A wind turbine with a clearance determination device
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsEirik Struck, Johannes Mathias Hubertus Nieuwenhuizen
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AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsEirik Struck, Johannes Mathias Hubertus Nieuwenhuizen
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A wind turbine includes a tower, a nacelle coupled to the tower, a wind rotor arranged at the nacelle and including at least one blade, and a clearance determination device to determine a distance between the tower and the at least one blade the. The clearance measuring device includes a transmitter configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal, a receiver configured to directly receive the signal transmitted by the transmitter, and a processing unit configured to determine the distance based on the transmission and the direct reception of the electromagnetic signal. One of the transmitter and the receiver is arranged at the blade and the other one is arranged at the tower. The transmitter and/or the receiver includes a leaky feeder.
A wind turbine comprising:
The wind turbine according to claim lany wherein the blade comprises a blade root and a blade tip and the leaky feeder is arranged in a direction of main extension of the blade in particular between the blade root and the blade tip
The wind turbine according to claim lany the wind turbine comprises:
A method of determining a distance between a tower and a blade of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.