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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Thomas Edenfeld, Osnabrück, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Edenfeld, Osnabrück, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/00 (2006.01); H02P 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a wind power plant during grid loss is disclosed. The method includes powering a blade pitch drive of the wind power plant by an energy storing unit, and adjusting the pitch of the rotor blades of the wind power plant by means of the blade pitch drive, wherein a rotor shaft keeps rotating and the wind power plant enters a self-sustaining power generating mode upon adjustment of the pitch of the blades.