Schwingungsdämpfung in Windkraftanlagen

摘要

Damping of oscillations of the second bending mode of a wind turbine is performed by means of one or more containers partly filled with a liquid for damping oscillations of the second natural bending frequency of the wind turbine. The damping means comprises a plurality of box shaped containers having a square cross section and being partly filled with liquid so as to provide a unidirectional damping with a logarithmic decrement of oscillations of the second natural bending frequency of the wind turbine of at least 4-8%. For off-shore wind turbines, the combined excitation of the wind and sea waves requires more damping, the damping is preferably equivalent to a logarithmic decrement of 10-15%. Furthermore, the invention relates to combined damping of oscillations of the first as well as the second bending mode of the wind turbine.