General Electric Company

Philippe Giguere

Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi

Anurag Gupta

Colin Craig McCulloch

Manish Satyapal Gupta

Stefan Herr

Scott Gabell Riddell

Matthew Patrick Boespflug

Prashant Srinivasan

Vrinda Rajiv

Bruce J Badding

Peter James Fritz

Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr

Venkatarao Ryali

Angela Patterson

Jeffrey Eric Bergman

Nicholas Joseph Tobergte

Abhishek Srivastava

Angshuman Saha

Srinivasa Reddy Gujju

Vineel Gujjar

Karsten Hilt

Pameet Singh

Paula Marie Harrison

Manish Gupta

Jr Grover Andrew Bennett

Bruce John Badding

Colin Mcculloch

Nicholas Tobergte

Michael R Lablanc

A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine and a method for increasing a loading capability of a rotor blade within a maximum load limit for a wind turbine are disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes an extension connected to a surface of the rotor blade, the extension having at least one design characteristic configured for increasing a loading capability of the rotor blade within a maximum load limit for the wind turbine. The design characteristic is one of extension length, extension width, extension curvature, span-wise extension location, chord-wise extension location, or extension angle with respect to a chord line of the rotor blade.

Extension for rotor blade in wind turbine

The present disclosure relates to an approach by which low-performing turbines may be identified from among a plurality of wind turbines, such as may be present at a wind power plant. In accordance with one embodiment, low-performing turbines are identified from among pairs of turbines and based upon a comparison of the observed and expected performance of the turbines within each pair.

Systems and methods for identifying wind turbine performance inefficiency

A method for determining wind turbine location within a wind power plant based on at least one design criteria. A wind turbine layout including at least one wind turbine location is prepared and site conditions at each wind turbine location are determined. One or more plant design metrics are evaluated in response to the site conditions. The plant design metrics are analyzed in response to the site conditions. The method further includes applying constraints to the wind turbine layout and comparing the plant design metrics to the design criteria and constraints. Thereafter, the wind turbine locations are selectively adjusted within the layout in response to the comparing step until a stop criteria is reached.

Method for wind turbine placement in a wind power plant

A system for deicing a wind turbine blade includes an electrically powered active plasma actuator applied to a desired portion of a wind turbine blade. The activated plasma actuator energizes the air in the vicinity of the plasma actuator to increase the surface temperature of the wind turbine blade in the vicinity of the plasma actuator sufficiently to reduce or eliminate the collection of ice on a desired portion of the wind turbine blade.

System and method of deicing and prevention or delay of flow separation over wind turbine blades

A method for optimizing an operation of at least one wind turbine includes defining a plurality of test parameters that include a plurality of test points for at least one wind turbine operational parameter, wherein each test point includes a plurality of test values for the wind turbine operational parameter, and defining at least one test sequence of the plurality of test points. The method also includes initiating a test that executes the plurality of test points within the at least one randomized test sequence and measures at least one operating condition of the at least one wind turbine at each test point.

Method and apparatus for optimizing wind turbine operation

A wind turbine blade is situated on a wind turbine and includes a side and a tip. The blade is configured to rotate about an axis upon an impact of a wind flow on the blade. An active flow modification device is disposed on the blade. The active flow modification device is configured to receive active flow instructions and to modify the wind flow proximate to the blade. The resulting wind turbine blade uses these active flow modifications to achieve reduced loads, reduced aerodynamic losses, reduced noise, enhanced energy capture, or combinations thereof.

Active flow modifications on wind turbine blades

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Simpsonville, SC, United States of America

Philippe Giguere