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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Danian Zheng, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Xiongzhe Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Danian Zheng, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Xiongzhe Huang, Shanghai, CN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling operation of a wind turbine is described. The wind turbine includes a rotor having a plurality of rotor blades and an upwind wind condition measurement device. The method includes measuring a wind condition upwind from the rotor using the upwind wind condition measurement device and providing the measured wind condition to a processor. The method also includes determining a control algorithm parameter, based at least partially on the measured wind condition, that controls at least one of a wind turbine response bandwidth, a wind turbine response speed, and a wind turbine control error range. The method also includes determining a wind turbine operating command based at least partially on the control algorithm parameter and applying the wind turbine operating command to operation of the wind turbine.