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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz, San Diego, CA (US);
David Lawrence Lemieux, Boulder, MT (US);
Kirk Gee Pierce, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz, San Diego, CA (US);
David Lawrence LeMieux, Boulder, MT (US);
Kirk Gee Pierce, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling a wind turbine having twist bend coupled rotor blades on a rotor mechanically coupled to a generator includes determining a speed of a rotor blade tip of the wind turbine, measuring a current twist distribution and current blade loading, and adjusting a torque of a generator to change the speed of the rotor blade tip to thereby increase an energy capture power coefficient of the wind turbine.