General Electric Company

Christopher James Winslow

Ryan Michael LeClair

Stefan Herr

Alexander Kimberley Simpson

Thierry Pascal Maeder

Thomas Siebers

Donald M Rogers

Mark West

Thomas P Schmitt

Carlos Haertel

Saskia G Honoff

Clinton L Williams

A sensor assembly for use with a wind turbine rotor blade is provided. The sensor assembly includes an air data probe including a base shaft, a tip, and a rod portion extending therebetween, wherein the rod portion is fabricated from a composite material. The sensor assembly includes a receptacle configured to couple within the leading edge of the rotor blade for receiving the base shaft therein such that the tip extends a distance from the leading edge when the base shaft is received within the receptacle.

Wind turbine sensor assembly and method of assembling the same

A method and an apparatus for measuring an air flow at an airfoil surface are provided, wherein at least one pressure sensor adapted to detect an air flow associated with a rotor blade surface and a pressure transducer which converts the detected air flow into an electrical signal indicating the air flow are provided. The pressure sensor is arranged within the boundary layer of the air flow at the airfoil surface such that the boundary layer profile may be determined from the electrical signal. The air flow sensor is adapted for rotor blades of a wind turbine to assist in adjusting a pitch angle of the rotor blades.

Method and apparatus for measuring air flow condition at a wind turbine blade

A wind turbine and system for controlling a wind turbine using a nosecone mounted metrology system is disclosed. The wind turbine comprises at least one wind sensor for determining at least one wind characteristic. The wind sensor is mounted on a boom and located at a predetermined distance outward from the wind turbine nosecone.

Wind turbine metrology system

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Esperance, NY, United States of America

Christopher James Winslow