Anemometer calibration method and wind turbine
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0764641
(2007-06-18)
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등록번호 |
US-7823437
(2010-11-22)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Siebers, Thomas
- Kooijman, Henk-Jan
- Rogers, Donald
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
4 인용 특허 :
2 |
초록
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A method for re-calibrating an anemometer of a wind turbine is provided, the method comprising the steps of obtaining pairs of measured values of wind speed and a wind-speed dependent turbine variable; comparing said measured value pairs to pairs of wind speed and the turbine variable obtained from
A method for re-calibrating an anemometer of a wind turbine is provided, the method comprising the steps of obtaining pairs of measured values of wind speed and a wind-speed dependent turbine variable; comparing said measured value pairs to pairs of wind speed and the turbine variable obtained from an expected turbine variable curve of the wind turbine to determine a difference between a measured wind speed value and an expected wind speed value for a given turbine variable value; and adjusting a calibration function of said anemometer on the basis of said determined difference.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for re-calibrating an anemometer of a wind turbine, comprising the steps of: obtaining pairs of measured values of wind speed and a wind speed-dependent turbine variable; comparing said pairs of measured values to pairs of values of wind speed and the turbine variabl
What is claimed is: 1. A method for re-calibrating an anemometer of a wind turbine, comprising the steps of: obtaining pairs of measured values of wind speed and a wind speed-dependent turbine variable; comparing said pairs of measured values to pairs of values of wind speed and the turbine variable obtained from an expected turbine variable curve of the wind turbine to determine a difference between a measured wind speed value and an expected wind speed value for a given turbine variable value; and adjusting a calibration function of the anemometer on the basis of said determined difference. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the turbine variable is selected from the group consisting of: output power of a generator of the wind turbine, rotational speed of a wind rotor of the wind turbine, rotational speed of a rotor of the generator, torque of a rotor blade of the wind turbine, pitch angle of the rotor blade of the wind turbine, bending of the rotor blade of the wind turbine, vibrations of a tower of the wind turbine, vibrations of the rotor blade of the wind turbine, vibrations of a nacelle of the wind turbine, vibrations of a drive train of the wind turbine, and noise emissions from the wind turbine. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pairs are selected from a substantially linear range of the expected turbine variable curve of the wind turbine. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the turbine variable is output power of a generator of the wind turbine, and the pairs are selected from a range from ⅓ to ⅔ of the nominal power of the wind turbine. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the turbine variable is output power of a generator of the wind turbine, and the pairs are selected from a range of power values between 400 kW to 1100 kW. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pairs are selected from a range of wind speed values between 6 m/s to 12 m/s. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measured values are time-averaged values which have been averaged over a measurement time of at least 30 seconds. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measured values of wind speed are corrected for local air density at a site of the wind turbine. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the expected turbine variable curve is corrected for local air density at a site of the wind turbine. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the comparing step comprises obtaining wind speed as a function of the turbine variable. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein wind speed is obtained as a function of output power of a generator of the wind turbine for the measured value pairs and the expected value pairs. 12. The method according to claim 10, wherein wind speed is obtained as a function of the turbine variable by linear regression of wind speed over the turbine variable. 13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the comparing step comprises binning the wind speed values with respect to the turbine variable and averaging within each bin to use the averaged values for comparison. 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the number of wind speed values within each bin is at least equal to the number of turbine variable bins. 15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the re-calibration of the anemometer is repeated in regular intervals or at a request of an operator. 16. An in situ calibration method for an anemometer of a wind turbine, comprising the steps of: measuring wind speed and power of the wind turbine; performing regression analysis using the measured wind speed as a dependent variable and the measured power as an independent variable; performing the same regression analysis to an expected power curve using wind speed as a dependent variable and power as an independent variable; calculating a difference between measured wind speed and expected wind speed front the regression parameters; and adjusting a calibration function of the anemometer by means of the calculated difference so that an adjusted measured wind speed value fits with an expected wind speed value for a given power value. 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the regression analysis is linear regression. 18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the measured wind speed and measured power values used for regression analysis are selected from a range from ⅓ to ⅔ of the nominal power of the wind turbine. 19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the measured wind speed values are binned with respect to power, are averaged within each bin, and the averaged values are used for the regression analysis. 20. A wind turbine comprising an anemometer for measuring wind speed values; a sensor for determining a wind speed-dependent turbine variable of the wind turbine; and a controller adapted to: obtain pairs of measured values of wind speed and the turbine variable; compare said pairs of measured values to pairs of values of wind speed and the turbine variable obtained from an expected turbine variable curve of the wind turbine to determine a difference between a measured wind speed value and an expected wind speed value for a given turbine variable value; and adjust a calibration function of the anemometer on the basis of said determined difference.
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