Wind turbine tilt optimization and control
AssigneeVestas Wind Systems A/S
InventorsIan Couchman, Robert Bowyer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods, controllers and computer program products for determining an optimal tilt angle for a wind turbine. One or more signals indicating site conditions at and/or near a wind turbine are received 402 and an optimal tilt angle for said wind turbine based on said received one or more signals indicating site conditions is determined 403. The optimal tilt angle is then transmitted 404 to a platform controller such that said wind turbine can be inclined said optimal tilt angle.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving one or more signals indicating site conditions at and/or near a wind turbine;
- determining, via one or more processors, an optimal tilt angle for said wind turbine based on said received one or more signals indicating site conditions;
- converting, via the one or more processors, said determined optimal tilt angle into a tilt and roll angle;
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- transmitting said determined tilt and roll angle to a platform controller such that a platform, on which said wind turbine is mounted, is inclined to said tilt and roll angle.
A controller comprising:
- a first input adapted to receive one or more signals indicating site conditions at and/or near a wind turbine;
- a first processor adapted to determine an optimal tilt angle for said wind turbine based on said received one or more signals indicating site conditions;
- a second processor adapted to convert said determined optimal tilt angle into a tilt and roll angle;
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- a first output adapted to transmit said determined tilt and roll angle to a platform controller such that a platform, on which said wind turbine is mounted, is inclined to said tilt and roll angle.
A non-transitory computer program product storing a program, which, when executed by a processor performs operations comprising:
- receiving one or more signals indicating site conditions at and/or near a wind turbine;
- determining an optimal tilt angle for said wind turbine based on said received one or more signals indicating site conditions;
- converting said determined optimal tilt angle into a tilt and roll angle;
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- transmitting said determined tilt and roll angle to a platform controller such that a platform, on which said wind turbine is mounted, is inclined to said tilt and roll angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.