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US 2017/0321652 A1Published application
Design of a wind turbine
OwnerAlfred BEEKMANN, Marcel KRUSEinventors
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Abstract
A method for designing a wind energy plant with a generator and with a rotor with rotor blades, comprising the steps determining the size of the wind energy plant which is to be designed, more particularly the rotor diameter and axle height, for a proposed installation site, designing the wind energy plant for a reduced maximum load which is lower than a maximum load which occurs when a 50-year gust strikes the wind energy plant from a maximum loading side.
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A method comprising:
- designing a wind energy plant with a generator and a rotor with rotor blades, wherein designing comprises:
- determining the size a rotor diameter and an axle height of the wind energy plant for a proposed installation site, and
- determining a maximum load based on a 50-year gust strike for the proposed installation site when the wind strikes the wind energy plant from a side or a backside, wherein the rotor diameter and the axle height are of sizes to withstand only up to a reduced maximum load that is less than the maximum load;
- and
- installing the wind energy plant at the proposed installation site.
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A method comprising:
- operating a wind energy plant;
- detecting a wind above a threshold value;
- and
- aligning the wind energy plant so that its azimuth position faces into the wind to thereby provide to a reduced maximum load applied to the wind energy plant by the wind than when a side of the wind energy plant faces into the wind.
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A wind energy plant located in a wind farm that has a 50-year wind gust, the energy plant comprising:
- a tower;
- a nacelle;
- a generator in the nacelle;
- and
- a rotor rotatably coupled to the nacelle, a plurality of rotor blades coupled to the rotor,
- wherein a rotor diameter and an axle height of the wind energy plant are sized to withstand the 50-year wind gust when a front face of the rotor is substantially facing into the wind and is not sized to withstand the 50-year wind gust when a side of the rotor is facing into the wind.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.