Method and device for determining a rotor orientation of a rotor of a wind turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12135014-B2
Application number	US-202017610658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2020
Priority date	May 16, 2019
Publication date	Nov 5, 2024
Grant date	Nov 5, 2024

Abstract

A method for determining a rotor orientation of a rotor of a wind turbine, the rotor having a rotor blade, to a method for determining a geographical position of a rotor of a wind turbine, the rotor having a rotor blade, to a wind turbine and to a wind farm. A method for determining a rotor orientation of a rotor of a wind turbine, the rotor having a rotor blade, comprising the steps of: receiving at least two sets of position data of a GNSS receiver arranged in the rotor blade, the two sets of position data representing two different horizontal positions of the GNSS receiver; and ascertaining the rotor orientation of the rotor on the basis of the position data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for determining a geographical position of a rotor with a rotor blade of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
receiving at least two items of first position data from a GNSS (Global navigation satellite system) receiver arranged in the rotor blade, wherein the at least two items of first position data represent two different horizontal positions of the GNSS receiver, and determining a first rotor orientation based on the first position data;
receiving at least two items of second position data from the GNSS receiver and determining a second rotor orientation based on the second position data, wherein the second rotor orientation differs from the first rotor orientation; and
determining the geographical position of the rotor based on the first rotor orientation and the second rotor orientation.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
determining a point of intersection of the first rotor orientation and the second rotor orientation and determining a geographical position of the point of intersection based on the position data.

3. A wind farm comprising:
a first wind turbine and a second wind turbine, wherein the first wind turbine and the second wind turbine each include:
a rotor with a rotor blade having a GNSS (Global navigation satellite system receiver at a distance from an axis of rotation of the rotor, and
a controller,
wherein:
the GNSS receiver is coupled to the controller using signaling technology, and
the controller is configured to receive position data from the GNSS receiver, wherein the position data represent at least two different horizontal positions of the GNSS receiver, and wherein the controller is configured to determine the rotor orientation of the rotor based on the position data; and

a wind farm controller configured to receive a first rotor orientation of the first wind turbine and a second rotor orientation of the second wind turbine, and wherein the wind farm controller is configured to control the first wind turbine and the second wind turbine based on at least one of the first rotor orientation or the second rotor orientation.

4. The wind turbine as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the GNSS receiver is at a distance of more than 3 meters from the axis of rotation of the rotor.

Assignees

• Wobben Properties Gmbh

Inventors

• Hauschild Luciano

Classifications

• F03D17/025 Primary

  for calibrating · CPC title

• G01S19/24

  Acquisition or tracking {or demodulation} of signals transmitted by the system {(synchronisation aspects of direct sequence spread spectrum modulation H04B1/7073)} · CPC title

• G01S19/14

  specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• F05B2270/321

  Wind directions · CPC title

• F03D7/0224

  Adjusting blade pitch · CPC title