US 12,006,915 B2
Method for improving reporting of operational data of a wind turbine
Bo Lovmand, Hadsten (DK)
Assigned to SCADA INTERNATIONAL A/S, Silkeborg (DK)
Filed by SCADA INTERNATIONAL A/S, Silkeborg (DK)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/479,413.
Application 18/479,413 is a continuation of application No. 17/012,584, filed on Sep. 4, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/012,584 is a continuation of application No. PCT/DK2019/050280, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2018 00634 (DK), filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026858 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC F03D 7/0264 (2013.01) [F03D 7/042 (2013.01); F03D 9/255 (2017.02); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F03D 80/70 (2016.05); G05B 23/02 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2013.01); F05B 2260/80 (2013.01); F05B 2260/98 (2013.01); F05B 2270/107 (2013.01); F05B 2270/303 (2013.01); F05B 2270/32 (2013.01); F05B 2270/325 (2013.01); F05B 2270/329 (2013.01); F05B 2270/337 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process comprising the steps of:
generating one or more specific operating parameter values of a wind turbine during operation thereof with one or more sensors (S1, S2, S3, . . . SN);
transmitting said one or more specific operating parameter values to a control system (CS);
registering a critical event in said control system (CS when one or more specific operating parameter values corresponds to one or more predetermined criteria for shutting down the wind turbine;
setting a specific alarm by said control system (CS) a point in time at which a critical event is registered, wherein said specific alarm is reset by said CS at a point in time at which the registration of the presence of said critical event ceases;
wherein each specific alarm is associated with a corresponding alarm ID, wherein said alarms IDs are grouped into different sectors (SEC 1, SEC 2), each sector corresponding to a specific part of the wind turbine or its installation or operation;
wherein information from said control system (CS) relating to settings and resetting of one or more alarms corresponding to an individual alarm ID is transmitted to a monitoring system configured to log and store such information;
said process further comprising the steps of:
i) registering a time stamp (ST(1), ST(2), ST(3), . . . ST(M)) via a monitoring system (MS) in response to each setting of an alarm ID and registering a time stamp (RST(1), RST(2), . . . RST(3), RST(M)) in response to each resetting of said alarm ID;
ii) counting the amount of time in the control system (CS) during which an alarm ID corresponding to a specific sector is not set, and transferring information relating to such counting to said monitoring system (MS);
iii) registering that the wind turbine is not operating properly in a sector over a particular period of time when the monitoring system detects that counting of an alarm ID in step ii) has stopped.