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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Digital Wind Systems, Inc., Newtown Square, PA (US);
Inventor:
John W. Newman, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Wind Systems, Inc., West Conshohocken, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/11 (2006.01); G01N 29/14 (2006.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/11 (2013.01); F03D 11/0091 (2013.01); G01N 29/14 (2013.01); F05B 2270/81 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01); Y02E 10/726 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine blade inspection system includes a sensitive microphone positioned near the base of the turbine tower to receive acoustic signals emanating from anomalies in a rotating turbine blades and a signal analysis system configured to analyze the acoustic signals including Doppler analysis. The data may be centrally monitored and recorded for wind power asset management.