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Patent No.:

US 10704533 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2016

Wind turbine power generating apparatus and method of operating the same

Applicant:

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Mitsuya Baba, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiyuki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Wakako Ariki, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Kanesaka Berner and Partners LLP

Primary Examiner:

George C Jin

Assistant Examiner:

Teuta B Holbrook

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 17/00 (2016.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F03D 7/0276 (2013.01); F03D 7/042 (2013.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.05); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F05B 2240/221 (2013.01); F05B 2270/1095 (2013.01); F05B 2270/327 (2013.01); F05B 2270/331 (2013.01); F05B 2270/807 (2013.01); F05B 2270/808 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01); Y02E 10/725 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a wind turbine power generating apparatus including a wind turbine rotor having a wind turbine blade includes: a step of obtaining a load applied to the wind turbine blade; and a step of selecting an operation mode of the wind turbine power generating apparatus on the basis of the load, from among a plurality of operation modes including a normal operation mode and at least one load-suppressing operation mode in which the load applied to the wind turbine blade is smaller than in the normal operation mode.

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Baba, Mitsuya. (2020). Wind turbine power generating apparatus and method of operating the same (U.S. Patent No. 10704533). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10704533

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