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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2024
General Electric Renovables España, S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Frank Hinken, Salzbergen, DE;
Hartmut Scholte-Wassink, Salzbergen, DE;
Mattia D'angelo, Barcelona, ES;
Sebastian Wiemer, Wedel, DE;
GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method () for operating a yaw system of a wind turbine (), the yaw system comprising a yaw bearing (), an annular gear () and a plurality of yaw drives () including a motor () with a motor brake (), a gearbox () and a pinion () operatively connected with the motor (). The method () comprises operating the plurality of yaw drives () to rotate a nacelle () with respect to a tower () of the wind turbine (). The method further comprises stopping rotation of the nacelle () with respect to the tower (), including closing the motor brakes () of the yaw drives (). Furthermore, the method () comprises, after a waiting time, balancing loads experienced by the plurality of yaw drives () of the yaw system. The present disclosure also relates to a control system () for a wind turbine () that is configured to carry out such method ().
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