Control system for a floating wind turbine structure
AssigneeHywind AS
InventorsFinn Gunnar NIELSEN, Bjørn SKAARE
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Abstract
A method of controlling a turbine of a floating wind turbine structure to reduce fatigue of its moorings comprises curtailing the turbine based on a pitching motion of the wind turbine structure and on a wind direction at the wind turbine structure relative to the orientation of moorings of the wind turbine structure. Optionally, the curtailment may be further based on the degree of displacement of the wind turbine structure from a reference location.
Claims25
A method of controlling a turbine of a floating wind turbine structure to reduce fatigue of its moorings, comprising curtailing the turbine based on a motion of the wind turbine structure and a wind direction at the wind turbine structure relative to the orientation of the moorings of the wind turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.