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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2012
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Aditya Jayant, Bangalore, IN;

Shimnamol Padmanabhan Nair, Bangalore, IN;

Vincent Arokiasamy, Bangalore, IN;

Santhosha Yelwal Srikanta, Yelwal, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/00 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); G05D 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 17/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/12 (2006.01); G05D 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 9/00 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F05B 2270/111 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for operating a wind farm are disclosed. The method includes detecting an operating condition of an upwind wind generator, the upwind wind generator located upstream of a downwind wind generator relative to a wind flow direction. The method further includes communicating a control signal to the downwind wind generator. The control signal is based on the operating condition. The method further includes beginning to adjust the downwind wind generator according to the control signal before the wind flow is experienced by the downwind wind generator.


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