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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Corneliu Barbu, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Parag Vyas, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Corneliu Barbu, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Parag Vyas, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method provide a proactive mechanism to control pitching of the blades of a wind turbine to compensate for rotor imbalance during normal operation by pitching the blades individually or asymmetrically, based on turbulent wind gust measurements in front of the rotor, determined before it reaches the rotor blades.