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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Christopher H. McLemore, Jupiter, FL (US);
Eric D. Schwartz, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Steven J. Shelp, Uniondale, NJ (US);
Travis B. Pedriani, Jermyn, PA (US);
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods coordinate drone flights in an operating windfarm. A drone flight path that is removed from any location where the drone is conducting observations of a wind turbine and that extends through at least part of a windfarm to a destination location is determined. A respective wake pattern along at least one portion of the drone fight path is determined based on respective operating parameters for each of at least one wind turbine in the windfarm. Flight time commands to adjust at least one respective operating parameter of the respective wind turbine to reduce the effect of the respective wake pattern at a point ahead of the drone on the drone flight path are sent by a windfarm controller controlling the at least one wind turbine.