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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Ruijie Shi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Leonardo Cesar Kammer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charudatta Subhash Mehendale, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ruijie Shi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Leonardo Cesar Kammer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charudatta Subhash Mehendale, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for determining wind turbine tower base torque loads including a controller configured to determine a torque load of a base of a tower of a wind turbine according to a computation of an effective height of the wind turbine multiplied by a wind force upon a rotor of the wind turbine, and generate a control signal representing the torque load. A method for determining wind turbine tower base torque loads including determining a torque load of a base of a tower of a wind turbine according to the foregoing computation, and generating a control signal representing the torque load.