SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LOADS DURING AN IDLING OR PARKED STATE OF A WIND TURBINE VIA YAW OFFSET

The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing loads of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring, via a turbine controller, a rotor blade of the wind turbine for faults. If a fault is detected, the method includes determining an operational status of the wind turbine. If a predete...

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Main Authors TOMAS, Santiago, MELIUS, Jeffrey Alan, GANDHI, Jignesh Govindlal, SOURI, Ramy Michael, HARDWICKE, JR., Edward Way, DANIELSEN, Darren John
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.12.2018
Subjects
BLASTING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER
WEAPONS
WIND MOTORS
WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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Summary:The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing loads of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring, via a turbine controller, a rotor blade of the wind turbine for faults. If a fault is detected, the method includes determining an operational status of the wind turbine. If a predetermined operational status is present at the same time the fault is present, the method also include actively yawing a nacelle of the wind turbine away from an incoming wind direction until either the fault is corrected or cleared and/or the operational status changes.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201815984936