A method for decoupling a mechanical drivetrain resonance mode of an inverter-based resource from the external electrical system includes receiving one or more voltage feedback signals at a node between the inverter-based resource and the external electrical system. The method also includes filtering the one or more voltage feedback signals to extract changes in a voltage at a frequency associated with the drivetrain resonance mode. Further, the method includes determining at least one current command or power command based on the filtered one or more voltage feedback signals. Moreover, the method includes controlling the power converter according to the at least one current command and controlling the energy buffer according to the power command so as to reduce or eliminate the changes in the voltage at the frequency associated with the drivetrain resonance mode.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind power installation, wherein the wind power installation has a tower, a generator and a rotor with rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted, an operating point is characterized by an installation power and a rotor speed, to change or maintain the operating point, at least one actuator is controlled in each case via a control variable, and controlling the actuator affects a vibration excitation of at least one component vibration of a vibratory component of the wind power installation, comprising the steps of: determining a preliminary control signal for the control variable, changing the preliminary control signal into a modified control signal in order to reduce the vibration excitation, wherein the preliminary control signal is changed into the modified control signal in such a way that at least one frequency component from the preliminary control signal with a frequency range around a natural frequency of the vibratory component is reduced, and/or at least one frequency component from a resulting excitation signal, which is expected from the preliminary control signal and excites the component vibration, with a frequency range around the natural frequency of the vibratory component is reduced, and controlling the actuator on the basis of the modified control signal.

The present disclosure is directed to a method for optimizing power production of a wind turbine. The method includes determining at least one operational constraint for the wind turbine. The method also includes operating the wind turbine with at least one operational constraint being activated. Further, the method includes varying a tip speed ratio for the wind turbine while the at least one operational constraint is activated so as to maximize a power coefficient of the wind turbine.

A method for reducing loads acting on a wind turbine includes determining, via a processor, at least one loading condition of the wind turbine resulting from a wind shear condition below a design threshold, determining, via the processor, a rotor speed setpoint of the wind turbine to cause an increase in thrust when the at least one loading condition exceeds a loading threshold; operating the wind turbine based on the rotor speed, and operating a rotor imbalance control module of the wind turbine to at least partially compensate for the at least one loading condition of the wind turbine resulting from the wind shear condition below the design threshold.

A wind turbine generator system and a rotation speed avoidance control method therefor. The method comprises: according to statistical information of the rotation speed of a generator being in a rotation speed avoidance interval, identifying whether a wind turbine generator system repeatedly falls within the rotation speed avoidance interval; and when it is determined that the wind turbine generator system repeatedly falls within the rotation speed avoidance interval, adjusting a rotation speed avoidance control parameter of the wind turbine generator system according to the statistical information of the rotation speed being in the rotation speed avoidance interval. Correspondingly, further provided is a rotation speed avoidance control apparatus for a wind turbine generator system.

A system and method are provided for reducing vibrations and loads in one or more rotor blades on a rotor hub of a wind turbine when the rotor hub is in a locked or idling condition. An electronically tunable spring mass damper is attached to a fixed location on one or more of the rotor blades. The spring mass damper is maintained on the rotor blades during the locked or idling condition of the rotor hub. The method includes sensing movement of the mass component resulting from the vibrations induced in the blade. Based on the sensed movement of the mass component, the spring mass damper is automatically tuned to the amplitude of the vibrations by operating the electric machine as a generator in a virtual damper mode and/or tuned to the frequency of the vibrations by operating the electrical machine as a motor-generator in a virtual spring mode.

According to an embodiment, the method is for operating a wind turbine having a rotor with at least one rotor blade and a setting system which is configured to change the operation of the wind turbine. The method includes a step in which first trigger information is provided, wherein the first trigger information is representative of whether the torsional movement of at least one rotor blade exceeds a threshold. If this is the case, a first output signal is generated which is configured to cause the setting system to change the operation of the wind turbine in order to reduce the torsional movement of the at least one rotor blade.

A control method, apparatus and system for anti-vortex induced vibration of a wind turbine are provided. With the method, it is determined whether the wind turbine enters an anti-vortex induced vibration mode; an anti-vortex induced vibration function and triggering a window period is enabled in response to the wind turbine entering the anti-vortex induced vibration mode; and a blade of the wind turbine is adjusted to a preset anti-vortex induced vibration position in the window period, where the window period indicates a minimum time to complete the anti-vortex induced vibration function.

The present disclosure relates to wind turbines comprising a rotor 18 including one or more blades 20, a control module 110 configured to operate the wind turbine according to a first operational setpoint, determine an adjusted setpoint for the wind turbine at least partially based on vibrations in blades and transition to the adjusted setpoint. Further, the control module 110 is also configured to determine remaining vibrations in blades and determine a new setpoint for the wind turbine based on the remaining vibrations. The present disclosure further relates to methods for operating a wind turbine.

The present invention relates to control of a wind turbine to reduce structural loading due to vibrations of the blades along the edgewise direction. A rotor control system for actuating pitch of pitch-adjustable rotor blades of a wind turbine is disclosed. Pitch modification signals are determined based on edgewise load signals for each of the rotor blades. The edgewise load signal are coordinated transformed and input into a primary whirling controller unit to provide whirling signal components which can be used for determining the pitch modification signals.