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Method for ascertaining a wind direction at a wind power installation, system for ascertaining a wind direction, and a wind power installation

US11603823B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Wobben Properties GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Martens · Folsom, US
Gerke Funcke · Oldenburg, DE
Matthias Arnold · Zolling, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 2021
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for ascertaining a wind direction at a wind power installation having a rotor on which at least one rotor blade is arranged. The method includes measuring first wind speeds in a predefined first measuring direction and second wind speeds in a predefined second measuring direction different from the first measuring direction in each case with a measuring frequency at a measuring point for a measuring period, wherein the measuring period is defined by a rotational distance of the rotor or by a prespecified time, wherein the rotor blade or one of the rotor blades passes the measuring point in the measuring period, and determining a wind direction by vectorial evaluation of the first wind speeds and of the second wind speeds.

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