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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Thomas Joseph Fischetti, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Thomas Joseph Fischetti, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, a method for controlling the amplitude modulation of the noise generated by wind turbines is generally disclosed. The method may include determining a sound characteristic of a turbine sound wave generated by a wind turbine and generating an additive sound wave based on the sound characteristic such that a resultant sound wave is produced having a peak-to-peak amplitude that is smaller than a peak-to-peak amplitude of the turbine sound wave.