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- the present invention concerns a wind power installation comprising a pylon and a rotor arranged on the pylon and having at least one individually adjustable rotor blade, comprising a device for detecting the wind direction and a device for detecting the azimuthal position.
- Such wind power installations generally have an active drive for tracking the wind direction.
- the drive rotates the machine housing of the wind power installation in such a way that the rotor blades of the rotor are oriented in the direction of the wind if the installation is in the form of a windward-type rotor member.
- That drive which is required for wind direction tracking is usually an azimuthal drive which is usually disposed with the associated azimuthal bearings between the top of the pylon and the machine housing.
- an operational wind measuring system supplies a mean value in respect of the wind direction over a certain period of time, for example ten seconds. That mean value is always compared to the instantaneous azimuthal position of the machine housing. As soon as a deviation exceeds a given value, the machine housing is correspondingly adjusted to track the change in wind direction so that the deviation of the rotor in respect of the wind direction, being the yaw angle, is as slight as possible in order to avoid power losses.
- the object of the present invention is to develop a wind power installation of the kind set forth in the opening part of this specification in such a way that the service life of the azimuthal drives is prolonged and/or it is possible to use smaller azimuthal drives which can thus be better handled.
- the invention affords the possibility, besides the hitherto usual azimuth adjustment by means of a motor drive, together with the motor drive or as an alternative thereto, to implement azimuthal positioning by control of the rotor blade adjustment in dependence on a deviation between the wind direction and the azimuthal position. Under some circumstances that is particularly advantageous when only slight azimuthal changes have to be effected. That means that the motor azimuthal drive generally is conserved.
- the motor azimuthal drive comprises two or more asynchronous motors
- those motors, for azimuthal adjustment can be supplied with corresponding three-phase current, but retardation of the machine housing is effected by means of a direct current supply to the asynchronous motors and the asynchronous motors are also supplied with direct current during the stoppage condition so that a mechanical brake is not absolutely necessary.
- motor braking must be terminated, which is preferably effected by the direct current being extremely low or zero.
- the carrier of a wind power installation according to the invention is a platform on a floating platform or a platform floating in the water
- the deviation between wind direction and azimuthal position is ascertained from detection of the deflection of the platform out of the horizontal or deflection of the pylon of the wind power installation out of the vertical. In that fashion it is easily possible to detect an inclination which necessarily arises out of a difference between wind direction and azimuthal position.
- the wind power installation according to the invention has an azimuthal bearing in the form of a plain bearing which, by virtue of predetermined sliding properties, on the one hand prevents knocking or flapping of the pylon head in the event of rapid changes in wind direction but on the other hand, with sufficiently high forces, permits wind direction tracking without a motor drive.
- the invention provides a method of controlling the angle of incidence of a rotor blade of a wind power installation. That method ascertains a change in wind direction from
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of a machine housing of a wind power installation
- FIG. 2 shows a wind power installation on a platform floating in water
- FIG. 3 shows a simplified view of a control according to the invention
- FIG. 4 shows a view on to an azimuthal bearing with four drives
- FIG. 5 shows a circuit diagram for an azimuthal motor.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view on to a wind power installation with the machine housing 10 and rotor blades 11 , 12 .
- the centre of rotation of the machine housing 10 is marked by a point 20 while the main axis of the horizontal-axis rotor is indicated by a central line 14 .
- an existing azimuthal drive can be switched on to assist with the rotary movement and to reduce the asymmetric loading. That azimuthal drive is also required if the wind has completely died away and, after a period when there is no wind, blows from a different direction which excludes tracking adjustment of the rotor by the adjustment of the angle of incidence in the above-described manner.
- FIG. 2 shows a wind power installation on a platform 30 which is floating in the water and which is held in its predetermined position for example by at least two anchor chains 32 .
- the platform 30 is below the surface 2 of the water while the pylon 8 of the wind power installation sticks up out of the water and carries the machine housing 10 with the rotor blades 12 .
- the deflection out of the perpendicular at the top of the pylon 8 can already be of a clearly detectable magnitude so that detection at the top of the pylon 8 can provide for the embodiment of a very sensitive device for detecting a change in wind direction and a deflection arising therefrom.
- FIG. 3 shows an embodiment for the control of the wind power installation in accordance with the invention.
- a device 40 ascertains the wind direction. That device 40 can be for example a simple weather vane, for example with an incremental sender, as is provided in any case on any wind power installation.
- a further device 42 ascertains the azimuthal position. Those two devices 40 , 42 communicate their measurement results or data to a control 44 which in turn evaluates the two values from the wind direction detection device 40 and the azimuthal position detection device 42 and compares them and if necessary, on the basis of predeterminable characteristic values, implements suitable adaptation of the angle of incidence of the rotor blades, by way of an adjusting device 46 .
- the angle of incidence of a rotor blade 12 is adjusted by an adjusting device 46 by way of a control line 48 , for example to a pitch motor (not shown), in a given segment of the circle of the rotor, in such a way that the air resistance thereof is reduced so that the machine housing 10 with the rotor is adjusted in tracking relationship with the wind until the wind direction and the azimuthal position are again coincident within also predeterminable tolerance limits.
- the control 44 then again provides for the setting of the rotor blades 11 , 12 , which is appropriate for optimum energy output.
- the control 44 can switch on the azimuthal drive 22 for example by way of a separate control line 49 and thus support the wind direction tracking effect.
- the third threshold value can be so determined that then a wind direction tracking action is no longer possible by virtue of the change in the angle of incidence of a rotor blade so that here the azimuthal drive 22 is definitely required.
- FIG. 4 shows an active wind direction tracking device by means of a motor azimuthal drive. That motor drive rotates the machine head of the wind power installation in such a way that the rotor of the wind power installation is optimally aligned in the direction of the wind.
- Such an active drive for the wind direction tracking action can be an azimuthal drive 51 with an associated azimuthal bearing 52 . That azimuthal bearing is disposed between the pylon head and the machine housing.
- One azimuthal drive is sufficient in small wind power installations, larger wind power installations are generally equipped with a plurality of azimuthal drives, for example four azimuthal drives, as shown in FIG. 4.
- the four drives 51 are distributed uniformly around the periphery of the pylon head (a non-uniform distribution is also possible).
- the illustrated azimuthal drives are three-phase current asynchronous motors which are used as asynchronous drive machines.
- those three-phase current asynchronous motors are supplied with corresponding three-phase current, in which case they produce a corresponding torque.
- the four three-phase current asynchronous motors are switched off and thus no longer produce any torque.
- the motors are supplied with a direct current immediately after separation from the three-phase current network, as far as possible immediately thereafter. That direct current produces a stationary magnetic field in the motors which are immediately braked therewith.
- the direct current supply continues as far as possible throughout the entire stoppage time and can be regulated in respect of amplitude.
- the ASM-drives are supplied with a regulated direct current by means of a regulating device (see FIG. 5).
- Slow rotary movements of the pylon head which are caused by asymmetrical gusts of wind are only damped by a low direct current (about 10% of the minimum current), but are admitted.
- Faster rotary movements are avoided by an adapted higher direct current and thus a higher braking torque.
- the direct current is raised to the nominal current of the motor.
- the asynchronous motor does not produce any torque with the direct current magnetisation in the stopped condition. However with a rising rotary speed—up to about 6% of the nominal rotary speed—the torque produced rises linearly, symmetrically in both directions of rotation.
- the direct current of the asynchronous azimuthal drives is set to zero or is made so low that controlled adjustment of the azimuth can still be effected by means of rotor blade angle adjustment.
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The present invention concerns a wind power installation comprising a pylon and a rotor arranged on the pylon and having at least one individually adjustable rotor blade, comprising a device for detecting the wind direction and a device for detecting the azimuthal position.
The object of the present invention is to develop a wind power installation of the kind set forth in the opening part of this specification in such a way that the service life of the azimuthal drives is prolonged and/or it is possible to use smaller azimuthal drives which can thus be better handled.
A wind power installation comprising a pylon and a rotor arranged on the pylon and having at least one individually adjustable rotor blade, comprising a device for detecting the wind direction and a device for detecting the azimuthal position. characterised by a control of rotor blade adjustment in dependence on a deviation between the ascertained wind direction and the detected azimuthal position.
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- The present invention concerns a wind power installation comprising a pylon and a rotor arranged on the pylon and having at least one individually adjustable rotor blade, comprising a device for detecting the wind direction and a device for detecting the azimuthal position.
- Such wind power installations generally have an active drive for tracking the wind direction. The drive rotates the machine housing of the wind power installation in such a way that the rotor blades of the rotor are oriented in the direction of the wind if the installation is in the form of a windward-type rotor member. That drive which is required for wind direction tracking is usually an azimuthal drive which is usually disposed with the associated azimuthal bearings between the top of the pylon and the machine housing.
- In the procedure involving the machine housing tracking the wind direction, an operational wind measuring system supplies a mean value in respect of the wind direction over a certain period of time, for example ten seconds. That mean value is always compared to the instantaneous azimuthal position of the machine housing. As soon as a deviation exceeds a given value, the machine housing is correspondingly adjusted to track the change in wind direction so that the deviation of the rotor in respect of the wind direction, being the yaw angle, is as slight as possible in order to avoid power losses.
- The way in which a wind direction tracking procedure is implemented in known wind power installations is described in ‘Winkraftanlagen’, Erich Hau, 2nd edition, 1996, pages 268 ff and 316 ff respectively.
- In addition such a wind direction tracking procedure is known from laid-open application DE 199 20 504.
- A disadvantage with those known arrangements however is that the azimuthal drives which are frequently in the form of electric motors have to be actuated for each wind direction tracking operation. Frequent actuation results in a high loading and correspondingly relatively rapid ageing and a high level of wear in such drives.
- Furthermore a disadvantage with known structures of that kind is that increasing sizes of installation logically require more or larger drives in order to be able to implement the required adjusting movement. However, particularly in the case of a fault or if replacement is necessary, those larger drives require a considerably higher level of expenditure as they can only be moved out of or into the machine housing by means of a crane. If a hub height of 130 m and more is further factored into the considerations, installations which are set up on land already involve a considerable level of expenditure; however that rises far beyond all acceptable limits if the installation is an offshore installation. It will be appreciated that the amount of space required for such drives also increases.
- Therefore the object of the present invention is to develop a wind power installation of the kind set forth in the opening part of this specification in such a way that the service life of the azimuthal drives is prolonged and/or it is possible to use smaller azimuthal drives which can thus be better handled.
- In accordance with the invention, in a wind power installation of the kind set forth in the opening part of this specification, that object is attained by a control of rotor blade adjustment in dependence on a deviation between wind direction and azimuthal position. That control according to the invention means that a considerable proportion of the wind direction tracking operation can be effected without switching on an azimuthal drive as the forces required for the wind direction tracking procedure can be produced by suitable adjustment of the angle of incidence of the rotor blades.
- The invention affords the possibility, besides the hitherto usual azimuth adjustment by means of a motor drive, together with the motor drive or as an alternative thereto, to implement azimuthal positioning by control of the rotor blade adjustment in dependence on a deviation between the wind direction and the azimuthal position. Under some circumstances that is particularly advantageous when only slight azimuthal changes have to be effected. That means that the motor azimuthal drive generally is conserved.
- If for example the motor azimuthal drive comprises two or more asynchronous motors, those motors, for azimuthal adjustment, can be supplied with corresponding three-phase current, but retardation of the machine housing is effected by means of a direct current supply to the asynchronous motors and the asynchronous motors are also supplied with direct current during the stoppage condition so that a mechanical brake is not absolutely necessary. If now displacement of the machine housing, that is to say azimuthal adjustment, is to be effected by means of the control of the rotor blade adjustment, motor braking must be terminated, which is preferably effected by the direct current being extremely low or zero.
- In a preferred embodiment of the invention, when the carrier of a wind power installation according to the invention is a platform on a floating platform or a platform floating in the water, the deviation between wind direction and azimuthal position is ascertained from detection of the deflection of the platform out of the horizontal or deflection of the pylon of the wind power installation out of the vertical. In that fashion it is easily possible to detect an inclination which necessarily arises out of a difference between wind direction and azimuthal position.
- In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention the wind power installation according to the invention has an azimuthal bearing in the form of a plain bearing which, by virtue of predetermined sliding properties, on the one hand prevents knocking or flapping of the pylon head in the event of rapid changes in wind direction but on the other hand, with sufficiently high forces, permits wind direction tracking without a motor drive.
- Furthermore the invention provides a method of controlling the angle of incidence of a rotor blade of a wind power installation. That method ascertains a change in wind direction from
- a difference between wind direction and azimuthal position and/or
- a deflection of the platform out of the horizontal and/or
- a deflection of the pylon out of the vertical
- and the magnitude of the change in wind direction and the duration thereof are compared to predeterminable threshold values. It is possible in that way to recognise whether there is a need for wind direction tracking to be implemented.
- Further advantageous embodiments are set forth in the appendant claims.
- An embodiment of the present invention is described in greater detail hereinafter with reference to the Figures in which:
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of a machine housing of a wind power installation,
- FIG. 2 shows a wind power installation on a platform floating in water,
- FIG. 3 shows a simplified view of a control according to the invention,
- FIG. 4 shows a view on to an azimuthal bearing with four drives, and
- FIG. 5 shows a circuit diagram for an azimuthal motor.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view on to a wind power installation with the
machine housing 10 androtor blades machine housing 10 is marked by apoint 20 while the main axis of the horizontal-axis rotor is indicated by acentral line 14. - Now, as soon as there is a deviation between the
main axis 14 of the rotor and the wind direction which is indicated in this Figure by inclinedly extending arrows, a check is made to ascertain whether a predeterminable threshold value in respect of the magnitude of the change in wind direction and the duration thereof is reached or exceeded. If that is the case, the angle of incidence of therotor blade 11 shown at the left in the Figure is altered in such a way that the air resistance is reduced. That results in an imbalance of forces between the tworotor blades right rotor blade 12, gives rise to a force F which acts on themachine housing 10 with a torque in the direction of the arrow illustrated above the centre ofrotation 20. In that way the rotor is adjusted to track to the wind without the azimuthal drive having to be switched on. - If the difference between the
main axis 14 of the rotor and the wind direction exceeds a predeterminable threshold value, an existing azimuthal drive can be switched on to assist with the rotary movement and to reduce the asymmetric loading. That azimuthal drive is also required if the wind has completely died away and, after a period when there is no wind, blows from a different direction which excludes tracking adjustment of the rotor by the adjustment of the angle of incidence in the above-described manner. - It will be appreciated that, in an alternative embodiment of the invention, it is possible, in the situation shown in FIG. 1, to increase the air resistance of the
right rotor blade 12, instead of reducing the air resistance of theleft rotor blade 11. It will be noted that this increase in the air resistance of theright rotor blade 12 would result in a higher level of loading on thatrotor blade 12 and would thus detrimentally affect the service life thereof. For that reason a reduction in the air resistance of theleft rotor blade 11 and therewith a reduction in the loading on thatrotor blade 11 is to be preferred. - FIG. 2 shows a wind power installation on a
platform 30 which is floating in the water and which is held in its predetermined position for example by at least twoanchor chains 32. - In this case the
platform 30 is below thesurface 2 of the water while the pylon 8 of the wind power installation sticks up out of the water and carries themachine housing 10 with therotor blades 12. - As long as the wind is impinging on the wind power installation in precisely frontal relationship, a nodding moment will occur which deflects the wind power installation rearwardly in the perspective shown in FIG. 2. It will be noted that as soon as the wind direction is inclined, a lateral component is also added to the frontal component. That lateral component will cause a laterally directed deflection, in addition to the rearwardly directed deflection. That is manifested on the one hand in an inclination of the surface of the
platform 30 out of the horizontal or by an inclination of the pylon 8 of the wind power installation out of the vertical by a predetermined amount which is indicated in the Figure by the angle α on the one hand at the pylon 8 of the wind power installation and on the other hand at the surface of theplatform 30. - While the deflection at the surface of the platform is still relatively slight, the deflection out of the perpendicular at the top of the pylon8 can already be of a clearly detectable magnitude so that detection at the top of the pylon 8 can provide for the embodiment of a very sensitive device for detecting a change in wind direction and a deflection arising therefrom.
- It will be appreciated that, in terms of detecting the deflection, it is to be noted that only a deflection due to the lateral wind component is relevant for the control action according to the invention.
- FIG. 3 shows an embodiment for the control of the wind power installation in accordance with the invention. A
device 40 ascertains the wind direction. Thatdevice 40 can be for example a simple weather vane, for example with an incremental sender, as is provided in any case on any wind power installation. Afurther device 42 ascertains the azimuthal position. Those twodevices control 44 which in turn evaluates the two values from the winddirection detection device 40 and the azimuthalposition detection device 42 and compares them and if necessary, on the basis of predeterminable characteristic values, implements suitable adaptation of the angle of incidence of the rotor blades, by way of an adjustingdevice 46. - In this respect it is possible to predetermine for example three threshold values for the magnitude of the difference between the wind direction and the azimuthal position. If the deviation between the two values reaches the first of those threshold values for a given period of time, the angle of incidence of a
rotor blade 12 is adjusted by an adjustingdevice 46 by way of acontrol line 48, for example to a pitch motor (not shown), in a given segment of the circle of the rotor, in such a way that the air resistance thereof is reduced so that themachine housing 10 with the rotor is adjusted in tracking relationship with the wind until the wind direction and the azimuthal position are again coincident within also predeterminable tolerance limits. Thecontrol 44 then again provides for the setting of therotor blades - If in evaluation of the data the second threshold value in respect of the deviation between azimuthal position and wind direction occurs, the
control 44 can switch on theazimuthal drive 22 for example by way of aseparate control line 49 and thus support the wind direction tracking effect. The third threshold value can be so determined that then a wind direction tracking action is no longer possible by virtue of the change in the angle of incidence of a rotor blade so that here theazimuthal drive 22 is definitely required. - FIG. 4 shows an active wind direction tracking device by means of a motor azimuthal drive. That motor drive rotates the machine head of the wind power installation in such a way that the rotor of the wind power installation is optimally aligned in the direction of the wind. Such an active drive for the wind direction tracking action can be an
azimuthal drive 51 with an associatedazimuthal bearing 52. That azimuthal bearing is disposed between the pylon head and the machine housing. One azimuthal drive is sufficient in small wind power installations, larger wind power installations are generally equipped with a plurality of azimuthal drives, for example four azimuthal drives, as shown in FIG. 4. The four drives 51 are distributed uniformly around the periphery of the pylon head (a non-uniform distribution is also possible). - The illustrated azimuthal drives are three-phase current asynchronous motors which are used as asynchronous drive machines. For adjustment purposes, for active azimuthal adjustment, those three-phase current asynchronous motors are supplied with corresponding three-phase current, in which case they produce a corresponding torque. After the machine housing adjustment procedure (after it has assumed the desired azimuthal position) the four three-phase current asynchronous motors (ASM) are switched off and thus no longer produce any torque. In order to uniformly retard the motors and also thereafter still to produce a braking torque, the motors are supplied with a direct current immediately after separation from the three-phase current network, as far as possible immediately thereafter. That direct current produces a stationary magnetic field in the motors which are immediately braked therewith. The direct current supply continues as far as possible throughout the entire stoppage time and can be regulated in respect of amplitude.
- After the adjusting operation the ASM-drives are supplied with a regulated direct current by means of a regulating device (see FIG. 5). Slow rotary movements of the pylon head which are caused by asymmetrical gusts of wind are only damped by a low direct current (about 10% of the minimum current), but are admitted. Faster rotary movements are avoided by an adapted higher direct current and thus a higher braking torque. In the case of very fast rotary movements the direct current is raised to the nominal current of the motor.
- The asynchronous motor does not produce any torque with the direct current magnetisation in the stopped condition. However with a rising rotary speed—up to about 6% of the nominal rotary speed—the torque produced rises linearly, symmetrically in both directions of rotation.
- It is also appropriate for the individual motors of the azimuthal drives to be coupled by means of a current transformer. Simple counter-coupling of the asynchronous motors stabilises the individual drives in that respect.
- If therefore—as described—azimuthal adjustment is not to be effected by means of active supply of three-phase current to the asynchronous motors, the direct current of the asynchronous azimuthal drives is set to zero or is made so low that controlled adjustment of the azimuth can still be effected by means of rotor blade angle adjustment. In order for example to maintain a low braking counter-moment, it may also be advantageous to limit the direct current of the asynchronous motors to a value of between 1% and 10% of the nominal current so that a motor braking moment is also afforded, over and above the braking action of the plain bearings, and that braking moment makes it possible for the azimuthal change to be effected in the desired manner and without excessive swing deflection.
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1. A wind power installation comprising a pylon and a rotor arranged on the pylon and having at least one individually adjustable rotor blade, comprising a device for detecting the wind direction and a device for detecting the azimuthal position.
characterised by a control of rotor blade adjustment in dependence on a deviation between the ascertained wind direction and the detected azimuthal position.
2. A wind power installation according to claim 1 characterised by a platform (30) which floats on or in the water as a carrier for the wind power installation (8, 10, 12).
3. A wind power installation according to claim 2 characterised by a device for detecting the deflection of the platform (30) out of the horizontal.
4. A wind power installation according to claim 2 or claim 3 characterised by a device for detecting the deflection of the pylon (8) of the wind power installation (8, 10, 12) out of the vertical.
5. A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised by an azimuthal bearing in the form of a plain bearing.
6. A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised by a braking device for braking the azimuthal rotary movement.
7. A wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that there is provided an azimuthal drive for adjustment of the azimuthal position of the wind power installation and comprising at least two and preferably four asynchronous motors which during the azimuthal adjustment by control of the rotor blade adjustment are acted upon with no direct current or possibly a very low direct current or which are acted upon with a three-phase current to assist with the azimuthal adjusting movement.
8. A method of controlling the angle of incidence of a rotor blade of a wind power installation according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that a change in wind direction is ascertained from a difference between the wind direction and the azimuthal position and/or a deflection of the platform (30) out of the horizontal and/or a deflection of the pylon (8) out of the vertical and that the magnitude of the change in wind direction and the duration thereof are compared to predeterminable threshold values.
9. A method according to claim 8 characterised in that when a first threshold value in respect of the magnitude of the change in wind direction and a predetermined duration are exceeded at least one rotor blade in a predeterminable region of the rotor blade circle is adjusted.
10. A method according to claim 8 characterised in that when a second threshold value in respect of the magnitude of the change in wind direction is exceeded at least one rotor blade in a predeterminable region of the rotor blade circle is adjusted and the azimuthal drive is switched on.
11. A method according to claim 8 characterised in that when a third threshold value in respect of the magnitude of the change in wind direction is exceeded tracking adjustment is effected only with the azimuthal drive.
12. A method according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that to assist with the azimuthal adjustment by means of rotor blade adjustment the azimuthal drives are supplied with a corresponding current so that the azimuthal adjustment can be effected more quickly.
13. A method according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the motor azimuthal drive is operated during azimuthal adjustment by means of rotor blade adjustment in a braking mode, for example by virtue of the fact that the azimuthal drive is in the form of an asynchronous motor and during azimuthal adjustment by means of rotor blade adjustment is supplied with a direct current, for example a direct current of less than 10% of the nominal current.
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