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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Danian Zheng, Fairfield, CT (US);
Xiongzhe Huang, Shanghai, CN;
William Edwin Holley, Greer, SC (US);
Conner B. Shane, Glenville, NY (US);
Raveendra Penmatsa, Bangalore, IN;
Jignesh Govindlal Gandhi, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Timothy Botsford Cribbs, Roanoke, VA (US);
Danian Zheng, Fairfield, CT (US);
Xiongzhe Huang, Shanghai, CN;
William Edwin Holley, Greer, SC (US);
Conner B. Shane, Glenville, NY (US);
Raveendra Penmatsa, Bangalore, IN;
Jignesh Govindlal Gandhi, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Timothy Botsford Cribbs, Roanoke, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for reducing oscillation loads of a wind turbine induced by high turbulence and/or combined with other environmental conditions are provided. The method includes determining at least one wind parameter at the wind turbine; monitoring an operating condition of the wind turbine; determining, by a processor, a variance of at least one of the monitored operating condition or a plurality of the wind parameters, wherein the variance is indicative of an oscillation occurring at one or more wind turbine components; determining, by a processor, an operating set point based on the variance; and, operating the wind turbine based on the operating set point when the variance indicates that the oscillation has a frequency within a certain frequency band so as to modify the frequency, wherein the modified frequency is outside of the frequency band and reduces oscillation loads occurring at the one or more wind turbine components.