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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ameet Shridhar Deshpande, Schenectady, NY (US);
Pranav Agarwal, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01); G01M 99/00 (2011.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0296 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); G01M 5/0016 (2013.01); G01M 5/0041 (2013.01); G01M 5/0066 (2013.01); G01M 99/004 (2013.01); F05B 2260/821 (2013.01); F05B 2270/1016 (2013.01); F05B 2270/331 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method for estimating tower loads, such as tower deflection, of a wind turbine. The method includes receiving an estimate of slow variations in thrust of a tower of the wind turbine. The method also includes determining, via one or more sensors, tower accelerations of the tower of the wind turbine. Thus, the method also includes estimating the tower loads of the wind turbine as a function of the estimate of slow variations in thrust of the tower and the tower accelerations.