Vestas

About: Vestas is a company organization based out in Aarhus, Denmark. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Turbine & Wind power. The organization has 1075 authors who have published 1519 publications receiving 23285 citations. The organization is also known as: Vestas Wind Systems & Vestas Wind Systems A/S.

Assembly and method of preparing an assembly

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing an assembly, comprising providing a first structure; providing a second structure; providing at least one flexible adhesive limiting member extending between said structures; and providing an adhesive between said structures to bind said structures to each other; wherein the adhesive is limited by the flexible adhesive limiting member such that a concave front line surface of the adhesive is defined. The invention also relates to such an assembly as well as to a wind turbine rotor blade, and to a wind turbine, comprising such an assembly.

Wind turbine comprising a multiplied redundancy control system and method of controlling a wind turbine

Abstract: A wind turbine (1) comprising equipment under control is presented, which comprises at least one control system (14, 14A, 14B) for one or more of said main components, (5, 7, 9) of the wind turbine. The control system (14A) is multiplied by at least one further control system (14B) for controlling the same of said equipment under control. A control arrangement, a method as well as uses hereof are also presented.

Control of wind turbines

Abstract: A wind turbine power plant comprises a plurality of wind turbines, each having a rated output and under the control of a power plant controller. The power plant also has a rated output which may be over-rated in response to one or more of electricity pricing data, power plant age and operator demand. The power plant controller can send over-rating demand signals to individual turbines. The controllers at the turbines include a fatigue life usage estimator which estimates a measure of the fatigue life consumed by key components of the turbine. If this measure exceeds a target value for any component, over-rating is prevented at that turbine.

Wind turbine blade

Abstract: A wind turbine comprising a wind turbine blade with high lift and/or low solidity is provided. The blade is directed towards pitch regulated wind turbines, which are operated at variable rotor speed and have blades longer than about 30 meters. The blade is for example advantageous in that it may provide reduced extreme and fatigue loads at the same or near the same power production.

A wind turbine pitch bearing, and use hereof

Abstract: The invention relates to a wind turbine (1) comprising at least two pitch controlled wind turbine blades (5). Each blade (5) comprise pitch bearings (9) including two or more bearing rings (24, 25, 26), and pitch controlling means for pitching the blades (5) by means of the bearings (9). The blades (5) are mounted on a hub (7) via the pitch bearings (9) and the pitch bearings (9) comprise separate flexibility enhancing means (10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 28) for controlling loads in the bearings (9). The invention further relates to a use hereof.