Method of controlling a wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsSamuel Hawkins, Christian Joachim Krogh
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Abstract
A method of controlling a wind turbine is provided including at least one fan-cooled unit with a fan adapted to circulate air inside a housing of the fan-cooled unit, which method includes operating the fan-cooled unit in a dryout mode by: disabling a thermal energy reduction the fan-cooled unit, which thermal energy reduction means is adapted to reduce thermal energy of air inside the housing during a normal operation mode of the fan-cooled unit; actuating a fan of the fan-cooled unit to circulate the quantity of air contained in the housing; and monitoring a climate parameter until a target climate condition has been reached. A wind turbine configured to execute the steps of the inventive method is also provided.
Claims17
A method of controlling a wind turbine comprising at least one fan-cooled unit with a fan configured to circulate air inside a housing of the at least one fan-cooled unit, the method comprising:
- operating the at least one fan-cooled unit in a dryout mode by:
- disabling a thermal energy reduction means of the at least one fan-cooled unit, the thermal energy reduction means configured to reduce thermal energy of air inside the housing during a normal operation mode of the at least one fan-cooled unit;
- intentionally generating heat inside the housing by operating a fan of the at least one fan-cooled unit at an increased rotational speed compared to a normal cooling operation mode to circulate a quantity of air contained in the housing;
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- monitoring a climate parameter until a target climate condition has been reached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.