Wind energy system and method for controlling a wind power system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12168974-B2
Application number	US-201916729010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2019
Priority date	Jun 28, 2017
Publication date	Dec 17, 2024
Grant date	Dec 17, 2024

Abstract

Provided are embodiments of a wind energy system. The system includes a plurality of wind turbines connected to at least one cable network. The cable network is configured to transmit the electrical power fed-in by the connected wind turbines. The system also includes at least one control apparatus configured to control the power fed into the cable network by at least one of the wind turbine by providing at least one power set point. At least one temperature detecting device is configured to detect the temperature of the cable network. At least one condition detecting device is configured to detect the condition of the wind energy system, and the control apparatus includes at least one control device configured to determine the power set point based on the detected temperature and the detected condition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wind energy system, comprising:
a plurality of wind turbines connected to at least one cable network,
wherein the at least one cable network is configured to transmit electrical power fed-in by the connected plurality of wind turbines,
at least one control apparatus configured to control the electrical power fed into the at least one cable network by at least one of the plurality of wind turbines by providing at least one power set point,
at least one temperature detecting device configured to detect a temperature of the at least one cable network,
at least one condition detecting device configured to detect a condition of the wind energy system,
wherein the at least one control apparatus comprises at least one control device configured to determine the at least one power set point based on the detected temperature and the detected condition,
wherein the at least one condition detecting device comprises at least one switching condition evaluating module configured to determine electrical topology of the wind energy system based on switching states of a plurality of electrical switching devices of the wind energy system, and
wherein the at least one control device is further configured at least to determine the at least one power set point based on the determined electrical topology of the wind energy system.

2. The wind energy system according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one control apparatus comprises at least one comparing module configured to compare the detected temperature and at least one predetermined set temperature, and
the at least one control device is configured at least to determine the at least one power set point based on the comparison result.

3. The wind energy system according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one temperature detecting device is configured to detect a first temperature value at a first cable network position and at least one further temperature value at at least one further cable network position, and
the at least one control device is configured at least to determine the at least one power set point based on the maximum temperature value of the at least two temperature values.

4. The wind energy system according to claim 3 , wherein
the at least one temperature detecting device is configured to determine the cable network position of the maximum temperature value of the at least two temperature values, and
the at least one control device is configured at least to determine the at least one power set point based on the determined cable network position.

5. The wind energy system according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one condition detecting device comprises at least one fault detecting module configured to detect at least one network fault within the wind energy system, and
the at least one control device is configured at least to determine the at least one power set point based on the detected at least one network fault.

6. The wind energy system according to claim 5 , wherein
the at least one fault detecting module is configured to detect a position of the detected at least one network fault within the wind energy system, and
the at least one control device is configured at least to determine the at least one power set point based on the position of the at least one network fault.

7. Wind energy system according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one condition detecting device is configured to provide a thermal model of the electrical topology of the wind energy system, and
the at least one control device is configured at least to determine the at least one power set point based on the provided thermal model.

8. The wind energy system according to claim 1 , wherein the wind energy system is an offshore wind energy system.

9. A method for controlling the at least one of the plurality of wind turbines of at least one wind energy system, wherein the at least one wind energy system is the wind energy system according to claim 1 .

10. A control apparatus for a wind energy system comprising:
at least one temperature detecting device configured to detect a temperature of a cable network,
wherein the cable network is configured to transmit an electrical power fed into the cable network by a plurality of wind turbines,
at least one condition detecting device, configured to detect a condition of the wind energy system, and
at least one control device configured to determine at least one power set point for controlling the electrical power fed into the cable network by at least one of the plurality of wind turbines based on the detected temperature and the detected condition,
wherein the at least one condition detecting device comprises at least one switching condition evaluating module configured to determine an electrical topology of the wind energy system based on switching states of a plurality of electrical switching devices of the wind energy system, and
wherein the at least one control device is configured at least to determine the at least one power set point based on the determined electrical topology of the wind energy system.

11. A method for controlling at least one wind turbine of at least one wind energy system comprising:
detecting the temperature of a cable network,
wherein the cable network is configured to transmit an electrical power fed into the cable network by a plurality of wind turbines,
detecting a condition of the at least one wind energy system,
determining at least one power set point for controlling the electrical power fed into the cable network by at least one of the plurality of wind turbines based on the detected temperature and condition,
determining by at least one switching condition evaluating module of a condition detecting device an electrical topology of the at least one wind energy system based on switching states of a plurality of electrical switching devices of the at least one wind energy system, and
determining by a control device the at least one power set point based on the determined electrical topology of the at least one wind energy system.

Assignees

• Feltes Christian
• Jahn Christian
• Thomsen Nils
• Runge Joern
• Innogy Se

Inventors

• Feltes Christian
• Jahn Christian
• Thomsen Nils
• Runge Jörn

Classifications

• F05B2270/1033

  Power (if explicitly mentioned) · CPC title

• F03D7/028 Primary

  controlling wind motor output power · CPC title

• F03D17/00

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

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title

• F03D9/255

  connected to electrical distribution networks; Arrangements therefor · CPC title