DK2840258T3 - System og fremgangsmåde til at forhindre overbelastning på en vindmølle - Google Patents

System og fremgangsmåde til at forhindre overbelastning på en vindmølle Download PDF

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DK2840258T3
DK2840258T3 DK14180624.0T DK14180624T DK2840258T3 DK 2840258 T3 DK2840258 T3 DK 2840258T3 DK 14180624 T DK14180624 T DK 14180624T DK 2840258 T3 DK2840258 T3 DK 2840258T3
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01DNON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D17/00Regulating or controlling by varying flow
    • F01D17/02Arrangement of sensing elements
    • F01D17/04Arrangement of sensing elements responsive to load
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03DWIND MOTORS
    • F03D7/00Controlling wind motors 
    • F03D7/02Controlling wind motors  the wind motors having rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering the rotor
    • F03D7/028Controlling wind motors  the wind motors having rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering the rotor controlling wind motor output power
    • F03D7/0288Controlling wind motors  the wind motors having rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering the rotor controlling wind motor output power in relation to clearance between the blade and the tower, i.e. preventing tower strike
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05BINDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05BINDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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    • F05B2270/322Control parameters, e.g. input parameters the detection or prediction of a wind gust
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05BINDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05BINDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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    • F05B2270/80Devices generating input signals, e.g. transducers, sensors, cameras or strain gauges
    • F05B2270/804Optical devices
    • F05B2270/8042Lidar systems
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    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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    • Y02E10/70Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction

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1. Fremgangsmåde (100) til proaktivt at forhindre overbelastning i at indvirke på en vindmølle (10), hvilken fremgangsmåde omfatter: at måle (102) et aktuelt vindparameter opvinds fra vindmøllen (10) under anvendelse af en eller flere sensorer (48, 50, 52, 54); at levere (104) det målte aktuelle vindparameter til en processor (58) funktionsdygtig til at implementere en vindmølletilstandsestimator (56), hvilken vindmølletilstandsestimator (56) er funktionsdygtig til at implementere en kontrolalgoritme med en serie af ligninger; at levere (106) driftsdata, der indikerer aktuel vindmølledrift til processoren (58), hvilket driftsdata omfatter mindst en af en pitchvinkel, en generatorhastighed, et effektoutput, og en luftdensitet; at løse, via vindmølletilstandsestimatoren (56), serien af ligninger under anvendelse af driftsdataet og et eller flere aerodynamiske ydeevne-kort; at bestemme (108) en estimeret vindmølletilstand ved vindmøllen (10) baseret på de løste ligninger, kendetegnet ved, at den estimerede vindmølletilstand inkluderer et eller flere af vindparametre nær vindmøllen, og hvor det aktuelle vindparameter og den estimerede vindmølletilstand reflekterer mindst en af de følgende: et vindstød, en vindhastighed, en vindretning, en vindacceleration, en vindturbulens, et vindretningsskift, en vinddrejning, eller en slipstrøm; at generere en kontrolvindprofil baseret på det aktuelle vindparameter og den estimerede vindmølletilstand; og at implementere (114) en styrehandling baseret på kontrolvindprofilen for at forhindre overbelastning i at indvirke på vindmøllen (10).
2. Fremgangsmåden ifølge krav 1, yderligere omfattende at bestemme en fremtidig belastningstilstand baseret mindst delvist på det aktuelle vindparameter.
3. Fremgangsmåden ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, yderligere omfattende at bestemme en aktuel belastningstilstand baseret mindst delvist på den estimerede vindmølletilstand.
4. Fremgangsmåden ifølge krav 3, yderligere omfattende at sammenligne den aktuelle belastningstilstand med den fremtidige belastningstilstand og at generere kontrolvindprofilen baseret mindst delvist på sammenligningen.
5. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, yderligere omfattende at implementere styrehandlingen, når kontrolvindprofilen overstiger en forudbestemt tærskel for at reducere belastningerne, der indvirker på vindmøllen.
6. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge krav 5, hvor styrehandlingen er en funktion af størrelsen afen forskel mellem kontrolvindprofilen og den forudbestemte tærskel.
7. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, hvor kontrolvindprofilen repræsenterer en fejl mellem det aktuelle vindparameter og den estimerede vindmølletilstand, og hvor at implementere styrehandlingen er baseret på størrelsen af fejlen.
8. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, hvor driftsdataet omfatter en hvilken som helst kombination af de følgende: en pitchvinkel, en generatorhastighed, et effektoutput, et drejemomentoutput, en luftdensitet, en temperatur, og et tryk.
9. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, hvor at måle det aktuelle vindparameter under anvendelse en eller flere sensorer omfatter at udnytte mindst en Light Detecting and Ranging (LIDAR)-sensor.
10. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, hvor det aktuelle vindparameter og den estimerede vindmølletilstand reflekterer mindst en af de følgende: et vindstød, en vindhastighed, en vindretning, en vindacceleration, en vindturbulens, et vindretningsskift, en vinddrejning, eller en slipstrøm.
11. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, hvor den estimerede vindmølletilstand reflekterer mindst en af de følgende: et vindmøllestød, en vingebelastning, en tårnbelastning, en akselbelastning, en nacellebelastning, eller en navbelastning.
12. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, yderligere omfattende at udnytte en vindmølletilstandsestimator, hvor vindtilstandsestimatoren omfatter et eller flere aerodynamiske ydeevne-kort og en eller flere opslagstabeller, hvor det ene eller flere aerodynamiske ydeevne-kort og den ene eller flere opslagstabeller konfigureres til at bestemme den estimerede vindmølletilstand.
13. Fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav, hvor styrehandlingen omfatter mindst en af at ændre pitchvinklen afen rotorvinge, at modificere et generatordrejemoment, at modificere generatorhastigheden, at modificere effektoutputtet, at gire en nacelle af vindmøllen, at bremse en eller flere vindmøllekomponenter, eller at aktivere et luftstrømningsmodificerende element på en rotorvinge (14).
14. System (30) til at forhindre overbelastning i at indvirke på en vindmølle (10), hvilket system omfatter: en eller flere sensorer (48, 50, 52, 54) konfigureret til at måle et aktuelt vindparameter opvinds af vindmøllen (10); en processor (58) kommunikativt koblet til den ene eller flere sensorer (48, 50, 52, 54), hvilken processor (58) er konfigureret til at udføre fremgangsmåden (100) ifølge et hvilket som helst af de foregående krav; og en kontroller (64) kommunikativt koblet til processoren (58), hvor kontrolleren (64) er konfigureret til at implementere (114) styrehandlingen.
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