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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2023
Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;
Esben Bach-Sørensen, Hobro, DK;
Lars Rohrmann Andersen, Hadsten, DK;
Niels Møller Madsen, Aarhus C, DK;
Stanislaw Zelazny, Aarhus N, DK;
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Abstract
A method of disengaging a rotor-lock of a wind turbine, the rotor comprising one or more blades, which due to the gravitational pull, generates a rotor torque which is opposed by a rotor-lock counter-torque from the rotor-lock, the method comprising: a) determining a direction of the rotor torque with a sensor system; b) applying a rotor-drive counter-torque to the rotor with a rotor-drive system, wherein the rotor-drive counter-torque acts to oppose the determined rotor torque and causes the rotor-lock counter-torque to reduce; c) during or after the application of the rotor-drive counter-torque, disengaging the rotor-lock mechanism; wherein the step of determining a direction of the rotor torque comprises applying a torque restriction to the rotor-drive based on the determined direction of the rotor torque, the torque restriction preventing the application of torque to the rotor by the rotor-drive system in the same direction as the rotor torque.