Temperature control based on weather forecasting
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsKarl Gregory, Joe Cuoghi
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a method of controlling a temperature of a blade includes generating a first power production curve based on current weather conditions and generating a second power production curve based on future weather conditions. The method also includes, in response to determining that the second power production curve reduces a net power production loss of the blade more than the first power production curve, adjusting a heating cycle of the blade based on the second power production curve rather than the first power production curve.
Claims20
A method of controlling a temperature of a blade, comprising:
- generating a first power production curve based on current weather conditions;
- generating a second power production curve based on future weather conditions;
- and
- in response to determining that the second power production curve reduces a net power production loss of the blade more than the first power production curve, adjusting a heating cycle of the blade based on the second power production curve rather than the first power production curve.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing program code, which, when executed on the processor performs an operation for controlling a temperature of a blade, the operation comprising:
- generate a first power production curve based on current weather conditions;
- generate a second power production curve based on future weather conditions;
- and
- in response to determining that the second power production curve reduces a net power production loss of the blade more than the first power production curve, adjust a heating cycle of the blade based on the second power production curve rather than the first power production curve.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform an operation of controlling a temperature of a blade, the operation comprising:
- generating a first power production curve based on current weather conditions;
- generating a second power production curve based on future weather conditions;
- and
- in response to determining that the second power production curve reduces a net power production loss of the blade more than the first power production curve, adjusting a heating cycle of the blade based on the second power production curve rather than the first power production curve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.