Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology S.l.

Joan Montanyà Puig

Victor March Nomen

David Romero Duran

Ricard Horta Bernús

Evaluation method and system for a lightning protection system of a wind turbine with blades, the lightning protection system including a down conductor connected to earth and to each blade by conductor plates embedded in the corresponding blade. The method is configured for determining the quality of the connections between the conductor plates and the blade thereof and includes injecting direct current between two conductor plates of one and the same blade, a flow of current being generated through the segment of the blade comprised between both conductor plates, measuring the voltage at measurement points of the segment, comparing the voltages to one another, and determining the quality of the connections between the conductor plates and the blade depending on the result of the comparison.

Evaluation method and system for a lightning protection system of a wind turbine comprising a plurality of blades made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic or polymer

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Terrassa, Spain

Joan Montanyà Puig