General Electric Company

Zachary Kurt Blaettler

Till Hoffmann

Hammad Ahmad

Justin Richard Curtis

Joseph Andrew Trzemzalski

A wind turbine and associated control method includes a controller configured with a high speed shaft brake in the generator gear train. The controller receives an input signal corresponding to rotational speed of the high speed shaft, wherein upon the high speed shaft reaching a predefined rotational speed and under a braking condition that calls for the rotor to come to a complete standstill, the controller generates an activate signal to activate the brake. An interlock system is in communication with the low speed shaft sensor and the controller and is configured to override the activate signal when the rotational speed of the low speed shaft is above a threshold value.

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Simpsonville, SC, United States of America

Zachary Kurt Blaettler