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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Corneliu Barbu, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Ralph Teichmann, Nishkayuna, NY (US);
Aaron Avagliano, Houston, TX (US);
Leonardo Cesar Kammer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kirk Gee Pierce, Simpsonville, SC (US);
David Samuel Pesetsky, Greenville, SC (US);
Peter Gauchel, Muenster, DE;
Corneliu Barbu, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Ralph Teichmann, Nishkayuna, NY (US);
Aaron Avagliano, Houston, TX (US);
Leonardo Cesar Kammer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kirk Gee Pierce, Simpsonville, SC (US);
David Samuel Pesetsky, Greenville, SC (US);
Peter Gauchel, Muenster, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for braking a wind turbine including at least one rotor blade coupled to a rotor. The method includes selectively controlling an angle of pitch of the at least one rotor blade with respect to a wind direction based on a design parameter of a component of the wind turbine to facilitate reducing a force induced into the wind turbine component as a result of braking.