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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2016
Applicant:

Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N, DK;

Inventors:

Fabio Caponetti, Aarhus C, DK;

Aleks Kvartborg Jakobsen, Viby J, DK;

Dan Hilton, Gjern, DK;

Kasper Zinck Ostergaard, Flemming, DK;

Assignee:

VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 17/00 (2016.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); G01L 5/12 (2006.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 17/00 (2016.05); G01L 1/22 (2013.01); G01L 5/12 (2013.01); F05B 2240/2211 (2013.01); F05B 2260/80 (2013.01); F05B 2270/326 (2013.01); F05B 2270/327 (2013.01); F05B 2270/329 (2013.01); F05B 2270/331 (2013.01); F05B 2270/807 (2013.01); F05B 2270/808 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02E 10/726 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor system for a wind turbine blade, the system comprising: a blade load sensor providing a load measurement; a processing unit interfaced with the blade load sensor and configured to provide a corrected load parameter as an output. The processing unit includes: an axial force estimation module that determines an estimated axial force on the wind turbine blade in a direction along the length of the blade; and a load calculation module that 10 determines the corrected load parameter based on the estimated axial force and the load measurement of the blade load sensor.


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