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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2009
Applicant:
Christoph Schulten, Salzbergen, DE;
Inventor:
Christoph Schulten, Salzbergen, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H20K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of identifying a load on a wind turbine is provided. The method includes sensing accelerations of a rotor in a plurality of dimensions via at least one acceleration sensor and transmitting, from the acceleration sensor, signals indicative of the sensed accelerations to a control system. The method also includes receiving, at the control system, the transmitted signals from the acceleration sensor and identifying, via the control system, a load on the wind turbine based on the received signals.