Wind turbine having sensor elements mounted on rotor blades

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2005-09-06

2005-09-06

Schuberg, Darren (Department: 2834)

Prime-mover dynamo plants

Electric control

Fluid-current motors

C290S055000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06940186

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a wind power plant with a tower, a rotor having at least one rotor blade being substantially radially distant with respect to a rotor axis and being rotatably supported with respect to a substantially horizontal rotation axis in a portion at the top of said tower, preferably at machine nacelle rotatably supported on a rotation axis extending substantially along the gravitational direction, a sensor means associated to said rotor for generating sensor signals depending on the mechanical load of the rotor, and an analysis means, especially a data processing means, wherein at least two, preferably pair-wise mounted, sensor elements are associated to at least one, preferably to each, rotor blade of the rotor and the evaluation means is designed for determining evaluation signals representing the mechanical loads of at least one rotor blade on the basis of the sensor signals generated by the sensor elements associated to this rotor blade.

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