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Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chris Spruce, Leatherhead, GB;

Chakradhar Byreddy, Spring, TX (US);

Kelvin Hales, Surrey, GB;

Judith Turner, Dorking, GB;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 17/00 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01); F03D 80/50 (2016.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0292 (2013.01); F03D 7/046 (2013.01); F03D 7/048 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/50 (2016.05); F05B 2270/20 (2013.01); F05B 2270/332 (2013.01); F05B 2270/335 (2013.01); G05B 13/021 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract

Generating a control schedule for a wind turbine, the control schedule indicating how the turbine maximum power level varies over time. Generating the control schedule includes determining a value indicative of the current remaining fatigue lifetime of the turbine, or one or more turbine components, based on measured wind turbine site and/or operating data; applying an optimisation function that varies an initial control schedule to determine an optimised control schedule by varying the trade off between energy capture and fatigue life consumed by the turbine or the one or more turbine components until an optimised control schedule is determined.


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