Patents by Inventor Fabio SPAGNOLO

Fabio SPAGNOLO 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: 12044212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to controlling a wind turbine with an updated power coefficient. The updated power coefficient being adjusted by a degradation function which is determined in an iterative adjustment process. The wind turbine is controlled in partial load operation mode based on a tip-speed ratio (TSR) tracking scheme based on an estimated wind speed. The iterative adjustment process comprises operating the wind turbine to obtain a measurement set. The degradation function that represents the values of the measurement set is calculated and assigned to the mean operating TSR of the measurement set. The iterative process is continued until a difference between the selected TSR and the mean operating TSR is below a preset difference. A continuous degradation function for a range of the mean operating TSR value(s) is thereby obtained to determine an updated power coefficient to be used as the operating power coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Fabio Spagnolo, Sebastiaan Mulders, Jan-Willem Van Wingerden
  • Patent number: 12031522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to controlling a wind turbine with a scaled power coefficient where the scaled power coefficient is determined in an adjustment process. In particular is disclosed control of a wind turbine in a partial load operation mode based on a tip-speed ratio (TSR) tracking scheme which based on an estimated wind speed determines a power setpoint. The disclosed adjustment process comprises setting a scaled power coefficient as a predetermined power coefficient multiplied by a scaling factor; adding a time-varying perturbation signal to the power setpoint; determining a transfer function from the perturbation signal to a power error; evaluate the frequency response of the transfer function over a time period to determine the scaling factor which minimizes the gain of the transfer function; and setting the operating power coefficient as the scaled power coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Sebastiaan Mulders, Fabio Spagnolo, Jesper Sandberg Thomsen, Julio Xavier Vianna Neto, Jan-Willem Van Wingerden, Livia Brandetti
  • Publication number: 20240209834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to controlling a wind turbine with an updated power coefficient. The updated power coefficient being adjusted by a degradation function which is determined in an iterative adjustment process. The wind turbine is controlled in partial load operation mode based on a tip-speed ratio (TSR) tracking scheme based on an estimated wind speed. The iterative adjustment process comprises operating the wind turbine to obtain a measurement set. The degradation function that represents the values of the measurement set is calculated and assigned to the mean operating TSR of the measurement set. The iterative process is continued until a difference between the selected TSR and the mean operating TSR is below a preset difference. A continuous degradation function for a range of the mean operating TSR value(s) is thereby obtained to determine an updated power coefficient to be used as the operating power coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Fabio SPAGNOLO, Sebastiaan MULDERS, Jan-Willem VAN WINGERDEN
  • Publication number: 20240159216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to controlling a wind turbine with a scaled power coefficient where the scaled power coefficient is determined in an adjustment process. In particular is disclosed control of a wind turbine in a partial load operation mode based on a tip-speed ratio (TSR) tracking scheme which based on an estimated wind speed determines a power setpoint. The disclosed adjustment process comprises setting a scaled power coefficient as a predetermined power coefficient multiplied by a scaling factor; adding a time-varying perturbation signal to the power setpoint; determining a transfer function from the perturbation signal to a power error; evaluate the frequency response of the transfer function over a time period to determine the scaling factor which minimizes the gain of the transfer function; and setting the operating power coefficient as the scaled power coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastiaan MULDERS, Fabio SPAGNOLO, Jesper Sandberg THOMSEN, Julio Xavier Vianna NETO, Jan-Willem VAN WINGERDEN, Livia BRANDETTI
  • Patent number: 11815067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine during start up, from a non-producing operation mode to a power producing operation mode when limit cycles occur during start-up. Limit cycles are detected when a number of cut-in transitions or a number of cut-out transitions are detected. A cut-in transition is when the wind turbine fails starting up despite having the wind speed or rotor speed normally required to enter a power producing operation mode. A cut-out transition is occurring when the wind turbine is falling out of power producing operation mode after having entered the power producing operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Fabio Spagnolo, Julio Xavier Vianna Neto, Karthik Vasudevan, Naga Srinivas Kamarajugadda, Fabio Caponetti
  • Publication number: 20220403819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine during start up, from a non-producing operation mode to a power producing operation mode when limit cycles occur during start-up. Limit cycles are detected when a number of cut-in transitions or a number of cut-out transitions are detected. A cut-in transition is when the wind turbine fails starting up despite having the wind speed or rotor speed normally required to enter a power producing operation mode. A cut-out transition is occurring when the wind turbine is falling out of power producing operation mode after having entered the power producing operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Fabio SPAGNOLO, Julio Xavier Vianna NETO, Karthik VASUDEVAN, Naga Srinivas KAMARAJUGADDA, Fabio CAPONETTI