Method for controlling a wind turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020072192-A1
Application number	US-201716467738-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 19, 2017
Priority date	Dec 20, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for controlling a wind power installation, wherein the wind power installation has an aerodynamic rotor with rotor blades that are individually adjustable in their blade angle and the rotor can be operated with a variable rotational rotor speed, and the wind power installation has a generator coupled to the aerodynamic rotor, for generating a generator output, comprising the steps of: individually adjusting each blade angle in a way corresponding to an individual setpoint blade angle, wherein each setpoint blade angle is made up of a common basic angle, which is specified for all of the rotor blades, and an individual compensatory angle, to allow for individual load torques, detecting in each case at least one load torque on each of the rotor blades, or a variable that is representative of this, wherein for each rotor blade considered, there is a preceding rotor blade and the setpoint blade angle of each rotor blade considered is determined in dependence on the at least one load torque of its preceding rotor blade.

First claim

1 . A method for controlling a wind power installation, wherein the wind power installation has an aerodynamic rotor with a plurality of rotor blades having individually adjustable blade angles, wherein the aerodynamic rotor is configured to be operated with a variable rotational rotor speed, and wherein the wind power installation has a generator coupled to the aerodynamic rotor for generating a generator output, the method comprising:
individually adjusting each blade angle in a way that corresponds to an individual setpoint blade angle, wherein each setpoint blade angle depends on:
a common basic angle, which is specified for all of the plurality of rotor blades, and
an individual compensatory angle that compensates for individual load torques,
detecting in each case at least one load torque or a variable indicative of the at least one load torque on each of the plurality of rotor blades, wherein for each rotor blade determining the setpoint blade angle in dependence on the at least one load torque of a preceding rotor blade.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising determining the individual compensatory angle includes determining an angle trajectory, wherein each compensatory angle is an element of the angle trajectory, so that the angle trajectory respectively indicates a continuous progression of the respective compensatory angle.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the angle trajectory is determined in at least first and second steps, wherein:
in the first step, an optimum angle trajectory that is optimized with respect to at least one or more first design criteria is determined, and in the second step, the optimum angle trajectory determined in the first step is altered to an adapted angle trajectory, while making further allowance for one or more second design criteria.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the angle trajectory is determined by way of a solution to an optimization problem on a basis of the at least one or more first design criteria.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each setpoint blade angle is chosen in dependence on at least one:
an initial blade angle, blade bending torques, operating state of pitch systems used, sector size of a sector considered for the at least one detected load torque, load torque of a rotor hub, rotor hub bending torque, rotational rotor speed, rotor position, or rotor acceleration.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one or more first design criteria is at least one of:
reduction of the load, neutrality of yield, or preservation of a pitch drive, wherein the one or more second design criteria is at least one of: drive dynamics of the pitch drive, or limit values of the pitch drive.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the at least one detected load torque or other variables are weighting factors or weighting functions.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the weighting factors or weighting functions are chosen in dependence on a reduction of the load, neutrality of the yield, and preservation of the pitch drive.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compensatory angle is chosen such that at least one of:
a mean value of the compensatory angles of all of the rotor blades is zero; or an absolute value of each compensatory angle does not exceed a predeterminable maximum angle.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least two loading measurements with different loading directions are detected on each rotor blade, and wherein the setpoint blade angles are determined such that a loading acting on the wind power installation is minimized such that at least one of: a pitching moment or a yawing moment are reduced.

11 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein detecting the at least one load torque or a variable indicative of the at least one load torque on each of the plurality of rotor blades includes:
dividing a rotor area passed over by the rotor blades into multiple sectors, and recording the load torques when a sector is passed over by a rotor blade, and using the recorded load torques to determine a partial trajectory for setpoint blade values of a following rotor blade.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein dividing the rotor area into multiple sectors takes place in dependence on a detected wind field in a region of the rotor area, such that at least one of:
a size or number of the sectors is chosen in a manner dependent on the detected wind field, or a number of interpolation points of the partial trajectory depends on the detected wind field.

13 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein dividing the rotor area into sectors is performed adaptively during of operation of the wind power installation.

14 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein multiple virtual rotor areas are defined, wherein each virtual rotor area corresponds to the actual rotor area and is additionally comprising at least one time value and/or an associated rotor revolution.

15 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a loading detection takes place over a plurality of revolutions of the aerodynamic rotor, and wherein the setpoint blade angle additionally depends on the loading that occurs during at least one previous revolution.

16 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each rotor blade is readjusted to its setpoint blade value with specifiable setting dynamics, the setting dynamics having at least one of: PTn behavior with n being equal to or greater than 1 or a different asymptotically damped behavior.

17 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein individually adjusting each blade angle takes place without feedback of a loading of the respective rotor blade.

18 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein values of the setpoint blade angle are specified such that a pitching moment and a yawing moment are reduced in comparison with a setpoint angle without a compensatory angle, permitting an increase in a loading of the rotor blades.

19 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the rotor has a rotor area that is passed over by the rotor blades and has a center point of rotation, which forms a geometrical center point of the rotor area and about which the rotor rotates, and the rotor has in its rotor area a load center point, which forms a center point of all of the loads acting on the rotor, and wherein the method further comprises such that when the load center point deviates from the center point of rotation, the setpoint blade angles are determined such that the load center point substantially remains constant with respect to its oscillating amplitude and is not brought to the center point of rotation.

20 . A wind power installation, comprising
an aerodynamic rotor configured to be operated with a variable rotational rotor speed; a plurality of rotor blades coupled to the aerodynamic rotor, wherein the plurality of rotor blades have individually adjustable blade angles; and a generator coupled to the aerodynamic rotor, the generator being configured to generate a generator output, a load detecting unit for detecting at least one load torque on each of the rotor blades; a blade control device for individually adjusting each blade angle in a way corresponding to an individual setpoint blade angle, wherein each setpoint blade angle is determined based on:
a common basic angle, which is specified for all of the rotor blades,
an individual compensatory angle, to all

Assignees

• Wobben Properties Gmbh

Inventors

• Meli Tiwa William
• Diedrichs Volker
• Gertjegerdes Stefan

Classifications

• F03D7/024

  of individual blades · CPC title

• F05B2270/404

  active, predictive, or anticipative · CPC title

• F03D7/0224 Primary

  Adjusting blade pitch · CPC title

• F03D7/043

  characterised by the type of control logic · CPC title

• F05B2270/331

  Mechanical loads · CPC title