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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Jesper Lykkegaard Andersen, Hornslet, DK;
Jens Bay Madsen, Aarhus C, DK;
Jesper Lykkegaard Andersen, Hornslet, DK;
Jens Bay Madsen, Aarhus C, DK;
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Abstract
A wind turbine for producing power to a utility grid includes a rotor having one or more blades, wherein the rotor further includes one or more hydraulic pitch actuators for actively controlling the pitch angle of one or more of the blades. The wind turbine also includes one or more actuator hydraulic pumps adapted for powering the hydraulic pitch actuators, wherein the one or more actuator hydraulic pumps are powered by a normal operation energy source. The wind turbine further includes an emergency hydraulic pump also adapted for powering the hydraulic actuators, the emergency hydraulic pump being powered by an electrical energy storage. A method for powering one or more hydraulic pitch actuators for actively controlling the pitch angle of one or more blades of a wind turbine is also disclosed.