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US 10,378,515 B2Granted
Wind turbine control
AssigneeStatoil Petroleum AS
InventorsSvend Tarald Kibsgaard, Jone Torsvik, Lars Brenne
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Abstract
A method of dynamically controlling a wind turbine having a rotor supporting a plurality of blades and a main bearing supporting the rotor, the method comprising detecting a load profile around the circumference of the main bearing, generating a control signal based on the detected load profile and dynamically adjusting the load profile of the main bearing using the control signal.
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A method of dynamically controlling a wind turbine having a rotor supporting a plurality of blades and a main bearing supporting the rotor, the method comprising:
- detecting a load profile around the circumference of the main bearing, wherein detecting the load profile comprises detecting strain at a plurality of locations around the circumference of the bearing, and estimating a continuous load profile around the circumference of the bearing;
- generating a control signal based on the detected load profile;
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- dynamically adjusting the load profile of the main bearing using the control signal.
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