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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Saskia G. Honhoff, Salzbergen, DE;
Donald M. Rogers, Greer, SC (US);
Felix C. Landwehr, Lohne, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for estimating a freestream wind characteristic for a wind turbine having a rotor includes estimating a nacelle wind speed for the turbine; determining, from the estimated nacelle wind speed, at least one angular position of the rotor for measuring a nacelle wind characteristic for the turbine; and measuring the nacelle wind characteristic at the determined angular position of the rotor.