Wind power generation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12085058-B2
Application number	US-202218056818-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2022
Priority date	Jan 14, 2022
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A wind power generation device includes a blade, a main shaft of which one end is connected to the blade, a speed increaser connected to the other end of the main shaft, an output shaft of which one end is connected to the speed increaser, a power generation unit connected to the other end of the output shaft, a vibration sensor, and an abnormality diagnosis unit. The power generation unit is configured to rotate the output shaft and the main shaft by performing powering operation. The abnormality diagnosis unit diagnoses the presence or absence of an abnormality based on data acquired by the vibration sensor during a period in which the power generation unit performs powering operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wind power generation device comprising:
a blade;
a main shaft of which one end is connected to the blade;
a speed increaser connected to the other end of the main shaft;
an output shaft of which one end is connected to the speed increaser;
a power generation unit connected to the other end of the output shaft;
a first vibration sensor attached to the power generation unit and configured to acquire first vibration data related to the power generation unit;
a second vibration sensor attached to the speed increaser and configured to acquire second vibration data related to the speed increaser;
a first clutch arranged on the output shaft;
a second clutch arranged on the main shaft; and
an abnormality diagnosis unit, wherein:
the power generation unit is configured to rotate the output shaft and the main shaft by performing at least a first powering operation and a second powering operation; and
the abnormality diagnosis unit is configured to diagnose presence or absence of an abnormality of the speed increaser based on the second vibration data acquired by the second vibration sensor during a period in which the power generation unit performs the first and second powering operations, wherein the abnormality diagnosis unit is configured to transmit command signals to cause operations including:
the first clutch is connected, and the second clutch is disconnected,
during the first powering operation the output shaft is rotated at a first rotational speed by the power generation unit and the main shaft is rotated at a third rotational speed by the speed increaser,
during the second powering operation the output shaft is rotated at a second rotational speed by the power generation unit and the main shaft is rotated at a fourth rotational speed by the speed increaser,
a power spectrum of a fast fourier transform (FFT) with respect to the power generation unit is generated using the first vibration data at the first rotational speed of the output shaft and the second rotational speed of the output shaft,
a power spectrum of a fast fourier transform (FFT) with respect to the speed increaser is generated using the second vibration data at the third rotational speed of the main shaft and the fourth rotational speed of the main shaft, and
a noise vibration component generated from the power generation unit is removed by subtracting the power spectrum of the FFT with respect to the power generation unit from the power spectrum of the FFT with respect to the speed increaser.

2. The wind power generation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the abnormality diagnosis unit is further configured to diagnose the presence or absence of an abnormality of the power generation unit based on the first vibration data acquired by the first vibration sensor during a period in which the power generation unit performs at least one of the first or second powering operations in a state where the first clutch is disconnected.

3. The wind power generation device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the power generation unit is configured to rotate the output shaft and the main shaft at a plurality of different rotational speeds; and
the abnormality diagnosis unit is configured to diagnose the presence or absence of an abnormality based on data acquired by at least one of the first vibration sensor or the second vibration sensor during each of periods of rotation at the different rotational speeds.

4. The wind power generation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a battery; and
a power conversion unit that is arranged on a connection path between the battery and the power generation unit and is configured to convert an alternating current into a direct current or convert the direct current into the alternating current,
wherein the power generation unit is configured to perform the first powering operation and the second powering operation based on power supplied by the battery.

5. The wind power generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the power generation unit includes a plurality of rotating devices that each generate vibrations, the first vibration data acquired by the first vibration sensor includes vibration data associated with each of the plurality of rotating devices and acquired at a plurality of different rotational speeds of the rotating devices, and the abnormality diagnosis unit is further configured to transmit command signals to cause operations including:
identifying and quantifying specific frequency components of the first vibration data associated with each of the plurality of rotating devices using a power spectrum of a FFT with respect to each of the plurality of rotating devices,
performing an order analysis on the identified and quantified frequency components of the first vibration data by normalizing the different rotational speeds of the rotating devices, and
diagnosing an abnormality in any one of the rotating devices based on peak frequencies of the rotating devices at the different rotational speeds.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Kunihiro
• Ishiura Kazuaki
• Morishita Sou
• Jimbo Suguru

Classifications

• H02P9/006

  Means for protecting the generator by using control (control effected upon generator excitation circuit to reduce harmful effects of overloads or transients H02P9/10) · CPC title

• F05B2260/80

  Diagnostics · CPC title

• H02P9/06

  Control effected upon clutch or other mechanical power transmission means and dependent upon electric output value of the generator · CPC title

• H02P2101/15

  for wind-driven turbines · CPC title

• F03D15/00

  Transmission of mechanical power · CPC title