Patent ID: 9644610
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: F03D,F05B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: measuring, using at least one sensor, a wind direction relative to a wind park including a plurality of wind turbines; adaptively selecting, using a relationship associating predetermined ones of the plurality of wind turbines with the measured wind direction, one or more of the plurality of wind turbines to serve as front line wind turbines, wherein the relationship is independent of at least one of a prediction or a detection of an extreme wind event; operating the front line wind turbines in a defensive mode as a precaution against an undetected extreme wind event while operating unselected ones of the plurality of wind turbines in a non-defensive mode, wherein operating the front line wind turbines in the defensive mode includes: upon detecting the extreme wind event, changing the operation of the unselected ones of the plurality of wind turbines.