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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Arne Koerber, Berlin, DE;
William Edwin Holley, Greer, SC (US);
Leonardo Cesar Kammer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charudatta Subhash Mehendale, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/00 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F05B 2270/331 (2013.01); F05B 2270/336 (2013.01); F05B 2270/402 (2013.01); F05B 2270/404 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided for controlling wind turbine loading. In one embodiment, a method includes the steps of determining a current thrust value for the wind turbine, calculating a thrust differential based on the current thrust value and a predetermined maximum thrust value, calculating a desired pitch offset value based on the thrust differential and a thrust sensitivity value, and adjusting a pitch of the wind turbine utilizing the pitch offset value.