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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Inventor:
John Nieuwenhuizen, Horsens, DK;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); F03D 80/30 (2016.01); G01R 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/06 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/30 (2016.05); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01R 29/0842 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for locating a lightning strike at a wind turbine including the following steps, detecting a lightning strike, and deriving a location of the lightning strike based on a measurement of sound caused by the lightning strike. Further, a lightning detection system, a wind turbine, a wind farm as well as a computer program product and a computer readable medium are suggested for performing the method.