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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Scott Charles Evans, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Danian Zheng, Norwalk, CT (US);
Raul Munoz, QRO, MX;
Samuel Bryan Shartzer, Greenville, SC (US);
Brian Allen Rittenhouse, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Samuel Davoust, BY, DE;
Alvaro Enrique Gil, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nurali Virani, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ricardo Zetina, QRO, MX;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for assessing or validating wind turbine or wind farm performance produced by one or more upgrades is provided. Measurements of operating data from wind turbines in a wind farm are obtained. Baseline models of performance are generated, and each of the baseline models is developed from a different portion of the operating data. A generating step filters the wind turbines so that they are in a balanced randomized state. An optimal baseline model of performance is selected from the baseline models and the optimal baseline model includes direction. The optimal baseline model of performance and an actual performance of the wind farm or wind turbine is compared. The comparing step determines a difference between an optimal baseline model of power output and an actual power output of the wind farm/turbine. The difference is reflective of a change in the power output produced by the upgrades.