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System and method for controlling a wind turbine based on identified surface conditions of the rotor blades

US9759068B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Andreas Herrig · Garching an der Alz, DE
Saskia Gerarda Honhoff · Salzbergen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2013
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 3, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

In one aspect, a method for controlling a wind turbine based on an identified surface condition of a rotor blade may include monitoring an operating parameter of the wind turbine to obtain parameter data related to the operating parameter as an operating input of the wind turbine changes, analyzing the parameter data to identify a roughness state of the rotor blade and performing a corrective action in response to the identified roughness state.

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