Patent ID: 8495911
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: F03D,F05B,G06Q,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a position for at least one wind turbine within a confined geographical target region, the method comprising: defining a plurality of geographical locations within the target region; determining a plurality of wind flow characteristics in each of said geographical locations, said flow characteristics including at least a wind velocity and a turbulence intensity; applying a function, which defines a relationship between a maintenance parameter of the at least one wind turbine and at least said flow characteristics, to each of the geographical locations within the target region to compute, using one or more computer processors, a value of the at least one maintenance parameter at each of the geographical locations within the target region, wherein the maintenance parameter is associated with at least one of a cost, a risk and an activity for maintaining one or more components of the wind turbine; and selecting one of the geographical locations as the position for the at least one wind turbine on the basis of the computed maintenance parameter values.