Patents by Inventor Morten Bro

Morten Bro 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: 12135012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor control system for actuating pitch of pitch adjustable rotor blades of a wind turbine in order to reduce edgewise blade vibrations. The system comprises a pitch actuation unit being arranged to receive an edgewise load signal and apply m-blade coordinate transformations, such as the Coleman transformations, to the edgewise load signal. Based on a selected signal component at either a backward whirling frequency or a forward whirling frequency, a modified modification signal is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Sandberg Thomsen, Morten Bro, Ian Couchman
  • Patent number: 12049867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor control system for actuating pitch of pitch adjustable rotor blades of a wind turbine in order to reduce edgewise blade vibrations. The system comprises a pitch actuation unit being arranged to receive a torsional vibration signal and apply a filter to the torsional vibration signal to couple the torsional vibration signal to an edgewise vibration of the rotor blades. An m-blade coordinate transformation, such as the Coleman transformation, is applied to the filtered torsional vibrational signal to obtain pitch modification signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Sandberg Thomsen, Ian Couchman, Morten Bro
  • Publication number: 20220220937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor control system for actuating pitch of pitch adjustable rotor blades of a wind turbine in order to reduce edgewise blade vibrations. The system comprises a pitch actuation unit being arranged to receive a torsional vibration signal and apply a filter to the torsional vibration signal to couple the torsional vibration signal to an edgewise vibration of the rotor blades. An m-blade coordinate transformation, such as the Coleman transformation, is applied to the filtered torsional vibrational signal to obtain pitch modification signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jesper Sandberg THOMSEN, Ian COUCHMAN, Morten BRO
  • Publication number: 20220220936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor control system for actuating pitch of pitch adjustable rotor blades of a wind turbine in order to reduce edgewise blade vibrations. The system comprises a pitch actuation unit being arranged to receive an edgewise load signal and apply m-blade coordinate transformations, such as the Coleman transformations, to the edgewise load signal. Based on a selected signal component at either a backward whirling frequency or a forward whirling frequency, a modified modification signal is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jesper Sandberg THOMSEN, Morten Bro, Ian COUCHMAN
  • Patent number: 11111901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for optimal yaw control of a wind turbine, comprising a tower carrying a rotatable nacelle rotated by a yaw motor, which nacelle comprises at least one generator connected by a shaft to a rotor, comprising one or more wings, which nacelle further comprises means for detecting wind direction and wind velocity, which system performs measurement and storing data related to power production, wind velocity and wind direction. The object of this invention is to optimize the yaw position of a nacelle to the wind direction. The object can be fulfilled by power production measured in a positive direction to actual yaw position is accumulated in a first storages related to measured wind direction and that power production measured in a negative direction to actual yaw position is accumulated in a second storages related to measured wind direction. By this system the power production of the wind turbine is optimized by self-calibrating yaw control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mita-Teknik A/S
    Inventors: Martin Brorsen, Lars Risager, Morten Bro
  • Publication number: 20190107100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for optimal yaw control of a wind turbine, comprising a tower carrying a rotatable nacelle rotated by a yaw motor, which nacelle comprises at least one generator connected by a shaft to a rotor, comprising one or more wings, which nacelle further comprises means for detecting wind direction and wind velocity, which system performs measurement and storing data related to power production, wind velocity and wind direction. The object of this invention is to optimize the yaw position of a nacelle to the wind direction. The object can be fulfilled by power production measured in a positive direction to actual yaw position is accumulated in a first storages related to measured wind direction and that power production measured in a negative direction to actual yaw position is accumulated in a second storages related to measured wind direction. By this system the power production of the wind turbine is optimized by self-calibrating yaw control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Brorsen, Lars Risager, Morten Bro