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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2010
Bernard Landa, Taylors, SC (US);
Carlos Eduardo Latorre, Greer, SC (US);
Thomas Frank Fric, Greer, SC (US);
Thomas Omar Converse, Lanesborough, MA (US);
Thomas Dinjus, Greer, SC (US);
Michael Gregory Brown, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gert Torbohm, Rheine, DE;
Nadine Schuell, Rheine, DE;
Bernard Landa, Taylors, SC (US);
Carlos Eduardo Latorre, Greer, SC (US);
Thomas Frank Fric, Greer, SC (US);
Thomas Omar Converse, Lanesborough, MA (US);
Thomas Dinjus, Greer, SC (US);
Michael Gregory Brown, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gert Torbohm, Rheine, DE;
Nadine Schuell, Rheine, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling a wind turbine that includes at least one rotor shaft and at least one blade operatively coupled to the rotor shaft includes measuring a first wind turbine operational condition that is representative of a blade deflection value and generating a first operational condition signal based on that first wind turbine operational condition. The wind turbine also includes a drive train including at least one rotor shaft and an electric generator. The method also includes measuring at least one second wind turbine operational condition and generating at least one second operational condition signal. The method further includes changing the blade deflection value by changing the second operational condition.