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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2015
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus, DK;
Kelvin Hales, Surrey, GB;
Chris Spruce, Leatherhead, GB;
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
Determination of Wind Turbine Configuration The present invention relates to a method and computer system for determining a configuration of a wind turbine of a given wind turbine type, the method comprising the steps of: storing in a database a plurality of combinations of physical and control parameters of the wind turbine that can be varied; determining a plurality of wind flow characteristics at a target location; applying a function which defines a relationship between a performance parameter, a fatigue life estimation, the combination of physical and control parameters and the plurality of wind flow characteristics, to at least some of the plurality of combinations in the database to determine values of the performance parameter and the fatigue life estimation for those combinations; and selecting one of the combinations of physical and control parameters as the configuration of the wind turbine for the target location on the basis of the performance parameter and fatigue life estimation values.