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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Shahid Ali, Bangalore, IN;
Rupam Mukherjee, Bangalore, IN;
Jishnu Kavil Kambrath, Kannur, IN;
Veena Padmarao, Bangalore, IN;
Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Benjamin Simon Engels, Osnabrueck, DE;
Norman Arnold Turnquist, Carlisle, NY (US);
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona, ES;
Abstract
A method for operating a generator of a wind turbine includes generating, via a controller, a time series of a plurality of operating signals of the generator. The method also includes applying at least one algorithm to the time series of the plurality of operating signals of the generator to generate a processed time series of the of the plurality of operating signals of the generator. Moreover, the method includes identifying, via the controller, patterns in the processed time series of the plurality of operating signals of the generator to identify one or more of at least one slip event occurring in the slip coupling or a surface health of the slip coupling. Further, the method includes implementing, via the controller, a control action when the at least one slip event occurring in the slip coupling is identified or the surface health of the slip coupling is indicative of degradation in the slip coupling.