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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2023
Applicant:

General Electric Renovables Espana, S.l., Barcelona, ES;

Inventors:

Luca Vita, Barcelona, ES;

Benjamin Palethorpe, Nantes, FR;

Marc Sala Lluma, Barcelona, ES;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/00 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0276 (2013.01); F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F03D 7/044 (2013.01); F05B 2270/101 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods for operating wind turbines (), in particular to methods for feeding wind turbine auxiliary systems when connection to the electrical grid () is lost. A method () comprises rotating a wind turbine rotor () at a first rotational speed by actively controlling a pitch angle of the plurality of rotor blades () while a safe condition is detected, and generating electric power; supplying at least part of the generated electric power to at least one wind turbine auxiliary system; detecting a specified condition; and in reply to the detection of the specified condition, rotating the wind turbine rotor () at a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed, and generating electric power.


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