Patents by Inventor Damien Castaignet

Damien Castaignet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11002250
    Abstract: A method of controlling a wind turbine is described. The method comprises calculating a current wear rate for each of the main bearing of a turbine rotor and the blade bearings of rotor blades mounted on the turbine rotor, and calculating a blade pitch adjustment of the rotor blades to achieved a desired ratio between main bearing wear and blade bearing wear in dependence on the calculated current wear rates of the main bearing and the blade bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Jacob Deleuran Grunnet, Damien Castaignet, Keld Hammerum, Kasper Zinck
  • Patent number: 10808682
    Abstract: There is presented a wind turbine system, wherein the wind turbine system is comprising a support structure, a plurality of wind turbine modules mounted to the support structure wherein each of the plurality of wind turbine modules comprises a rotor, and wherein the wind turbine system further comprises a control system, wherein the control is arranged to execute a wind turbine system transition from a first system operational state of the wind turbine system to a second system operational state of the wind turbine system, and wherein the wind turbine system transition is performed by executing a plurality of wind turbine module transitions from a first module operational state of a wind turbine module to a second module operational state of the wind turbine module wherein the plurality of wind turbine module transitions are distributed in time with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Erik Carl Lehnskov Miranda, Jacob Deleuran Grunnet, Damien Castaignet
  • Publication number: 20190048849
    Abstract: A method of controlling a wind turbine is described. The method comprises calculating a current wear rate for each of the main bearing of a turbine rotor and the blade bearings of rotor blades mounted on the turbine rotor, and calculating a blade pitch adjustment of the rotor blades to achieved a desired ratio between main bearing wear and blade bearing wear in dependence on the calculated current wear rates of the main bearing and the blade bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Jacob Deleuran GRUNNET, Damien CASTAIGNET, Keld HAMMERUM, Kasper ZINCK
  • Publication number: 20190003457
    Abstract: There is presented a wind turbine system, wherein the wind turbine system is comprising a support structure, a plurality of wind turbine modules mounted to the support structure wherein each of the plurality of wind turbine modules comprises a rotor, and wherein the wind turbine system further comprises a control system, wherein the control is arranged to execute a wind turbine system transition from a first system operational state of the wind turbine system to a second system operational state of the wind turbine system, and wherein the wind turbine system transition is performed by executing a plurality of wind turbine module transitions from a first module operational state of a wind turbine module to a second module operational state of the wind turbine module wherein the plurality of wind turbine module transitions are distributed in time with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Erik Carl Lehnskov MIRANDA, Jacob Deleuran GRUNNET, Damien CASTAIGNET
  • Patent number: 8827644
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade extending in a longitudinal direction from a root end to a tip end and defining an aerodynamic airfoil cross-section between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, the aerodynamic airfoil cross-section having an effective camber in the chordwise direction; the wind turbine blade comprising: blade body; first device for modifying the aerodynamic surface or shape of the blade, the position and/or movement of the first device relative to the blade body being controlled by a first actuation mechanism; second device for modifying the effective camber of the airfoil cross section; herein, in use, the first device modifies the aerodynamic surface or shape of the blade at a frequency up to a first maximum frequency and the second device modifies the effective camber of the airfoil cross section at a frequency up to a second maximum frequency, the second maximum frequency being higher than the first maximum frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Tim Behrens, Damien Castaignet, Carsten Hein Westergaard
  • Publication number: 20120068469
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade extending in a longitudinal direction from a root end to a tip end and defining an aerodynamic airfoil cross-section between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, the aerodynamic airfoil cross-section having an effective camber in the chordwise direction; the wind turbine blade comprising: blade body; first device for modifying the aerodynamic surface or shape of the blade, the position and/or movement of the first device relative to the blade body being controlled by a first actuation mechanism; second device for modifying the effective camber of the airfoil cross section; herein, in use, the first device modifies the aerodynamic surface or shape of the blade at a frequency up to a first maximum frequency and the second device modifies the effective camber of the airfoil cross section at a frequency up to a second maximum frequency, the second maximum frequency being higher than the first maximum frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Tim Behrens, Damien Castaignet, Carsten Hein Westergaard