Vestas Wind Systems A/s

Robert Grøn-Stevens

Fabio Caponetti

Martin Ansbjerg Kjær

Claus Thy Henningsen

Jesper Sandberg Thomsen

Jacob Deleuran Grunnet

Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer

Robert Bowyer

Poul Brandt Christensen

Frank Møller Hansen

Kasper Zinck Østergaard

Jacob Hviid Nielsen

Carsten Nørlund Thomsen

Christian Skallebæk

There is presented a method for damping an edgewise vibration of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the method comprises measuring at the rotor blade a motion parameter of the edgewise rotor blade vibration, generating based on said motion parameter a blade pitch angle control signal, and damping the edgewise vibration of the rotor blade by pitching the rotor blade according to the blade pitch angle control signal, wherein the blade pitch angle control signal is arranged so that a resulting force on a rotor blade pitched according to the blade pitch angle control signal, in a direction of the edgewise vibration of the rotor blade in a coordinate system, which rotates with a rotor of the wind turbine, is opposite and proportional to the edgewise rotor blade vibration velocity.

Damping of edgewise wind turbine blade vibrations

There is provided a method for controlling a hydraulic pitch force system () so as to reduce or eliminate a decrease in hydraulic oil pressure () if a hydraulic system parameter value is outside a hydraulic system parameter range, the method comprising: Obtaining () the hydraulic system parameter value, and operating the hydraulic pitch force system () according to a reduced mode () if the hydraulic system parameter value is outside the hydraulic system parameter range, wherein in the reduced mode one or more pitch based activities are reduced () or suspended. An advantage thereof may be that it enables keeping the wind turbine in production in certain instances rather than shutting down the wind turbine. In aspects, there is furthermore presented a computer program product, a pitch control system () and a wind turbine ().

Method for controlling hydraulic pitch force system

Embodiments herein describe varying the rotor speed based on the current wind speed when operating in a low power mode. Generally, as the wind speed increases above the rated wind speed (i.e., the wind speed at which the turbine is capable of producing its rated or maximum output power), the rotor speed can be reduced thereby minimizing the risk that the turbine experiences smearing or torque reversals. In one embodiment, as the rotor speed decreases, the turbine maintains the ability to ramp to the rated power of the turbine only by pitching in the blades to an optimal blade pitch angle. Thus, upon receiving a request to cease operating in the low power mode, the turbine can increase the output power to the rated power without first increasing the rotor speed.

Power ramping a turbine from a low-power mode

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Robert Grøn-Stevens