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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Michael Friedrich, Silkeborg, DK;
Michael Friedrich, Silkeborg, DK;
Envision Energy (Denmark) ApS, Silkeborg, DK;
Abstract
A method for controlling a two-bladed pitchable swept-blade wind turbine in extreme wind conditions is described, wherein when extreme conditions are detected or forecast for the wind turbine, the wind turbine blades are pitched such that they will passively align in a substantially horizontal arrangement. The blades can be yawed such that a tip of one of the wind turbine blades points into the wind direction, resulting in a reduced surface area of the blades exposed to the extreme wind forces. This reduced surface area provides for a reduction in the extreme loads which may be experienced by the wind turbine in such extreme wind conditions.