Patent ID: 11965486
Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A method of controlling a wind park comprising one or more wind turbines, one or more airborne wind energy systems, and a computer system, each of the one or more wind turbines comprising a tower, at least one nacelle mounted on the tower, and a rotor coupled to the at least one nacelle and rotatable about a rotation axis for generating electrical energy for a power grid, each of the one or more airborne wind energy systems comprising an airborne unit, a base, and a cable connecting the airborne unit to the base, and the computer system controlling at least one of the one or more wind turbines and at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems based on a set of control parameters, the method comprising the steps of:
defining, for at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems, a first zone and a second zone such that a risk of a collision between a part of the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems and a part of the at least one of the one or more wind turbines is higher when the airborne unit of the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems is in the second zone than when the airborne unit of the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems is in the first zone,
operating the airborne unit of the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems in each of the first zone and the second zone,
determining a position of the airborne unit of the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems,
in response to the airborne unit being in the first zone, controlling the at least one of the one or more wind turbines and the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems based on a first set of control parameters to continue operating the airborne unit of the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems in the first zone while the rotor of the one or more wind turbines rotates, and
in response to the airborne unit being in the second zone, controlling the at least one of the one or more wind turbines and the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems based on a second set of control parameters that bring the position of the airborne unit of the at least one of the one or more airborne wind energy systems into the first zone.