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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2018
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N, DK;
Johnny Nielsen, Svenstrup J, DK;
Lars Glavind, Randers NV, DK;
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
A method for monitoring a wind turbine comprises monitoring an acoustic signal and/or a vibrational signal within a tower of the wind turbine, analyzing the signal to identify one or more predetermined characteristic indicative of an event within the tower, recognizing the event has occurred based on the predetermined characteristic and generating an output based on the recognized event. The one or more predetermined characteristic being at least one of: an amplitude of the signal, a duration of the signal, a shape of the signal, one or more frequencies present in the signal and an energy of the signal.