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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Rajeeva Kumar, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Charudatta Subhash Mehendale, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A control system for mitigating loads on a wind turbine comprising a plurality of blades in yaw error events includes a yaw error calculation unit for calculating a yaw error of the wind turbine, a pitch angle reference command calculation unit for calculating a plurality of pitch angle reference commands respectively corresponding to the plurality of blades at least based on the calculated yaw error, and a controller for producing a plurality of pitch commands at least based on the plurality of pitch angle reference commands, to respectively regulate the pitch angles of the plurality of blades.