Turbine Blade Phase Coordination for Higher Cluster Power Output
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Solution Overview
Problem
Coordinating the operations of clusters of fluid turbines to enhance energy production efficiency and ensure safe and reliable green energy supply is challenging due to physical constraints and the need for coordinated maintenance, repairs, and safety checks.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that uses a combination of hardware and software to access memory storing tolerance thresholds, receive sensor data, compare operating parameters, and send braking signals or adjust loading states to synchronize and coordinate the operations of geographically-associated fluid turbines, including coordinated braking, MPPT operations, and phase correction to optimize energy output.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If clusters of fluid turbines are constructed to aggregate energy production, then green energy production capacity is improved, but operational coordination complexity and maintenance difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the operations of multiple geographically-associated fluid turbines into a coordinated cluster system. By combining individual turbine operations under a unified control framework that monitors and adjusts parameters across the cluster, the system achieves aggregated energy production while managing coordination complexity through integrated control rather than isolated operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system performs multiple functions simultaneously: it monitors operating parameters, coordinates braking operations, manages maintenance scheduling, and optimizes energy production across the turbine cluster. This multi-functional approach consolidates various coordination tasks into a single system, reducing overall operational complexity while maintaining productivity benefits.
2Productivity
If fluid turbines operate at maximum capacity to increase energy output, then productivity is improved, but risk of operating outside safe parameters and causing damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where operating parameters of each turbine are continuously monitored and compared against predefined tolerance thresholds. When parameters approach unsafe levels, the system automatically adjusts operations to bring them back within safe ranges, enabling the turbines to operate near maximum capacity while maintaining reliability through real-time parameter control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes predefined tolerance thresholds for operating parameters before operation begins. By setting these safety boundaries in advance and programming automatic responses to threshold violations, the system prepares preventive measures beforehand, allowing turbines to operate at high capacity without risking unsafe conditions.
3Reliability
If coordinated braking is implemented across the turbine cluster to ensure safety, then reliability is improved, but operational response time and control complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The coordinated braking system uses pre-established tolerance thresholds and automated decision rules that are configured before operation. When unsafe conditions are detected, the system immediately executes predetermined braking protocols without requiring complex real-time calculations or human intervention, thus maintaining safety while minimizing response time.
Solution Approach 2:
The braking control system dynamically adjusts its response based on the severity and nature of parameter deviations. Rather than applying fixed braking protocols in all cases, the system modulates braking intensity and timing according to real-time conditions, optimizing both safety outcomes and response efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for synchronizing a plurality of geographically-associated fluid turbines. Synchronizing a plurality of geographically-associated fluid turbines includes receiving first signals indicative of a phase of a rotational cycle of first rotating blades of a first turbine configured to generate a downstream fluid flow; receiving second signals indicative of a phase of a rotational cycle of second rotating blades of a second turbine configured to receive at least a portion of the downstream fluid flow and generate a differential power output; determining from the first and second signals that greater aggregate power output is achievable through blade phase coordination; determining a phase correction between the first and second rotating blades based on the first and second signals to achieve the greater aggregate power output; calculating coordinating signals based on the phase correction; and outputting the coordinating signals to impose the phase correction.