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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:

Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N, DK;

Inventors:

Yu Zhou, Singapore, SG;

Wanying Chen, Singapore, SG;

K. J. Karthik, Trivandrum, IN;

Amit Kalyani, Maharashtra, IN;

Khoon Peng Lim, Singapore, SG;

Pey Yen Siew, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N, DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/40 (2016.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/40 (2016.05); F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F03D 7/042 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine having at least one blade and a controller, including: detect location of foreign material adhered to the blade by sensors mounted on the blade and communicatively coupled to the controller; determine the resonance mode of the blade to be excited based on the location of the foreign material by the controller; and excite the blade to the resonance mode; wherein the resonance mode is one higher than the first order resonance mode. The present invention also relates to a wind turbine using the method.


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