Determining a yaw direction of a wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSAMUEL H. HAWKINS
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Abstract
A method for determining a yaw direction of a wind turbine includes the following steps, receiving at a component of the wind turbine a signal broadcasted from a source, determining a direction from the component towards the source based on the received signal, determining the yaw direction of the wind turbine in relation to the determined direction towards the source is provided. Further, a wind turbine and a device as well as a computer program product and a computer readable medium are disclosed for performing the method.
Claims14
A method for determining a yaw direction of a wind turbine comprising:
- receiving at a component of the wind turbine a signal broadcasted from a source;
- determining a direction from the component towards the source based on the received signal;
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- determining the yaw direction of the wind turbine in relation to the determined direction towards the source.
A wind turbine, comprising:
- a receiver for receiving a signal broadcasted from a source;
- a processing unit that is arranged for:
- determining a direction from the receiver towards the source based on the received signal, and
- determining a yaw direction of the wind turbine in relation to the determined direction towards the source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.