Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110193344 | Control Network for Wind Turbine Park - A wind park comprising a plurality of wind turbines that are coupled to each other via a control network. Control data, for example, data derived from sensors may be exchanged between the wind turbines via the control network, thereby allowing the wind turbines of the wind park to adjust operational parameters based on data received from other wind turbines of the wind park. | 08-11-2011 |
20120003089 | CLEANING AND INSPECTING APPARATUS FOR WIND TURBINE AND RELATED METHODS - A maintenance apparatus is provided for use with a wind turbine that has a tower, a hub supported by the tower, and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from the hub. The maintenance apparatus has a mounting element that is configured to be secured to the tower and to be selectively movable along the length thereof. A robotic arm is coupled to the mounting element, and a blade-engaging device is coupled to the robotic arm and is configured to engage one of the blades to effect a maintenance task thereon. | 01-05-2012 |
20120029843 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SENSOR DATA COLLECTION IN A WIND TURBINE - Method, system, and computer program product for collecting sensor readings from a component of a wind turbine. The system includes a data collection system coupled in communication with a sensor. The data collection unit includes a processor configured to direct the sensor readings from the sensor to a buffer for temporary storage and to identify a triggering event by comparing the sensor readings received from the sensor with a reference value. In response to the identification of the triggering event, the sensor readings are transferred from the buffer to the mass storage device and stored in a non-volatile form by the mass storage device. | 02-02-2012 |
20130103202 | CONTROL OF WIND TURBINES IN A WIND PARK - A wind park comprises a plurality of wind turbines with a least one wind turbine downstream of at least one upstream turbine. The downstream turbine includes a Lidar or other device for sensing characteristics of the wake produced by the upstream turbine and for providing an output to a turbine or wind park controller indicative of the measured wake. The controller controls parameters of the downstream turbine an possibly adjacent turbines in accordance with the wake indicative signals. The control may include overrating the downstream turbine if the wake indicative signal indicates that there is a low risk of fatigue damage to components of the downstream turbine. | 04-25-2013 |
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20140058712 | PLAN MODELING - A plan model is identified that is adapted to model business outcomes for a particular domain, the plan model including a respective scope model defining the particular domain. A value can be identified of an input driver or outcome measure of the plan model. A scenario can be generated from the plan model for the particular domain based on the identified value. In some instances, business outcomes of plan models are expressed as one or more respective outcome measures. Each plan model can further include one or more input drivers representing variables influencing the one or more outcome measures, a respective scope model defining the domain of the plan model, and a sensitivity model corresponding to the domain and defining one or more dependencies between the input drivers and outcome measures. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058798 | DISTRIBUTED AND SYNCHRONIZED NETWORK OF PLAN MODELS - A focus plan model is identified in a network of plan models including two or more plan models, each plan model in the network of plan models representing outcomes for a respective domain, the outcomes for each domain influenced by a respective set of input drivers of the corresponding plan model. One or more linked plan models are identified in the network of plan models that are linked to the focus plan model, link expressions defining links between the plan models. One or more values of the focus plan model are identified, the one or more values including a value of at least one of a set including the input drivers of the focus plan model and outcome measures of the focus plan model. A scenario is generated based on the identified value using both the focus plan model and the one or more linked plan models. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058799 | SCENARIO PLANNING GUIDANCE - One or more plan models are identified, each of the plan models representing a business outcome of a corresponding domain and including a respective set of input drivers and a respective set of outcome measures, where values of the outcome measures are influenced by values of the input drivers. One or more particular values are received in connection with a scenario based on the plan models and one or more guidance rules, defined through the plan models, are applied to values of the scenario. In some instances, each plan model includes a respective input drivers model defining input drivers of the plan model, a respective outcome measures model defining outcome measures of the plan model, and one or more guidance rules defining constraints on values of input drivers and/or outcome measures of the plan model. | 02-27-2014 |