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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Alvaro Calle Garrido, Madrid, ES;
Eugenio Yegro, Madrid, ES;
Manuel Huerta Crespo, Madrid, ES;
Pedro L. Benito, Rheine, DE;
Inventors:
Alvaro Calle Garrido, Madrid, ES;
Eugenio Yegro, Madrid, ES;
Manuel Huerta Crespo, Madrid, ES;
Pedro L. Benito, Rheine, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wind turbine includes a first vibration sensor for producing a first vibration signal; a second vibration sensor, displaced from the first vibration sensor, for producing a second vibration signal; and a processor for comparing the first vibration signal to the second vibration signal and controlling the wind turbine in response to the comparison.