EP3652433A1 - Système de mesure de dilatation et de vibration destiné à la surveillance de pales de rotor - Google Patents

Système de mesure de dilatation et de vibration destiné à la surveillance de pales de rotor

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EP3652433A1
EP3652433A1 EP18740819.0A EP18740819A EP3652433A1 EP 3652433 A1 EP3652433 A1 EP 3652433A1 EP 18740819 A EP18740819 A EP 18740819A EP 3652433 A1 EP3652433 A1 EP 3652433A1
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rotor blade
sensors
wind turbine
strain
vibrations
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Markus Schmid
Lars Hoffmann
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Vc Viii Polytech Holding Aps
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D17/00—Monitoring or testing of wind motors, e.g. diagnostics
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D7/00—Controlling wind motors 
    • F03D7/02—Controlling wind motors  the wind motors having rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering the rotor
    • F03D7/0296—Controlling wind motors  the wind motors having rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering the rotor to prevent, counteract or reduce noise emissions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B11/16—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. optical strain gauge
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B11/16—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. optical strain gauge
    • G01B11/165—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. optical strain gauge by means of a grating deformed by the object
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
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    • G01B11/16—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. optical strain gauge
    • G01B11/18—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. optical strain gauge using photoelastic elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01H—MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES
    • G01H1/00—Measuring characteristics of vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector
    • G01H1/04—Measuring characteristics of vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector of vibrations which are transverse to direction of propagation
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01H—MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES
    • G01H9/00—Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves by using radiation-sensitive means, e.g. optical means
    • G01H9/004—Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves by using radiation-sensitive means, e.g. optical means using fibre optic sensors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00—Measuring force or stress, in general
    • G01L1/24—Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations of optical properties of material when it is stressed, e.g. by photoelastic stress analysis using infrared, visible light, ultraviolet
    • G01L1/242—Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations of optical properties of material when it is stressed, e.g. by photoelastic stress analysis using infrared, visible light, ultraviolet the material being an optical fibre
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M5/00—Investigating the elasticity of structures, e.g. deflection of bridges or air-craft wings
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M5/00—Investigating the elasticity of structures, e.g. deflection of bridges or air-craft wings
    • G01M5/0066—Investigating the elasticity of structures, e.g. deflection of bridges or air-craft wings by exciting or detecting vibration or acceleration
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M5/00—Investigating the elasticity of structures, e.g. deflection of bridges or air-craft wings
    • G01M5/0091—Investigating the elasticity of structures, e.g. deflection of bridges or air-craft wings by using electromagnetic excitation or detection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2270/00—Control
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    • F05B2270/334—Vibration measurements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2270/00—Control
    • F05B2270/80—Devices generating input signals, e.g. transducers, sensors, cameras or strain gauges
    • F05B2270/808—Strain gauges; Load cells
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction

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  • Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to control and / or regulation or monitoring of the operation of wind turbines.
  • embodiments relate to devices and methods with a strain and vibration measurement system.
  • Wind turbines are subject to a complex control or regulation, which may be necessary, for example, by changing operating conditions. Furthermore, measurements are required to monitor the condition of a wind turbine. Due to the conditions associated with the operation of a wind turbine, for example, temperature fluctuations, weather and weather conditions, but also in particular greatly changing wind conditions, as well as the variety of legally required safety measures, the monitoring and necessary for monitoring sensors are subject to a variety of boundary conditions.
  • Rotor blades can be equipped with strain sensors, acceleration sensors, or other sensors to detect sheet loads, accelerations, or other physical measurements.
  • US 2009/0246019 describes a measuring system consisting of four strain sensors in the blade root for ice detection.
  • WO 2017/000960 A1 describes a method for measuring the load of a wind turbine and a wind turbine for such a load measurement.
  • Load sensors are configured to measure mechanical deformation of the root end of the blade.
  • Load sensors can optical strain gauges such.
  • As fiber Bragg gratings be.
  • a triaxial acceleration sensor for leaf condition monitoring is described in WO 1999/057435.
  • a plurality of sensors is used. For example, strain measurements for measuring the bending of a rotor blade, acceleration measurements for measuring an acceleration of a rotor blade, or other quantities can be measured.
  • a group of sensors that appear promising for future applications are fiber optic sensors. It is therefore desirable to further improve measurements for monitoring a wind power plant with fiber optic sensors.
  • an arrangement for monitoring and / or regulating a wind turbine includes an arrangement of at least two strain sensors, in particular three strain sensors, which detects the sheet bending moments of a rotor blade of a wind energy plant in at least two different spatial directions; a first fiber optic vibration sensor for detecting vibrations of the rotor blade in a first spatial direction; and at least one second fiber optic vibration sensor for detecting vibrations of the rotor in a second spatial direction different from the first spatial direction.
  • a method for monitoring and / or regulating a wind turbine includes measuring vibrations of a rotor blade of the wind turbine in two different spatial directions, wherein measuring the vibrations with at least two fiber optic vibration sensors take place; Measuring bending moments of the rotor blade of the wind turbine in at least two different spatial directions; and monitoring and / or controlling the wind turbine based on the vibrations in the two different spatial directions of the measurement of vibrations and the bending moments in the at least two different spatial directions of the measurement of the bending moments.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a rotor blade of a wind energy plant with sensors according to embodiments described here;
  • FIG. Figure 2 shows schematically a part of a wind turbine with rotor blades and sensors according to embodiments described herein;
  • FIG. 3 schematically shows a part of a wind energy plant with rotor blades and sensors according to further embodiments described here;
  • FIG. 4A schematically shows a cross section of a rotor blade of a wind energy plant with expansion sensors.
  • FIG. 4B schematically shows a rotor blade of a wind energy plant with sensors according to embodiments described here;
  • FIG. Fig. 5 schematically shows an optical fiber with a fiber Bragg grating for use in vibration sensors according to embodiments described herein;
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows a measurement setup for a fiber optic vibration sensor according to embodiments described herein, or for methods of monitoring and / or control and / or regulation according to embodiments described herein; and
  • FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of a method for monitoring and / or controlling and / or regulating wind turbines according to embodiments described here.
  • Wind turbines can be monitored and controlled by measuring technology in the rotor blades.
  • one or more of the following applications can be implemented: individual blade adjustment of a rotor blade, buoyancy optimization of a rotor blade, load control of a rotor blade or the wind turbine, load measurement on a rotor blade or on the wind turbine, determination of conditions of components of the wind turbine, for example determination of the condition of a rotor blade, Ice detection, lifetime estimation of components of the wind turbine, for example, a rotor blade, control on wind fields, control of the rotor, control of the wind turbine to loads, control of the wind turbine with respect to adjacent wind turbines, predictive maintenance, tower clearance measurement, peak load shutdown, and unbalance detection.
  • Embodiments of the present invention relate to a combination of strain and vibration sensor in the rotor blade of a wind turbine.
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  • FIG. 1 shows a rotor blade 100 of a wind energy plant.
  • the rotor blade 100 has an axis 101 along its longitudinal extent.
  • the length 105 of the rotor blade extends from the blade flange 102, or the blade root, to the blade tip 104.
  • the vibration sensor 110 detects vibrations in a first spatial direction
  • the vibration sensor 112 ie, a second vibration sensor
  • Further vibration sensors may be provided, for example for the purpose of redundancy, for measurements in the first and / or second spatial direction.
  • the first spatial direction may be the direction of pivot of a rotor blade, ie, the direction from the blade leading edge to the blade trailing edge.
  • the second spatial direction may be the direction of impact of a rotor blade, ie the direction perpendicular to the pivoting direction.
  • the first spatial direction and the second spatial direction may include an angle of 70 ° to 90 °.
  • the vibration sensors may preferably be arranged in a radially outwardly directed area, i. towards the blade tip.
  • the vibration sensors may be provided at a radial position in the range of the outer 80% to the outer 60% of the radius of a rotor blade of the wind turbine as represented by the region 107 in FIG. 1 is shown.
  • Fiber optic sensors can be provided without electrical components. In this way it can be avoided that a lightning strike takes place directly in electronic components and / or cables or signal cables for electronic components. Furthermore, even with a derivative of a lightning strike via a lightning arrester, ie a controlled derivative to a ground potential, damage can be avoided by the induced currents in cables or signal cables.
  • Embodiments described herein are preferred fiber optic vibration sensors used as described with respect to FIG. 3 is explained in more detail.
  • FIG. 1 also shows an arrangement 120 of strain sensors or strain gauges.
  • the assembly 120 includes a first strain sensor 142, a second strain sensor 124, and a third strain sensor 126.
  • the third strain sensor may be considered optional. This arrangement will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 explained in more detail.
  • the arrangement of three strain sensors can detect two different spatial directions. By azimuthal placement of three sensors, the sheet bending or sheet bending moments in two spatial directions, for example, flap and edge direction detected.
  • the three strain sensors in the coordinate system of a rotor blade may be provided at different angular coordinates along the longitudinal extent of the rotor blade.
  • the one or more of the three different spatial directions may be different from one of the first spatial direction of a vibration sensor or the second spatial direction of a vibration sensor, or may coincide with one of the first spatial direction of a vibration sensor or the second spatial direction of a vibration sensor.
  • FIG. 2 shows a wind turbine 200.
  • the wind turbine 200 includes a tower 40 and a nacelle 42.
  • the rotor 42 is attached to the nacelle 42.
  • the rotor includes a hub 44 to which the rotor blades 100 are attached.
  • the rotor has at least 2 rotor blades, in particular 3 rotor blades.
  • the rotor i. the hub with the rotor blades around an axis.
  • a generator is driven to generate electricity.
  • two vibration sensors are provided in a rotor blade 100.
  • the vibration sensors are connected to a signal line or signal lines to an evaluation unit 114.
  • a rotor blade contains an arrangement 120 of strain sensors.
  • the evaluation unit 114 supplies a signal to a control and / or regulation 50 of the wind energy plant 200.
  • the vibration sensors are fiber optic vibration sensors.
  • fiber optic vibration sensors is an optical Signal transmitted to the evaluation unit 114 by means of a light guide 212, for example, an optical fiber.
  • the sensor element itself can be provided outside of an optical fiber.
  • the actual sensor element may typically be provided within an optical fiber, for example in the form of a fiber Bragg grating. This is in detail with respect to the FIGS. 5 and 6 described.
  • strain sensors may be enabled by a combination of strain sensors and vibration sensors in the rotor blade.
  • three strain sensors and two vibration sensors are used.
  • the strain sensors are used, which are arranged so that the sheet bending moments are optimally imaged in the direction of impact and pivoting.
  • strain sensors By the use of three strain sensors redundancy and thus increased security against failures is realized. Furthermore, it is possible to use temperature-compensated strain sensors according to embodiments described here, in particular temperature-compensated fiber-optic strain sensors. By using temperature-compensated strain sensors, the influence of temperature on the determination of the sheet bending moments can be minimized. In addition, fiber optic strain sensors allow high reliability of sheet bending moment determination due to their high peak and continuous load resistance.
  • vibration sensors in the rotor blade vibrations of the rotor blade can be determined and thus applications such. B. be realized for leaf condition monitoring or ice detection.
  • passive fiber optic sensors By using passive fiber optic sensors, a reliable measurement of blade vibration without being affected by electromagnetic fields or high electrical currents, such. B. lightning, are possible.
  • FIG. FIG. 3 shows a part of a wind energy plant, wherein sections of three rotor blades 100 are shown.
  • An arrangement of a first strain sensor 122, a second strain sensor 124 and a third strain sensor 126 are each provided in a rotor blade.
  • a first vibration sensor 110 and a second vibration sensor 112 are provided.
  • the signals of the sensors are provided, for example via a transmission unit 314, to an evaluation unit 114.
  • Embodiments of the present invention relate to the combination of a strain and vibration sensor system shown here in the rotor blade of a wind energy plant. By using two vibration sensors and three strain sensors, a favorable ratio between material costs and redundancy can be provided.
  • vibration sensors may be configured to measure a displacement of a vibration frequency.
  • a vibration sensor may not relate to absolute accelerations or measurements in frequency ranges. This can be done for example as part of an evaluation or by a corresponding analysis of optical fibers of a fiber optic vibration sensors.
  • vibration sensors may cover a frequency range of 0.1 Hz towards higher frequencies.
  • a high-pass filter may be used to filter absolute accelerations that occur, for example, from the rotation of the rotor from the signal.
  • fiber optic vibration sensors and / or strain sensors provide measurements for monitoring the applications described herein. Furthermore, the fiber optic sensors may pose risks be reduced at lightning strike and an optical transmission can reduce maintenance.
  • FIG. 4A shows a cross-section of a rotor blade 100, as well as an arrangement of three strain sensors, wherein the strain sensors may, for example, be mounted in the blade root or near the blade root.
  • the three strain sensors can be mounted in an angular pitch of about 120 °, with a deviation of + -20 °, in particular + - 10 ° is possible.
  • an azimuthal 120 ° angle grid is used to cover the sheet coordinate system.
  • the azimuthal angle may refer to the coordinates in the blade root, for example with a midpoint axis parallel to the length of the rotor blade. That the azimuthal angle refers to a coordinate system of the rotor blade.
  • the sheet bending moments can be determined by two strain sensors, for example in the direction of impact and pivoting direction.
  • the sheet strains are determined by means of four strain sensors. If one considers the survival probabilities of a strain sensor statistically, three strain sensors result in a significant increase in the survival probability of the overall system in comparison to a system with two strain sensors. However, a further increase in the probability of survival of the entire system by four sensors is correspondingly low.
  • An arrangement 120 of three strain sensors for determining sheet bending moments of a rotor blade of a wind power plant thus offers a similar high probability of survival of the overall system for determining sheet bending moments with reduced material expenditure and thus reduced CoO.
  • the centripetal forces and equal components of temperature effects can be compensated with three strain sensors.
  • the strain sensors may be fiber optic strain sensors. Furthermore, it is possible to use temperature compensated fiber optic sensors.
  • strain sensors may be enabled by a combination of strain sensors and vibration sensors.
  • FIG. 4B also used two strain sensors.
  • the strain sensors are used, which are arranged so that the sheet bending moments are optimally imaged in the direction of impact and pivoting.
  • another strain sensor may be provided in the rotor blade.
  • three strain sensors By using three strain sensors, a redundancy and thus increased safety against failures can be realized.
  • temperature-compensated strain sensors according to embodiments described here, in particular temperature-compensated fiber-optic strain sensors.
  • temperature-compensated strain sensors By using temperature-compensated strain sensors, the influence of temperature on the determination of the sheet bending moments can be minimized.
  • fiber optic strain sensors allow high reliability of sheet bending moment determination due to their high peak and continuous load resistance.
  • two strain sensors are installed in the blade root 102 to determine the blade bending moments in the striking and pivoting directions.
  • a first strain sensor 122 may measure a bending moment in the X direction.
  • a second strain sensor 124 may measure a bending moment in the Y direction.
  • the strain sensors are arranged so that they are ideally azimuthal, orthogonal to each other and thus optimally cover the coordinate system of the rotor blade in the direction of impact and pivoting.
  • FIG. 5 shows a sensor or fiber-optic sensor 510 integrated in an optical waveguide, which has a fiber Bragg grating 506.
  • a fiber Bragg grating 506 is shown in FIG. 5, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to data acquisition from a single fiber Bragg grating 506 but that along an optical fiber 212, a transmission fiber , a sensor fiber or an optical fiber, a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings 506 may be arranged.
  • Fig. 5 shows only a portion of an optical waveguide, which is formed as a sensor fiber, optical fiber or light guide 212, wherein this sensor fiber sensitive to fiber elongation (see arrow 508).
  • optical or “light” is intended to indicate a wavelength range in the electromagnetic spectrum, which may extend from the ultraviolet spectral range over the visible spectral range to the infrared spectral range.
  • nk is the effective refractive index of the fundamental mode of the core of the optical fiber and ⁇ the spatial grating period (modulation period) of the fiber Bragg grating 506.
  • a spectral width which is given by a half-width of the reflection response, depends on the extent of the fiber Bragg grating 506 along the sensor fiber.
  • the propagation of light within the sensor fiber or light guide 212 is thus dependent, for example, on forces, moments and mechanical stresses and temperatures at which the sensor fiber, i. E., By the action of the fiber Bragg grating 506. the optical fiber and in particular the fiber Bragg grating 506 are loaded within the sensor fiber.
  • electromagnetic radiation 14 or primary light enters the optical fiber or light guide 112 from the left, wherein a portion of the electromagnetic radiation 14 is changed as a transmitted light 16 with an electromagnetic radiation 14 compared to the electromagnetic radiation 14 Wavelength profile emerges. Further, it is possible to receive reflected light 15 at the input end of the fiber (i.e., at the end where the electromagnetic radiation 14 is also irradiated), the reflected light 15 also having a modified wavelength distribution.
  • the optical signal used for detection and evaluation may, according to the embodiments described herein, be provided by the reflected light, by the transmitted light, as well as a combination of the two.
  • the electromagnetic radiation 14 or the primary light is irradiated in a wide spectral range, results in the transmitted light 16 at the location of the Bragg wavelength a transmission minimum. In the reflected light arises at this point a reflection maximum.
  • a detection and evaluation of the intensities of the transmission minimum or of the reflection maximum, or of intensities in corresponding wavelength ranges produces a signal which can be evaluated with regard to the change in length of the optical fiber or the light guide 112 and thus provides information on forces or vibrations.
  • FIG. FIG. 6 shows a typical vibration detection measuring system with a vibration detecting device according to the embodiments described herein.
  • the system includes one or more vibration sensors 110/112.
  • the system includes an electromagnetic radiation source 602, for example, a primary light source.
  • the source serves to provide optical radiation with which at least one fiber-optic sensor element of a vibration sensor can be irradiated.
  • an optical transmission fiber or fiber 603 is provided between the primary light source 602 and a first fiber coupler 604.
  • the fiber coupler couples the primary light into the optical fiber or light guide 112.
  • the source 602 may be, for example, a broadband light source, a laser, a light emitting diode (LED), an SLD (superluminescent diode), an ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) light source. Light source) or an SOA (Semiconductor Optical Amplifier). It is also possible to use several sources of the same or different type (see above) for embodiments described here.
  • the fiber optic sensor element 610 such as a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) or an optical resonator, is integrated into a sensor fiber or optically coupled to the sensor fiber.
  • the reflected light from the fiber optic sensor elements is in turn passed through the fiber coupler 604, which directs the light via the transmission fiber 605, a beam splitter 606.
  • the beam splitter 606 divides the reflected light for detection by means of a first detector 607 and a second detector 608. In this case, the signal detected on the second detector 608 is first filtered with an optical edge filter 609.
  • the edge filter 609 By the edge filter 609, a shift of the Bragg wavelength at the FBG or a wavelength change can be detected by the optical resonator.
  • the detector 607 enables normalization of the vibration sensor's measurement signal with respect to other intensity fluctuations, such as variations in the intensity of the source 602, variations in reflections at interfaces between individual fibers, or other intensity variations. This standardization improves the measuring accuracy and reduces the dependence of measuring systems on the length of the optical fibers provided between the evaluation unit and the fiber-optic sensor.
  • An optical filter device 609 or additional optical filter devices may comprise an optical filter selected from the group consisting of a thin-film filter, a fiber Bragg grating, an LPG, an Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG), an echelle Grids, a grating arrangement, a prism, an interferometer, and any combination thereof.
  • Another aspect of wind turbine monitoring which may be combined with other embodiments and aspects described herein, but which is also provided independently of other embodiments, aspects and details, is an improved method of monitoring and control and / or or control of a wind turbine with vibration sensors and strain sensors, in particular fiber-optical vibration sensor and fiber optic strain sensors.
  • One or more of the following applications can be implemented: individual blade adjustment of a rotor blade, buoyancy optimization of a rotor blade, load control of a rotor blade or the wind turbine, load measurement on a rotor blade or at the wind turbine, state determination of components of the wind turbine, for example determination of the condition of a rotor blade, ice detection Lifetime estimation of components of the wind turbine for example of a rotor blade, control on wind fields, control of rotor run-on effects, control of the wind turbine on loads, control of the wind turbine with respect to adjacent wind turbines, predictive maintenance, tower clearance measurement, peak load shutdown, and unbalance detection.
  • Such embodiment provides a method for monitoring or controlling a wind turbine.
  • the method of monitoring a wind turbine includes measuring vibrations with two vibration sensors in two different spatial directions and measuring sheet bending moments in at least two, for example, three different spatial directions (see reference numeral 702 in FIG. 7).
  • measuring vibrations may include measuring frequency shifts of vibrations.
  • the measurement of vibrations can be configured in such a way that no measurements of absolute accelerations and / or measurements in frequency ranges take place for the signals relevant for the regulation or control and / or the state determination. For the regulation or control and / or the state determination of the wind energy plant, only a frequency shift is determined based on the vibration sensors.
  • the signals are used for monitoring or regulation, in particular for one of the above-mentioned applications.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un ensemble destiné à la surveillance et/ou au réglage d'une éolienne. Cet ensemble destiné à la surveillance et/ou au réglage d'une éolienne comprend un ensemble de deux capteurs de dilatation, en particulier trois capteurs de dilatation, qui acquièrent des moments de flexion d'une pale de rotor d'une éolienne dans au moins deux directions dans l'espace différentes ; un premier capteur de vibration à fibre optique destiné à détecter des vibrations de la pale de rotor dans une première direction dans l'espace ; et au moins un deuxième capteur de vibration à fibre optique destiné à détecter des vibrations du rotor dans une deuxième direction dans l'espace, qui diffère de la première.
EP18740819.0A 2017-07-14 2018-07-12 Système de mesure de dilatation et de vibration destiné à la surveillance de pales de rotor Pending EP3652433A1 (fr)

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DE102017115927.4A DE102017115927A1 (de) 2017-07-14 2017-07-14 Dehnungs- und Vibrations-Messsystem zur Überwachung von Rotorblättern
PCT/EP2018/069033 WO2019012083A1 (fr) 2017-07-14 2018-07-12 Système de mesure de dilatation et de vibration destiné à la surveillance de pales de rotor

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