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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Inventor:
Samuel H. Hawkins, Sheffield, GB;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCAFT, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/54 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 3/52 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/54 (2013.01); F03D 7/0204 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); G01S 3/52 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a yaw direction of a wind turbine includes the following steps, receiving at a component of the wind turbine a signal broadcasted from a source, determining a direction from the component towards the source based on the received signal, determining the yaw direction of the wind turbine in relation to the determined direction towards the source is provided. Further, a wind turbine and a device as well as a computer program product and a computer readable medium are disclosed for performing the method.