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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus, DK;
Inventors:
Keld Hammerum, Hadsten, DK;
John Bengtson, Aarhus, DK;
Assignee:
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F03D 7/047 (2013.01); F05B 2260/76 (2013.01); F05B 2260/79 (2013.01); F05B 2270/107 (2013.01); F05B 2270/602 (2013.01); Y02E 10/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to control of a wind turbine, and in particular it relates to a distributed control system including a blade controller for each blade of the wind turbine. The electrical connection between each blade controller and the power supply of the blade controller is arranged to be functionally isolated from the electrical connection of each other blade controller and the power supply of the respective blade controllers.