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AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsPeder Bay Enevoldsen, Alejandro Gomez Gonzalez, Steffen Frydendal Poulsen
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A method of controlling a wind turbine with a rotor is provided including a plurality of rotor blades, each equipped with an active flap arrangement at its trailing edge, which method includes the steps of determining a set of rotor blade flutter conditions, wherein each rotor blade flutter condition includes a combination of rotor blade parameters at which rotor blade flutter would develop; and, during operation of the wind turbine, monitoring the rotor blade parameters and, when the parameters of a rotor blade approach a rotor blade flutter condition, controlling the active flap arrangement of that rotor blade to increase aerodynamic damping of the rotor blade. A wind turbine is also provided including a controller of controlling the active flap arrangements using the inventive method.
A method of controlling a wind turbine with a rotor comprising a plurality of rotor blades, each equipped with an active flap arrangement at its trailing edge, which method comprises the steps of
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