# US 12,224,699 B2 · Wind turbine generator system, and rotation speed avoidance control method and apparatus therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,699 B2 - Document ID: US12224699B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/997,078 - Filed: 2021-03-30 - Published: 2023-07-13 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-28 - Assignees: Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xinli Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224699B2 ## CPC - H02P 9/008: {wherein the generator is controlled by the requirements of the prime mover} - F03D 7/0276: {controlling rotor speed, e.g. variable speed} - F03D 7/028: {controlling wind motor output power} - F03D 7/0296: {to prevent, counteract or reduce noise emissions} - F03D 7/0298: {to prevent, counteract or reduce vibrations} - F05B 2260/96: Preventing, counteracting or reducing vibration or noise - F05B 2270/101: to control rotational speed (n) - F05B 2270/327: Rotor or generator speeds - F05B 2270/335: Output power or torque - H02P 2101/15: for wind-driven turbines - H02P 2103/20: of the synchronous type - Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction - H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS - F03D: WIND MOTORS - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A rotation speed exclusion control method for a wind turbine generator system. The method comprises: when a power-limited operation instruction is received, determining a power value upper limit required by the instruction; determining that the required power value upper limit is in a power exclusion interval corresponding to a rotation speed exclusion interval; and when the required power value upper limit is in the power exclusion interval, setting the maximum allowable power value of a wind turbine generator system to be a lower boundary value of the power exclusion interval. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for controlling a rotational speed exclusion range for a wind turbine, comprising: determining an upper limit of power required by an instruction for a limited-power operation of the wind turbine; identifying an abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine based on statistical information about a rotational speed of a generator operating in the rotational speed exclusion range; judging that the required upper limit of power is in a power exclusion range corresponding to the rotational speed exclusion range during the abnormality; setting a maximum allowable power of the wind turbine as a lower boundary value of the power exclusion range during the required upper limit of power is in the power exclusion range, wherein an upper boundary value of the power exclusion range is power determined based on an upper boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range, and the lower boundary value of the power exclusion range is power determined based on a lower boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range, wherein each of the rotational speed exclusion range and the power exclusion range is an open interval in which endpoints at both ends are excluded, and wherein the method further comprises: setting the maximum allowable power of the wind turbine as the required upper limit of power during the required upper limit of power is not in the power exclusion range. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the upper boundary value of the power exclusion range is a product of the upper boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range and a first predetermined electromagnetic torque, and the lower boundary value of the power exclusion range is a product of the lower boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range and a second predetermined electromagnetic torque, wherein the first predetermined electromagnetic torque is an electromagnetic torque that is to be kept before passing through the rotational speed exclusion range from a low rotational speed to a high rotational speed, wherein the second predetermined electromagnetic torque is an electromagnetic torque when the wind turbine reaches the lower boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the statistical information about the rotational speed of the generator operating in the rotational speed exclusion range comprises: a statistical duration in which the rotational speed of the generator is in the rotational speed exclusion range and/or a statistical number of times that the rotational speed enters the rotational speed exclusion range. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of identifying the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine comprises: determining, based on operation data in a historical operation period of the wind turbine, a proportion of a rotational speed exclusion duration corresponding to each of time intervals in the historical operation period, wherein the proportion of a rotational speed exclusion duration corresponding to each of time intervals is a proportion of a total duration, in which the rotational speed is in a first predetermined range in the rotational speed exclusion range within the time interval, to a predetermined duration; and determining that there is the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine, in a case that a total number of time intervals, in which a proportion of the rotational speed exclusion duration exceeds a predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, exceeds a first predetermined number, wherein each of time intervals has a length of the predetermined duration. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of determining that there is the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine comprises: determining that there is the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine, in a case that a total number of time intervals, corresponding to a limited-power operation state and in which a proportion of the rotational speed exclusion duration exceeds a predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, exceeds a second predetermined number, or determining that there is the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine, in a case that a total number of time intervals, corresponding to a predetermined wind speed range and in which a proportion of the rotational speed exclusion duration exceeds a predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, exceeds a third predetermined number, wherein the predetermined wind speed range is a wind speed range in the vilinity of a wind speed range corresponding to the rotational speed exclusion range. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of determining, based on operation data in a historical operation period of the wind turbine, a proportion of a rotational speed exclusion duration corresponding to each of time intervals in the historical operation period comprises: dividing the operation data in the historical operation period into M groups of operation data in an interval of the predetermined duration, wherein each group of operation data comprises N rotational speeds of the generator collected at N consecutive sampling time points; and determining a ratio of the number of rotational speeds in the first predetermined range in the N rotational speeds of each group to N as the proportion of the rotational speed exclusion duration corresponding to the corresponding time interval, wherein M is an integer greater than 1, and N is an integer greater than 1. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined standard proportion is determined based on at least one of the following: a jump-up duration required for the wind turbine to pass through the rotational speed exclusion range from a low rotational speed to a high rotational speed, a jump-down duration required to pass through the rotational speed exclusion range from a high rotational speed to a low rotational speed, a predetermined number of times that the rotational speed exclusion range can be normally passed through within the predetermined duration, and a length of the predetermined duration. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined standard proportion is Tmax*I*J/L, wherein Tmax represents a maximum among the jump-up duration and the jump-down duration, I represents a redundancy coefficient, J represents the predetermined number of times that the rotational speed exclusion range can be normally passed through within the predetermined duration, and L represents the length of the predetermined duration. ### Claim 9 A wind turbine, comprising: a generator, comprising a stator and a rotor mechanically connected to an impeller; a converter, which is electrically coupled to a stator winding; a data collection module, configured to collect a rotational speed of the rotor of the generator; and a controller, configured to set an electromagnetic torque parameter of the converter to control the rotational speed of the generator, wherein the controller is configured to: determine an upper limit of power required by an instruction for a limited-power operation of the wind turbine; identify an abnormality of a rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine based on statistical information about the rotational speed of the generator operating in the rotational speed exclusion range; judge that the required upper limit of power is in a power exclusion range corresponding to the rotational speed exclusion range during the abnormality; set a maximum allowable power of the wind turbine as a lower boundary value of the power exclusion range during the required upper limit of power is in the power exclusion range, wherein an upper boundary value of the power exclusion range is power determined based on an upper boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range, and the lower boundary value of the power exclusion range is power determined based on a lower boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range, wherein each of the rotational speed exclusion range and the power exclusion range is an open interval in which endpoints at both ends are excluded, and wherein the controller is further configured to: set the maximum allowable power of the wind turbine as the required upper limit of power during the required upper limit of power is not in the power exclusion range. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wind turbine according to claim 9, wherein the generator is a permanent magnet generator, and the wind turbine is a direct-drive type wind turbine. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The wind turbine according to claim 9, wherein the upper boundary value of the power exclusion range is a product of the upper boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range and a first predetermined electromagnetic torque, and the lower boundary value of the power exclusion range is a product of the lower boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range and a second predetermined electromagnetic torque, wherein the first predetermined electromagnetic torque is an electromagnetic torque that is to be kept before passing through the rotational speed exclusion range from a low rotational speed to a high rotational speed, wherein the second predetermined electromagnetic torque is an electromagnetic torque when the wind turbine reaches the lower boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The wind turbine according to claim 9, wherein the statistical information about the rotational speed of the generator operating in the rotational speed exclusion range comprises: a statistical duration in which the rotational speed of the generator is in the rotational speed exclusion range and/or a statistical number of times that the rotational speed enters the rotational speed exclusion range. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wind turbine according to claim 12, wherein identifying the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine comprises: determining, based on operation data in a historical operation period of the wind turbine, a proportion of a rotational speed exclusion duration corresponding to each of time intervals in the historical operation period, wherein the proportion of a rotational speed exclusion duration corresponding to each of time intervals is a proportion of a total duration, in which the rotational speed is in a first predetermined range in the rotational speed exclusion range within the time interval, to a predetermined duration; and determining that there is the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine, in a case that a total number of time intervals, in which a proportion of the rotational speed exclusion duration exceeds a predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, exceeds a first predetermined number, wherein each of time intervals has a length of the predetermined duration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The wind turbine according to claim 13, wherein determining that there is the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine comprises: determining that there is the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine, in a case that a total number of time intervals, corresponding to a limited-power operation state and in which a proportion of the rotational speed exclusion duration exceeds a predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, exceeds a second predetermined number, or determining that there is the abnormality of the rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine, in a case that a total number of time intervals, corresponding to a predetermined wind speed range and in which a proportion of the rotational speed exclusion duration exceeds a predetermined standard proportion in the historical operation period, exceeds a third predetermined number, wherein the predetermined wind speed range is a wind speed range in the vilinity of a wind speed range corresponding to the rotational speed exclusion range. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The wind turbine according to claim 13, wherein determining, based on operation data in a historical operation period of the wind turbine, a proportion of a rotational speed exclusion duration corresponding to each of time intervals in the historical operation period comprises: dividing the operation data in the historical operation period into M groups of operation data in an interval of the predetermined duration, wherein each group of operation data comprises N rotational speeds of the generator collected at N consecutive sampling time points; and determining a ratio of the number of rotational speeds in the first predetermined range in the N rotational speeds of each group to N as the proportion of the rotational speed exclusion duration corresponding to the corresponding time interval, wherein M is an integer greater than 1, and N is an integer greater than 1. ### Claim 16 A computer-readable storage medium storing computer programs thereon, wherein the computer programs, when being executed by a processor, cause the processor to: determine an upper limit of power required by an instruction for a limited-power operation of a wind turbine; identify an abnormality of a rotational speed exclusion range for the wind turbine based on statistical information about a rotational speed of a generator operating in the rotational speed exclusion range; judge that the required upper limit of power is in a power exclusion range corresponding to the rotational speed exclusion range during the abnormality; set a maximum allowable power of the wind turbine as a lower boundary value of the power exclusion range during the required upper limit of power is in the power exclusion range, wherein an upper boundary value of the power exclusion range is power determined based on an upper boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range, and the lower boundary value of the power exclusion range is power determined based on a lower boundary value of the rotational speed exclusion range, wherein each of the rotational speed exclusion range and the power exclusion range is an open interval in which endpoints at both ends are excluded, and wherein the computer programs, when being executed by the processor, further cause the processor to: set the maximum allowable power of the wind turbine as the required upper limit of power in during the required upper limit of power is not in the power exclusion range.