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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Thomas Joseph Fischetti, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Michael Glen Horn, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 5/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01M 29/18 (2011.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); G10K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 29/18 (2013.01); F03D 11/00 (2013.01); G10K 5/00 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine may include a tower, a nacelle mounted on the tower and a rotor coupled to the nacelle. The rotor may include a hub and at least one rotor blade extending from the hub. In addition, the wind turbine may include a nozzle mounted on or within the tower, the nacelle or the hub. The nozzle may include an inlet and an outlet. Moreover, the nozzle may be configured to accelerate a flow of fluid through the outlet such that an ultrasonic sound emission is produced by the nozzle.