Articles | Volume 3, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-791-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-791-2018
Research article
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25 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 25 Oct 2018

Automatic detection and correction of pitch misalignment in wind turbine rotors

Marta Bertelè, Carlo L. Bottasso, and Stefano Cacciola

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AR by Carlo L. Bottasso on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2018)  Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Sep 2018) by Joachim Peinke
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 Oct 2018) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)
AR by Carlo L. Bottasso on behalf of the Authors (10 Oct 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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This work presents a new fully automated method to correct for pitch misalignment imbalances of wind turbine rotors. The method has minimal requirements, as it only assumes the availability of a sensor of sufficient accuracy and bandwidth to detect the 1P harmonic to the desired precision and the ability to command the pitch setting of each blade independently from the others. Extensive numerical simulations are used to demonstrate the new procedure.
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