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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2016
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N, DK;
Chris Spruce, Leatherhead, GB;
Chakradhar Byreddy, Spring, TX (US);
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
Aspects described herein include a method of generating a control schedule for a wind turbine. The control schedule specifies a maximum power level that varies over time. The method comprises determining a value indicative of a current remaining fatigue lifetime of the wind turbine or of one or more components. The method further comprises applying an optimization function to perform an optimization to determine an optimized control schedule. The optimization comprises varying a plurality of parameters of an initial control schedule to produce a varied control schedule, estimating a future fatigue lifetime to be consumed by the wind turbine or the one or more components over the duration of the varied control schedule, and constraining the optimization according to one or more input constraints.