Wind farm noise prediction method, apparatus and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11268495-B2
Application number	US-201916968158-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2019
Priority date	Oct 31, 2018
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

Provided are a wind farm noise prediction method, apparatus and system. The method comprises: collecting, in real time, a wind speed at a site of at least one wind turbine generator system, which impacts noise at a noise detection point, in a wind farm; according to a noise acoustic power level database and a system database, respectively calculating a noise acoustic power level, at the collected wind speed, of each wind turbine generator system from among the at least one wind turbine generator system; according to a wind farm noise propagation database, respectively calculating a noise propagation loss value, at the collected wind speed, of each wind turbine generator system; and using the noise acoustic power level and the noise propagation loss value of each wind turbine generator system to calculate a total noise acoustic pressure level at the noise detection point.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for noise prediction of a wind farm, comprising:
collecting, in a real-time manner, one or more wind speeds at one or more locations of one or more wind turbines in the wind farm, wherein the one or more wind turbines have an impact on noise at a noise detection point;
calculating a noise sound power level of each of the one or more wind turbines at a corresponding collected wind speed of each of the one or more wind turbines according to a noise sound power level database and a wind turbine database, comprising:
calculating a maximum rotation speed of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed by a first linear interpolation method according to the wind turbine database and the corresponding collected wind speed; and
calculating the noise sound power level of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed by a second linear interpolation method according to the calculated maximum rotation speed and the noise sound power level database;

calculating a value of noise propagation loss of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed according to a wind farm noise propagation database; and
calculating a total noise sound pressure level at the noise detection point by using the noise sound power level and the value of noise propagation loss of each of the one or more wind turbines.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the noise sound power level database comprises data of wind speeds, rotation speeds and noise sound power levels, the wind turbine database comprises a first database including data of the wind speeds, maximum rotation speeds and minimum rotation speeds, and the wind turbine database further comprises a second database including data of the wind speeds, the rotation speeds and output power.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wind farm noise propagation database is built at least by:
building a model of the wind farm;
simulating a process of noise propagation of the wind faint by using the built model of the wind farm; and
building the wind farm noise propagation database according to a result of the simulation,
wherein the wind farm noise propagation database comprises data of distances, angles and values of noise propagation loss.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein calculating the maximum rotation speed of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed comprises:
calculating the maximum rotation speed of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed by the first linear interpolation method according to the first database and the corresponding collected wind speed.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the value of noise propagation loss of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed comprises:
obtaining location information of each of the one or more wind turbines and the noise detection point;
calculating a straight-line distance between each of the one or more wind turbines and the noise detection point according to the obtained location information;
calculating an angle between each of the one or more wind turbines and the noise detection point according to the obtained location information and a wind direction collected in real time at the location of each of the one or more wind turbines; and
calculating the value of noise propagation loss of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed by the second linear interpolation method according to the wind farm noise propagation database, the calculated straight-line distance and the calculated angle.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the total noise sound pressure level at the noise detection point comprises:
calculating a noise sound pressure level of each of the one or more wind turbines at the noise detection point by using the noise sound power level and the value of noise propagation loss of each of the one or more wind turbines; and
calculating the total noise sound pressure level at the noise detection point by superimposing the calculated noise pressure level of each of the one or more wind turbines at the noise detection point.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling output power of each of the one or more wind turbines according to the calculated total noise sound pressure level at the noise detection point, whereby output power of the wind farm reaches a maximum under a condition that the total noise sound pressure level does not exceed a noise threshold.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein controlling the output power of each of the one or more wind turbines according to the calculated total noise sound pressure level at the noise detection point comprises:
comparing the calculated total noise sound pressure level with the noise threshold;
calculating, responsive to the total noise sound pressure level being greater than the noise threshold, the output power of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed based on the wind turbine database;
determining, by using an optimization algorithm, a power control command value of each of the one or more wind turbines based on the calculated output power of each of the one or more wind turbines, wherein the power control command value causes the total noise sound pressure level to be less than or equal to the noise threshold and the output power of the wind farm to be the maximum; and
controlling an operation of each of the one or more wind turbines based on the determined power control command value of each of the one or more wind turbines.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the noise sound power level database and the wind turbine database are built based on noise sound power level data and output power data of a wind turbine of the same type as the one or more wind turbines at different wind speeds and different rotation speeds.

10. A system for noise prediction of a wind farm, comprising:
a memory configured to store one or more wind speeds collected in a real-time manner at one or more locations of one or more wind turbines in the wind farm, a noise sound power level database and a wind turbine database, wherein the one or more wind turbines have an impact on noise at a noise detection point; and
a wind farm controller configured to:
calculate a noise sound power level of each of the one or more wind turbines at a corresponding collected wind speed of each of the one or more wind turbines according to the noise sound power level database and the wind turbine database;
calculate a value of noise propagation loss of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed according to a wind farm noise propagation database; and
calculate a total noise sound pressure level at the noise detection point by using the noise sound power level and the value of noise propagation loss of each of the one or more wind turbines,
wherein to calculate the noise sound power level of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed, the wind farm controller is further configured to:
calculate a maximum rotation speed of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed by a first linear interpolation method according to the wind turbine database and the corresponding collected wind speed; and
calculate the noise sound power level of each of the one or more wind turbines at the corresponding collected wind speed by a second linear interpolation method according to the calculate

Assignees

• Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co Ltd
• Beijing Gold Wind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Barlas Emre
• Yu Mengting

Classifications

• F05B2270/333

  Noise or sound levels · CPC title

• F05B2260/821

  Parameter estimation or prediction · CPC title

• F03D17/00

  Monitoring or testing of wind motors, e.g. diagnostics (testing during commissioning of wind motors F03D13/30) · CPC title

• F03D7/048

  controlling wind farms · CPC title

• F03D7/0296 Primary

  to prevent, counteract or reduce noise emissions · CPC title