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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Hartmut Scholte-wassink, Lage, DE;
Saskia Honhoff, Salzbergen, DE;
Benoit Petitjean, Rheine, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0296 (2013.01); F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F03D 7/0244 (2013.01); F05B 2260/96 (2013.01); F05B 2270/323 (2013.01); F05B 2270/333 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to the present disclosure, a method of operating a wind turbine including operating the wind turbine in a noise reduction mode based on at least one set point of a wind turbine parameter such that noise produced by said wind turbine remains below a predefined noise emission level, obtaining an actual air density related value, and applying a correction factor to the at least one set point of a wind turbine parameter is provided. The correction factor is determined in dependence of said actual air density related value.