WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE PITCH CONTROL FOR TOWER FATIGUE REDUCTION

Patent Number: WO-2024083294-A1

Publication Year: 2024

Application Year: 2023

Priority Year: 2022

Jurisdictions: WO

Status: N/A

Inventors:

GILES ALEXANDER DUNCAN THOMSEN JESPER SANDBERG MARTINS CUNHA BRUNO

Applicants:

  1. Vestas (Denmark)
  2. [NORA names: Vestas; Private Research; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

The invention relates to adjusting collective pitch of the wind turbine rotor blades. A sensor signal is received, from wind turbine sensors, indicative of wind turbine rotor loading in a fore-aft direction. A first component is determined, based on the received sensor signal, in the fore-aft direction, the first component including high frequency collective content, greater than 2P frequency content, from the received sensor signal. A second component that is orthogonal to the first component is generated. The first and second components are rotated about a phase angle to obtain first and second phase-shifted components. A collective pitch reference offset value is determined for the three rotor blades based on the first or the second phase-shifted component. A control signal is transmitted to adjust collective pitch of the rotor blades based on the determined collective pitch reference offset value.

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WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE PITCH CONTROL FOR TOWER FATIGUE REDUCTION

VESTAS WIND SYS AS, Vestas (Denmark) GILES ALEXANDER DUNCAN, THOMSEN JESPER SANDBERG, MARTINS CUNHA BRUNO

2024, WO-2024083294-A1

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