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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Klaus Stegemann, Coesfeld, DE;
Juergen Esser, Bevergen, DE;
Hermann R. Fehrenbach, Ruelzheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/00 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for operating a wind turbine generator includes generating at least one of a plurality of rotor shaft angular displacement values, a plurality of rotor shaft angular velocity signals, and a plurality of rotor shaft angular acceleration signals. The method also includes determining a torsional moment within a rotor shaft, and modulating at least one of a wind turbine generator yaw orientation and a blade pitch orientation as a function of the determined torsional moment.