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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2017
Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Yongqiang Jiang, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
A drive control apparatus and method for a yaw motor of a wind turbine is provided. The drive control apparatus includes a frequency converter, a fault cut-out contactor, and a contactor. The frequency converter is configured to perform drive control on the yaw motor. The fault cut-out contactor is connected in series between the frequency converter and the yaw motor, and configured to be switched off in a case of a fault in the frequency converter, to isolate the failed frequency converter. The contactor is connected in parallel with the frequency converter and the fault cut-out contactor, connected to the yaw motor, and configured to continue to drive the yaw motor in a case that the fault cut-out contactor is switched off. The drive control apparatus and method can solve problem of low reliability of drive control of the yaw motor.