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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Xiaoyun Zang, Shanghai, CN;
Dong Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Meng Gao, Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for continuing wind turbine operation when normal wind turbine motor control is unavailable due to overheating of one or more wind turbine control motors. Technical effects of the present invention include providing an effective control strategy continuing operation during over-heating of a wind turbine control motor, such as a pitch control motor and a yaw control motor.