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AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorSri Markangeya Rajesh Ponnada
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A monitoring system for a wind turbine blade, wherein the wind turbine blade includes an electrically conducting or semi-conducting structural component and a lightning protection system having a down conductor electrically connected to an lightning receptor, wherein the down conductor is electrically connected to the structural component by an equipotential connector, such that, a network of electrical impedances including the structural component, the equipotential connector and the down conductor is formed, whereby the hybrid monitoring system includes, a sensing device for the network, including a transmitter for emitting an electrical pulse into the network via a first terminal and a receiver for receiving a reception pattern of the electrical pulse from the network via a second terminal, and an evaluation device for evaluating the reception pattern to determine a first health information regarding the lightning protection system, and a second health information regarding the structural component, is provided.
A monitoring system for at least one wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine blade comprises at least one electrically conducting or semi-conducting structural component, and a lightning protection system having a down conductor electrically connected to at least one lightning receptor, wherein the down conductor is electrically connected to the at least one structural component by at least one equipotential connector, such that, in the wind turbine blade, a network of electrical impedances comprising the at least one structural component, the at least one equipotential connector and the down conductor is formed, wherein the monitoring system comprises, for remotely monitoring both the lightning protection system and the structural health of the at least one structural component:
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