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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2025
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N, DK;
Kouroush Nayebi, Ikast, DK;
Jacob Jensen, Skødstrup, DK;
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
Control techniques for controlling a reliability of a spinning reserve of a wind turbine to be tailored to a user's reliability preference are disclosed. In one aspect, a control technique includes operating a wind turbine in a spinning reserve mode to provide a spinning reserve; calculating an available power of the wind turbine when operating in the spinning reserve mode; defining a reliability band around the calculated available power; selecting a reliability factor that defines a probability that a reliable available power within the reliability band is below the real available power; determining the reliable available power based on the selected reliability factor and the reliability band; determining a power setpoint for the wind turbine based on a difference between a desired spinning reserve and the determined reliable available power; and controlling the wind turbine to operate in the spinning reserve mode in accordance with the power setpoint.