PLP optimized placement method for a wind farm of plateau-mountain region

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12373617-B1
Application number	US-202519026495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jan 17, 2025
Priority date	Aug 5, 2024
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

An optimized PLP placement method for plateau and mountain wind farms is provided. Starting from the outermost wind turbines, it measures turbine parameters. Firstly, install the first PLP to safeguard the outermost ones. Then, combine its parameters with those of the tallest turbine near the center to set up the second PLP, protecting turbines within a connection range. Next, use the previous step's parameters and those of the tallest turbine in the vertical area of the first two PLPs' plane to install the third PLP, shielding turbines in the area formed by three points. Repeat until covering the whole farm. Many cases prove its reliability, economy and suitability for wide application in optimizing PLP placement.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An optimized placement method for a Plasma Lightning Protector (PLP) in a plateau and mountain wind farm, comprising:
step 1: starting from outermost wind turbines in the plateau and mountain wind farm, and measuring and calculating parameters of wind turbines;
statistically analyzing a height h w of the wind turbines in the plateau and mountain wind farm as well as a distribution range of the wind turbines in the plateau and mountain wind farm, starting from the outermost wind turbines in the plateau and mountain wind farm, looking for a highest terrain position within an area towards a center of the plateau and mountain wind farm as an installation point of a first PLP, measuring a surface height difference Δh between a highest terrain point and a bottom of the outermost wind turbines as well as a horizontal distance x 1 between the highest terrain point and the bottom of the outermost wind turbines, and calculating a relative height difference h 1 of the wind turbines;
wherein according to a division based on a topographic position index (TPI), a position where a ratio of the TPI to an elevation difference of a target neighborhood within the area is the largest is the highest terrain position;
step 2: installing the first PLP to protect the outermost wind turbines;
calculating a height difference H 1 between a tip of the PLP at the installation point of the first PLP and ground, installing the first PLP accordingly, and determining a radius R of a protection surface;
step 3: combining parameters of the first PLP and parameters of a tallest wind turbine within the area adjacent to a central side of the plateau and mountain wind farm, and installing a second PLP to protect the wind turbines within a connection range;
taking the installation point of the first PLP as a base point, searching for the tallest wind turbine ƒ 1 in a sector area with a horizontal radius r in a direction of the center of the plateau and mountain wind farm, measuring and calculating a horizontal distance x i between the tallest wind turbine ƒ 1 and the installation point of the first PLP as well as a surface height difference Δh 1 between the tallest wind turbine ƒ 1 and the installation point of the first PLP, then calculating a relative height difference h i , looking for the highest terrain point on a ray from the base point to the tallest wind turbine ƒ 1 within a range of x i to 2r from the base point, measuring a horizontal distance x 2 between the highest terrain point and the tallest wind turbine ƒ 1 and a surface height difference Δh 2 between the highest terrain point and the base point, calculating a relative height difference H 2 ′ of the tip of the PLP at the highest terrain point, calculating a height difference H 2 between the tip of the PLP at the highest terrain point and the ground, installing the second PLP, and updating the radius of the protection surface to R 1 ;
step 4: combining parameters from the step 3 and parameters of the tallest wind turbine in a vertical direction area of a plane where the first PLP and the second PLP are located, and installing a third PLP to protect the wind turbines within an area formed by three points;
taking the tallest wind turbine ƒ 1 in the step 3 as a new base point, updating the horizontal radius to r 1 , looking for a tallest wind turbine ƒ 1 in a sector area in a direction of a perpendicular bisector of the plane where first and second PLP installation points are located, measuring a horizontal distance x i+1 between the tallest wind turbine ƒ 2 and the new base point, as well as a surface height difference Δh i+1 between the tallest wind turbine ƒ 2 and the new base point, calculating a relative height difference h i+1 , looking for a highest terrain point on the perpendicular bisector within a range of x i+1 to 2r from the new base point, measuring a horizontal distance x 3 between the highest terrain point and the tallest wind turbine ƒ 2 and a surface height difference Δh 3 between the highest terrain point and the new base point, calculating a relative height difference H 3 ′ of the tip of the PLP at the highest terrain point and a height difference H 3 between the tip of the PLP at the highest terrain point and the ground, and installing the third PLP and updating the radius of the protection surface to R 2 , wherein the horizontal distance x 3 comprises a perpendicular parameter x 3⊥ and a parallel parameter x 3// ;
step 5: repeating an operation in the step 4 and installing PLPs until an entire wind farm is covered; and
taking the tallest wind turbine ƒ 2 in the step 4 as the base point, repeating the operation in the step 4 and installing a next PLP, and keeping repeating a process until the entire wind farm is covered.

2. The optimized placement method for the PLP in the plateau and mountain wind farm according to claim 1 , wherein the relative height difference h 1 of the wind turbines in the step1 is calculated by the following formula:
h 1 =h w −Δh 1 .

3. The optimized placement method for the PLP in the plateau and mountain wind farm according to claim 1 , the height difference H 1 between the tip of the PLP at the installation point of the first PLP and the ground and the radius R of the protection surface in the step 2 are solved by simultaneously solving the following equations:
R = H 1 2 ⁢ cos 1 ⁢ θ ; ( R−h 1 ) 2 +( H 1 tan θ− x 1 ) 2 =R 2 ; and

wherein θ is a protection angle provided by PLP installation regulations, and a value range of θ is from 84° to 86°.

4. The optimized placement method for the PLP in the plateau and mountain wind farm according to claim 3 , wherein in the step 3, the relative height difference h i =h w −Δh 1 , the height difference H 2 between the tip of the PLP and the ground are calculated as H 2 =H 2 ′−Δh 2 , and the horizontal radius r is calculated by the following formula:
r=H 1 tanθ.

wherein the relative height difference H 2 ′ of the tip is calculated by the following formula:
( R+h 1 −H 2 ′) 2 +x 2 2 =R 2 ;

updating the radius R 1 of the protection surface through a height of a base point object above the ground and a height of a required PLP above the ground:

R
1

=

H
1

+

H
2

4
⁢

cos
2

⁢

θ

.

5. The optimized placement method for the PLP in the plateau and mountain wind farm according to claim 3 , wherein in the step 4, the relative height difference h i+1 =h w −Δh i+1 , the height difference H 3 between the tip of the PLP and the ground is calculated as H 3 =H 3 ′−Δh 3 , and the horizontal radius r 1 is updated according to the following formula:

r
1

=

(

h
w

Assignees

• Univ Kunming Science & Technology

Inventors

• Shu Hongchun
• Tang Yutao
• Han Yiming
• Liu Baisong
• Dai Yue
• Lou Weijie
• Liu Haoming

Classifications

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• G06F2113/06

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• G06F30/20 Primary

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• G01B21/16

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