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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Mallikarjuna Reddy D, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Sujan Kumar Pal, State-Tripura, IN;
Narasimhamurthy Raju Nadampalli, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Mallikarjuna Reddy D, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Sujan Kumar Pal, State-Tripura, IN;
Narasimhamurthy Raju Nadampalli, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A monitoring system for a wind turbine includes at least one acoustic sensor configured to measure an acoustic emission generated by at least one component of the wind turbine, and a control system configured to calculate at least one wear characteristic of the component based on the measured acoustic emission. The wear characteristic includes at least one of a current amount of wear on the component, a rate of wear on the component, and a predicted amount of wear on the component.