Patent · US Active

System and method for enhanced operation of wind parks

US9347432B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Andreas Herrig · Garching an der Alz, DE
Benoit Petitjean · Moosburg an der Isar, DE
Sara Simonne Louisa Delport · Bad Abbach, DE
Nathan Charles Schneider · Marietta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2014
Grant date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of operating a wind turbine park including operating wind turbines includes recording a plurality of sound pressure measurements of the wind turbine park, thereby generating a sound recording. The method also includes calculating values for a plurality of acoustic features associated with the sound recording. The method further includes determining a relationship between the calculated values for the plurality of acoustic features and modeled acoustic features values resident within a probabilistic auditory model of the wind turbine park. The method also includes distinguishing a first contribution to the sound recording originating from the at least one operating wind turbine from a second contribution to the sound recording originating from non-wind turbine sources based on the determined relationship.

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