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US 2011/0049887 A1Published application
Wind turbine data acquisition system
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorAnders Holm Milo
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AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorAnders Holm Milo
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Sensor networks, methods and computer program products for state monitoring of a wind turbine. The sensor network may include one or more standard sensor modules each having a sensor for measuring a parameter of the wind turbine or its surroundings. The wind turbine includes a processor for receiving input from the one or more standard sensor modules, and a data transfer channel for transferring sensor output from the one or more standard sensor modules to the processor. The data transfer channel has one or more auxiliary connection points for connection of one or more additional sensor module. The one or more additional sensor modules are in surplus of the standard sensor modules in a standard set-up of the wind turbine sensor network. The embedded turbine data acquisition system takes advantage of an existing turbine back-bone network for data transport.
A sensor network for state monitoring of a wind turbine, the sensor network comprising:
A method of obtaining measurement data from non-standard parameters of or at a wind turbine, where the wind turbine comprises a sensor network for state monitoring of a wind turbine, the sensor network includes one or more standard sensor modules, each standard sensor module comprising a sensor for measuring a parameter of the wind turbine or its surroundings, a processor for receiving input from said one or more standard sensor modules, and a data transfer channel for transferring sensor output from said one or more standard sensor modules to said processor, the method comprising:
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