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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Kevin Lewis Cousineau, Tehachapi, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic safety system for a wind turbine. The system includes a series of switching elements coupled together to indicate a fail-safe condition of the wind turbine. The system also includes a plurality of optical transceivers, a plurality of optical conductors, and a blade pitch controller. Each of the optical transceivers is disposed at least at a down tower and an up tower of the wind turbine. The optical conductors are then coupled to the optical transceivers to carry optical signals between the down tower and the up tower. The blade pitch controller is connected to an up-tower optical transceiver, where the controller controls wind turbine blades.