Method of operating a wind power installation and a wind power installation

• US 7,180,202 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2006
• Issued: 02/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aloys Wobben
• Original Assignee: Aloys Wobben
• Inventors: Wobben, Aloys
• Primary Examiner(s): Ponomarenko; Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US11/327,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20060152010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 290/44, 290/55, 322/20, 322/25, 322/57, 322/28, 322/29, 322/37
• US Class Current: 290/44
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 7/0284 in relation to the state of the electric grid
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 7/042 by means of an electrical or electronic controller
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 7/043 characterised by the type of control logic
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 9/255 connected to electrical distribution networks; Arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2270/1033 Power (if explicitly mentioned)
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2270/20 to optimise the performance of a machine
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2270/337 Electrical grid status parameters, e.g. voltage, frequency or power demand
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/28 The renewable source being wind energy
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 2101/15 for wind-driven turbines
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 9/107 for limiting effects of overloads
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 9/305 controlling voltage H02P9/302 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/72 Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/76 Power conversion electric or electronic aspects

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method of operating a wind power installation comprising an electric generator drivable by a rotor for outputting electrical power to an electrical consumer, in particular an electrical network.

The invention further concerns a wind power installation comprising a rotor and an electric generator coupled to the rotor for outputting electric power to an electrical consumer, in particular an electrical network.

The object of the present invention is to provide a method of operating a wind power installation, and a wind power installation, which avoid the disadvantages of the state of the art and in particular avoid voltage over-fluctuations at the consumer, in particular an electrical network, and unwanted shut-down of the wind power installation.

In a method of the kind set forth in the opening part of this specification, that object is attained by the invention in that the power delivered to the network by the wind power generator is regulated in dependence on the applied network voltage of the power supply network.

Claims

1. A method of operating a wind power installation comprising an electric generator drivable by a rotor for supplying electrical power to an electrical network (6), in particular is connected consumers (8),

characterized in that the power supplied to the network (6) by the generator is regulated in dependence on an electrical voltage applied to the network (6) and that the power fed to the network is equal to zero when the value of the voltage is not between U_min and U_max.

2. A method of operating a wind power installation according to claim 1 wherein if no power is delivered to the network, the wind power installation continues to be operated without delivering power to the network so that power delivery can be effected as soon as the main voltage has again assumed a value between U_min and U_max.

3. A wind power installation for delivering electrical power to an electrical network, comprising:

an electrical generator coupled to said rotor and adapted to supply electrical power at a supplied power level to the electrical network; and

a regulating device having a voltage sensor for sensing a network voltage associated with the electrical network, said regulating device being coupled to said electrical generator to control said power level supplied to the electrical network in dependence on the network voltage applied to the electrical network, wherein said regulating device is adapted to reduce the supplied power level to zero when the value of the voltage is not between U_min and U_max.