis of the wind turbine rotor and may be oriented such as to have a length extending transversely to a rotational axis of the wind turbine rotor.

公开(公告)号：US11359604B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16621033

申请日：2018-06-21

申请人： Vestas Wind Systems A/S

发明人： Gunnar K. Storgaard Pedersen ,  Ivar J. B. K. Jensen ,  Gerner Larsen ,  Christian Skov Frederiksen ,  Klaus Lynge Petersen

IPC分类号： F03D7/00 ,  F03D7/02 ,  F03D17/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  F03D7/04 ,  G05D1/00 ,  F03D80/00 ,  G05D1/10

摘要： A system for a wind park including: a control system in communication with a plurality of unmanned air vehicles, wherein the control system is configured to deploy one or more unmanned air vehicles during a triggering condition; and wherein the deployed unmanned air vehicles are guided towards an assigned wind turbine and to interact with a blade of that wind turbine in order to control oscillation of the blade. The invention also embraces a method for reducing blade oscillations of a wind turbine, comprising: monitoring for a triggering condition associated with the wind turbine; on detecting the triggering condition, deploying unmanned air vehicles towards a wind turbine and interacting with a blade of the wind turbine using the unmanned air to control oscillation of the blade. The invention therefore provides an efficient approach to controlling blade oscillations with minimal human operator involvement. Drones may be deployed automatically once suitable conditions are detected and may automatically engage with the blades, either by contacting those blades physically, or by interacting with the blades in close proximity, in order to disrupt airflow around the blades thereby reducing oscillations.