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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013

Filed:

May. 18, 2012
Applicant:

Maximilian Merkel, Hamburg, DE;

Inventor:

Maximilian Merkel, Hamburg, DE;

Assignee:

Nordex Energy GmbH, Hamburg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/00 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method is provided for operating a wind turbine with a rotor having a rotor blade adjustable in its blade pitch angle. A generator is connected to the rotor and a measurement unit captures an actual value of a variable representative of a rotational speed of the generator. A set-point for a generator torque is provided and the set-point thereof is corrected. An actual value of a variable representative of a rotational speed of the generator is captured. A set-point for the torque as a function of the captured actual value is provided and the set-point for the torque as a function of a parameter for air density is corrected. A pitch angle value is captured and the set-point for the torque is increased when the captured value for the pitch angle exceeds a minimum value and has been corrected on the basis of an air density parameter.


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