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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Vijaykumar Muppayya Hiremath, Bangalore, IN;
Vishal Chandra Harupka, Bangalore, IN;
D. Mallikarjuna Reddy, Kurnool, IN;
Vijaykumar Muppayya Hiremath, Bangalore, IN;
Vishal Chandra Harupka, Bangalore, IN;
D. Mallikarjuna Reddy, Kurnool, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A monitoring system and associated operational method are operatively configured with a wind turbine for detecting separation of shell members along an edge of a wind turbine rotor blade. The system includes any configuration of sensors disposed within an internal cavity of the rotor blade, with the sensor oriented relative to a leading or trailing edge of the blade and configured to detect a physical characteristic within the blade that is indicative of onset of a separation between the shell members along the monitored edge. A controller is configured to receive signals from the sensor and to initiate an automatic response to a detected separation.