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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Hartmut Scholte-Wassink, Salzbergen, DE;
Arne Koerber, Salzbergen, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Method for operating a wind turbine, the wind turbine including a wind characteristics sensor for measuring a wind characteristic and at least one wind turbine state sensor for measuring a state of the wind turbine, the method comprising: determining or adjusting () one or more wind characteristics relationships; and, performing () an operation phase, the operation phase including: measuring the wind characteristics with the wind characteristics sensor, thereby obtaining measured wind characteristics; measuring the state of the wind turbine with the at least one wind turbine state sensor and determining an estimated wind characteristics from the measured state of the wind turbine and parameters of the wind turbine; comparing the estimated wind characteristics to an expected wind characteristics determined from the measured wind characteristics, wherein the expected wind characteristics is determined based on the one or more wind characteristics relationships; and, operating or shutting down the wind turbine based at least in part on the comparison result.