methods for autonomous yaw control and for operating a wind turbine and distributed control system

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for the autonomous yaw control of a wind turbine. The method includes measuring, through a wind sensor, one or more wind conditions near the wind turbine. Another step includes receiving, through a distributed input / output (I / O) module, one or more wind conditions from the wind sensor. The method also includes determining, through the distributed I / O module, a control signal for a wind turbine yaw drive mechanism as a function of one or more wind conditions. furthermore, the yaw drive mechanism is configured to modify an orientation of a wind turbine nacelle. Thus, the method also includes controlling, through the distributed I / O module, the yaw drive mechanism based on the control signal.