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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Wobben Properties Gmbh, Aurich, DE;

Inventors:

Ralf Messing, Aurich, DE;

Daniel Senftleben, Aurich, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/40 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/40 (2016.05); F05B 2270/309 (2013.01); F05B 2270/32 (2013.01); F05B 2270/327 (2013.01); F05B 2270/328 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for detecting an accretion of ice on a rotor blade of a rotor of a wind turbine is provided. The can be operated at a variable rotational speed. The method includes recording a wind speed of a wind acting upon the rotor, recording an operating variable that is dependent on the wind speed and comparing the recorded operating variable or the recorded wind speed with a reference variable of a characteristic wind-speed-dependent operating-variable curve of the wind turbine. The characteristic operating-variable curve indicates an operating variable assumed to be optimal in dependence on the wind speed. The method includes detecting an accretion of ice on the rotor blade if the recorded operating variable or the recorded wind speed, deviates from the reference variable by at least a predetermined minimum deviation specified in dependence on the wind speed.


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