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Wind turbine farm and method of controlling at least one wind turbine

US8035242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28References

20Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Bernard Landa · Pittsfield, US
Carlos Eduardo Latorre · Greer, US
Thomas Frank Fric · Greer, US
Thomas Omar Converse · Lanesborough, US
Thomas Ernst Dinjus · Greer, US
Michael Gregory Brown · Berkeley Heights, US
Gert Torbohm · Rheine, DE
Nadine Schuell · Laurens, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 9, 2010
Grant date	Oct 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 9, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of controlling a wind turbine that includes at least one rotor shaft and at least one blade operatively coupled to the rotor shaft includes measuring a first wind turbine operational condition that is representative of a blade deflection value and generating a first operational condition signal based on that first wind turbine operational condition. The wind turbine also includes a drive train including at least one rotor shaft and an electric generator. The method also includes measuring at least one second wind turbine operational condition and generating at least one second operational condition signal. The method further includes changing the blade deflection value by changing the second operational condition.

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