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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Devendra Shashikant Dange, Atlanta, GA (US);
Thomas Frank Fric, Greer, SC (US);
Edward Wayne Hardwicke, Jr., Simpsonville, SC (US);
Renjith Viripullan Kekkaroth, Bangalore, IN;
Noah Pennington, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Devendra Shashikant Dange, Atlanta, GA (US);
Thomas Frank Fric, Greer, SC (US);
Edward Wayne Hardwicke, Jr., Simpsonville, SC (US);
Renjith Viripullan Kekkaroth, Bangalore, IN;
Noah Pennington, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, embodiments of a method of controlling a power rating of a wind turbine are described. One embodiment of the method comprises retrieving, by a computing device, one or more preset values from a memory, wherein the one or more preset values include at least an initial torque setpoint for a wind turbine; determining, by the computing device, an adjusted torque setpoint for the wind turbine based at least in part on one or more operating conditions received from one or more measurement devices associated with the wind turbine; and adjusting a real power output rating of the wind turbine based on the determined adjusted torque setpoint. In one aspect, the computing device can be a controller for the wind turbine.