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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Steen M. Lauritsen, Egå, DK;
Erik Carl Lehnskov Miranda, Randers SV, DK;
Steen M. Lauritsen, Egå, DK;
Erik Carl Lehnskov Miranda, Randers SV, DK;
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for detecting icing and other loadings on blades of wind turbines. Advantageously, the method utilizes existing wind turbine actuators, for example pitch actuators, far excitation of blade vibrations. Vibration sensors on the blade such as strain sensors or accelerometers measure the blade vibrations excited in response to the actively excised vibrations. By comparing the measured response with previously obtained reference responses, it is possible to determine if blade icing is present.
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