Wind farm, wind power generation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016146188-A1
Application number	US-201514943413-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 17, 2015
Priority date	Nov 26, 2014
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wind farm of an embodiment includes a wind turbine and an airflow generation device, the wind turbine being installed in plurality in a predetermined installation region. The wind turbines each have a blade attached to a rotor. The airflow generation device includes a first electrode and a second electrode which are provided on a substrate formed of an insulating material. Here, the plural wind turbines include: a first wind turbine located on an upstream side and a second wind turbine located on a more downstream side than the first wind turbine, in a wind direction with a higher yearly frequency than a predetermined value, out of wind directions of wind blowing in the installation region. The airflow generation device is installed on the blade provided in the first wind turbine out of the plural wind turbines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wind farm comprising:
a wind turbine having a rotor and a blade attached to the rotor, the wind turbine being installed in plurality in a predetermined installation region; and an airflow generation device including a substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being provided on the substrate formed of an insulating material, the airflow generation device generating an air flow by a voltage being applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the plural wind turbines include: a first wind turbine located on an upstream side and a second wind turbine located on a more downstream side than the first wind turbine, in a wind direction with a higher yearly frequency than a predetermined value, out of wind directions of wind blowing in the installation region; and wherein the airflow generation device is installed on the blade provided in the first wind turbine out of the plural wind turbines.

2 . The wind farm according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when there are a plurality of wind directions with a higher yearly frequency than the predetermined value, out of the wind directions of the wind blowing in the installation region, the airflow generation device is provided on the blade provided in the first wind turbine located on an upstream side in each of the plural wind directions.

3 . The wind farm according to claim 1 ,
wherein the airflow generation device is not installed in a first region located on a blade tip side in a span direction of the blade and is installed in a second region located on a more blade root side than the first region.

4 . The wind farm according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second region is a portion which is apart from a blade root in the span direction of the blade by an 80% distance of a span length.

5 . A wind power generation system comprising:
a wind turbine having a rotor and a blade attached to the rotor; and an airflow generation device including a substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being provided on the substrate formed of an insulating material, the airflow generation device generating an air flow by a voltage being applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the airflow generation device is not installed in a first region located on a blade tip side in a span direction of the blade and is installed in a second region located on a more blade root side than the first region.

6 . The wind power generation system according to claim 5 ,
wherein the second region is a region where a relative circumferential speed becomes 60 m/s or less, in the span direction of the blade, when the wind turbine is in a rated operation.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Matsuda Hisashi
• Tanaka Motofumi
• Osako Toshiki
• Yamazaki Kenichi
• Asayama Masahiro
• Shimura Naohiko
• Inomata Asako

Classifications

• F03D1/0675

  of the blades · CPC title

• F03D7/0276 Primary

  controlling rotor speed, e.g. variable speed · CPC title

• F03D7/048 Primary

  controlling wind farms · CPC title

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title

• F03D7/022

  Adjusting aerodynamic properties of the blades · CPC title