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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Edenfeld, Osnabrück, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F03D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/0091 (2013.01); F03D 1/003 (2013.01); F05B 2260/42 (2013.01); F05B 2260/80 (2013.01); F05B 2270/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for scheduling the replacement of wind turbine batteries is disclosed. The method may include monitoring an air temperature of a location at which a battery is stored within a wind turbine, determining with a controller a predicted lifetime for the battery based on the air temperature and determining when to replace the battery based at least in part on the predicted lifetime.