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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2020
General Electric Renovables Espana S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Francesco Perrone, Norderstedt, DE;
Leonardo Cesar Kammer, Schenectady, NY (US);
GE Vernova Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona, ES;
Abstract
A method for reducing extreme loads acting on at least one rotor blade of a wind turbine includes calculating, via a processor, a flapwise bending moment of the rotor blade(s). Further, the method includes calculating, via the processor, an edgewise bending moment of the rotor blade(s). The method also includes calculating, via the processor, an average load envelope of a blade root bending moment of the rotor blade(s) as a function of the flapwise bending moment and the edgewise bending moment of the rotor blade(s). Moreover, the method includes calculating, via the processor, an overall load envelope of the blade root bending moment of the rotor blade(s) as a function of the average load envelope and a future load estimation of the blade root bending moment of the rotor blade(s). As such, the method also includes implementing, via the processor, a control action when the overall load envelope is above a certain threshold.