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AssigneeSenvion SE
InventorsKarsten WARFEN, Eckart HOPP
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The invention relates to a device for measuring moments of a wind turbine, comprising a carrier pin that can be fixedly connected to a bedplate of a nacelle of the wind turbine, which is arranged on a tower and can be adjusted with respect to yaw, a torque support of a gearbox of the wind turbine being mountable on the carrier pin via an elastomer body, and to a method for operating a wind turbine and the corresponding wind turbine. The carrier pin is provided with one or more sensors that are designed and arranged to detect strains and/or shears of the carrier pin, a signal processing and/or evaluation unit being provided, which is connected to the sensor(s) and which can determine, during operation of the wind turbine, from measurement signals of the sensors, pitch moments and/or yaw moments that act upon the torque support.
A device for measuring moments of a wind turbine, comprising a carrier pin that is or can be connected to a bedplate of a nacelle of the wind turbine, which is arranged on a tower and which can be adjusted in respect of yaw, a torque support of a gearbox of the wind turbine being mountable or mounted on the carrier pin, wherein the carrier pin is provided with one or more sensors that are designed and arranged to detect strains and/or shears of the carrier pin, a signal processing and/or evaluation unit being provided, which is connected to the sensor or sensors and which is designed to determine, during operation of the wind turbine, from measurement signals of the sensors of deflections and/or shears of the carrier pin, pitch moments and/or yaw moments that act upon the torque support.
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