Patent ID: 6909198
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: F03D,F05B,G01W,G05B,Y02A,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for processing and predicting flow data of a flowing medium, in which from values of at least one flow parameter, which are successively measured on a continuous basis at one or various locations in the medium, said flow parameter being characteristic for the speed of the medium, a time series is formed and updated, which time series being subjected to a nonlinear deterministic prediction procedure on the basis of a locally constant phase space model for generating prediction values for the respective subsequent flow parameters, wherein a predetermined control signal is generated if the prediction values are characteristic for an impending change in the flow speed, wherein the flow data comprise wind data of an air stream close to the ground, or output data of a wind power generator, and the control signal is formed if the arrival of a wind gust or a change in the average wind speed is predicted.