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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Santiago Tomas, Barcelona, ES;
Jeffrey Alan Melius, Roanoke, VA (US);
Ramy Michael Souri, Greer, SC (US);
Jignesh Govindlal Gandhi, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Edward Way Hardwicke, Jr., Simpsonville, SC (US);
Darren John Danielsen, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing loads of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring, via a turbine controller, a rotor blade of the wind turbine for faults. If a fault is detected, the method includes determining an operational status of the wind turbine. If a predetermined operational status is present at the same time the fault is present, the method also include actively yawing a nacelle of the wind turbine away from an incoming wind direction until either the fault is corrected or cleared and/or the operational status changes.