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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Till Hoffmann, Osnabrück, DE;
Gert Torbohm, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE;
Jignesh Gandhi, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Robert Peter Slack, Seattle, WA (US);
Till Hoffmann, Osnabrück, DE;
Gert Torbohm, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE;
Jignesh Gandhi, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Robert Peter Slack, Seattle, WA (US);
Kirk Gee Pierce, Lafayette, CO (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of validating a wind turbine including a rotor includes intentionally inducing a loading imbalance to the rotor. The method also includes measuring the loading imbalance induced to the rotor, transmitting a signal representative of the measured loading imbalance to a calibration module, and at least one of detecting an error and calibrating at least one component of the wind turbine based on the signal.