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Method and system for validating wind turbine

US8360722B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

17Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Till Hoffmann · Salzbergen, DE
Gert Torbohm · Rheine, DE
Jignesh Gandhi · Duluth, US
Robert Peter Slack · Seattle, US
Kirk Gee Pierce · Simpsonville, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 28, 2010
Grant date	Jan 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 28, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

A method of validating a wind turbine including a rotor includes intentionally inducing a loading imbalance to the rotor. The method also includes measuring the loading imbalance induced to the rotor, transmitting a signal representative of the measured loading imbalance to a calibration module, and at least one of detecting an error and calibrating at least one component of the wind turbine based on the signal.

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