A wind turbine system, comprising a tower, a plurality of blades, a rotor supported by the tower and rotatably coupled to the plurality of blades, a pitch control device for regulating pitch angles of the plurality of blades, a torque control device for regulating torque of the rotor, a processing subsystem programmed to slow down the wind turbine system by using the torque control device alone to slow down the rotor when the torque control device is fully capable of slowing down the rotor, and using both the torque control device and the pitch control device to slow down the rotor when the torque control device alone is not fully capable of slowing down the rotor.

The present disclosure relates to a method (100) for controlling a wind turbine (10) having a plurality of actuators (364). The method (100) comprises receiving operational data (366) of the wind turbine (10) and determining an operational state of the wind turbine (10). The method (100) comprises using a control model (370) to predict potential operational states depending on operation of the actuators (364) over a finite period of time. The control model (370) comprises an aeroelastic model (371) to determine loads (375) based on operational data (366). The control model (370) further comprises a strength calculation module (372) to calculate secondary load parameters (374) from the loads (375), constraints being defined for the secondary load parameters. The method (100) comprises optimizing a cost function over an optimization period of time, subject to the constraints, to determine an optimum trajectory comprising commands for the actuators (364). Finally, the method (100) comprises using the first commands of the optimum trajectory to control the actuators (364). The disclosure also relates to a controller (360) for a wind turbine (10) configured to implement such method (100).

A system includes a wind turbine a wind and a first control device for controlling the wind turbine. The first control device is configured to acquire a yaw misalignment of the wind turbine, which yaw misalignment is a difference between the actual yaw angle and a wind direction at the wind turbine; and to determine at least one of a target pitch angle of the blade and a target torque of the generator based on the yaw misalignment to optimize a power output from the wind turbine. Further, a wind farm includes the system and a method of controlling a wind turbine.

A method for control of a wind power installation which is connected to an electrical supply network and which has a rotor with rotor blades which are adjustable in terms of their blade angle, is able to be operated at a variable speed and is prepared for generating an installation power from wind, wherein a blade angle control is provided for adjusting the blade angles, a closed-loop speed control is provided for closed-loop control of the speed, a closed-loop power control is provided for limiting the installation power, and the wind power installation is able to be operated at an operating point which can be specified, wherein the operating point is characterized at least by the speed and the installation power comprises operating the wind power installation at a first operating point with a first blade angle, checking for a curtailment request, where a reduction in the speed and/or installation power is requested, and if there is a curtailment request, determining a new operating point as the target operating point depending on the curtailment request, wherein the target operating point is characterized by a target speed and a target installation power, and determining a setpoint blade angle as the target blade angle for the target operating point, wherein in order to change the blade angle to the target blade angle, a feedforward control blade angle, or a feedforward adjustment rate describing an adjustment rate of the blade angle, is specified via a feedforward control blade angle control process, wherein the feedforward control blade angle control process gives the feedforward control blade angle or the feedforward control adjustment rate directly to the blade angle control for implementation.

Techniques are provided for control of a wind turbine where a torque limit is set based on a control signal. A current torque value of a rotor of the wind turbine is determined and compared to an upper torque limit value and the control signal is modified if the current torque value is larger than the upper torque limit value. The upper torque limit value is based on a lower envelope signal which tracks the current torque value if the current torque value is lower than or equal to the previous lower envelope value and is set as a rising signal if the current torque value is higher than the previous lower envelope value. The upper torque limit is set to be a first amount higher than the lower envelope signal.

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 method for controlling a wind turbine having a plurality of actuators includes receiving operational data of the wind turbine and determining an operational state thereof. The method also includes using a control model to predict potential operational states depending on operation of the actuators over a finite period of time. The control model includes an aeroelastic model to determine loads based on the operational data. The control model further includes a strength calculation module to calculate secondary load parameters from the loads, constraints being defined for the secondary load parameters. The method further includes optimizing a cost function over an optimization period of time, subject to the constraints, to determine an optimum trajectory comprising commands for the actuators. The method further includes using the first commands of the optimum trajectory to control the actuators.

A method and device for controlling a wind turbine and a storage medium. The method includes obtaining a mapping of the wind turbine; determining a starting power for starting an advance pitch control based on the mapping of the wind turbine; in response to a rotation speed of the wind turbine reaching a first rated rotation speed and a power of the wind turbine reaching the starting power, increasing a motor torque and increasing a pitch angle to make the hub thrust of the turbine change by following the limit boundary of hub thrust; and increasing the pitch angle to maintain the rotation speed of the wind turbine at the first rated rotation speed until a target wind speed is reached, in response to the power of the wind turbine being increased to the exceeded power.

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 to reduce the torsional movement of the at least one rotor blade.