Advanced warning system and method for a turbine
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorGawain C R Badcock
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Abstract
An advanced warning system for a turbine, the system comprising: one or more near-field and far-field sensors locatable remotely from the turbine and upstream of the turbine; a communication link between the turbine and the one or more near-field and far-field sensors for transmitting data from the one or more near-field and far-field sensors to the turbine; and a controller for adjusting operational settings of the turbine, wherein, in use, the controller adjusts the operational settings as a function of the received data from the one or more near-field and far-field sensors.
Claims20
An advanced warning system for a hydrokinetic turbine, the system comprising:
- one or more near-field and far-field sensors locatable remotely from the turbine and upstream of the turbine for sensing one or more variables which may affect flow conditions in the vicinity of the turbine;
- a communication link between the turbine and the one or more near-field and far-field sensors for transmitting data from the one or more near-field and far-field sensors or data derived there-from to the turbine;
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- a controller for adjusting operational settings of the turbine, wherein, in use, the controller adjusts the operational settings as a function of the data from the one or more near-field and far-field sensors.
A hydrokinetic turbine farm, comprising:
- an advanced warning system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims;
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- a plurality of hydrokinetic turbines;
- wherein, in use, the controller of the advanced warning system adjusts the operational settings of one or more of the plurality of turbines.
A method of providing an advanced warning for a hydrokinetic turbine, the method comprising:
- sensing predetermined parameters at a location upstream of the turbine using one or more near-field and far-field sensors;
- transmitting the sensed data or data derived there-from to the turbine;
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- controlling operational settings of the turbine as a function of the received data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.