IP Library Granted Patent US 11,939,958
Granted Patent B2
US 11,939,958 · App. 17/295,748 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Method for operating a wind turbine, wind turbine, and computer program product

Inventors: Karsten Warfen (Weede / Söhren, DE); Timo Gosch-Pleß (Osterrönfeld, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Service GmbH
F03D7/0224F03D7/043F05B2270/309F05B2270/328F05B2270/331F05B2270/335
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Patent No.
US 11,939,958
App. No.
17/295,748
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a wind turbine, to a wind turbine designed to carry out the method, and to a computer program product. The method for operating a wind turbine comprising a rotor with rotor blades that can be angularly adjusted via a turbine controller, in which a state variable that reflects the current thrust of the rotor is detected, has the following steps: a) ascertaining a short-term average value of the state variable; b) ascertaining the difference between the short-term average value of the state variable and the detected current state variable; c) ascertaining a first target blade angle correction value from the ascertained difference; and d) taking into consideration the target blade angle correction value while adjusting the blade angle by means of the turbine controller.

Claims (13)

1. A method for operating a wind turbine comprising a rotor with rotor blades of which an angle is adjusted by means of a turbine controller, in which a state variable which reflects a current thrust of the rotor is detected, comprising the steps of:

a) determining a short-term mean value of the state variable;

b) determining a difference between the short-term mean value of the state variable and the detected current state variable;

c) determining a first target blade angle correction value from the determined difference;

d) the turbine controller taking into account the first target blade angle correction value for the blade angle adjustment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, parallel to steps a) to c), a second target blade angle correction value is determined from a gradient of the state variable and is combined with the first target blade angle correction value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detected state variable is a current rotor blade loading which is detected in the form of blade bending torques, at a rotor blade root.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detected state variable is a current rotor torque.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the short-term mean value is determined over a moving time period of 3 to 20s.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detected state variable is filtered before determining the short-term mean value and the detected current state variable for the difference calculation is the filtered state variable.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the first target blade angle correction value comprises multiplying the determined difference by a gain factor.

8. A wind turbine comprising a rotor with a plurality of rotor blades of which the blade angle can be set, which rotor is arranged in a rotatable manner on a nacelle which is arranged in a rotatable manner on a tower and which rotor is connected by means of a drive train to a generator, which is arranged in the nacelle, for converting wind energy acting on the rotor into electrical energy, and comprising a turbine controller for controlling the wind turbine and its components, wherein the turbine controller is configured to carry out the method of claim 1 .

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when loaded in a computer, preferably the turbine controller of a wind turbine, carry out the method of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 064834/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2022
From: WARFEN, KARSTEN; GOSCH-PLESS, TIMO
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH
Reel/Frame 059652/0322 →