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Patent No.:

US 9512820 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2013
Applicant:

John M. Obrecht, Louisville, CO (US);

Inventor:

John M. Obrecht, Louisville, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0204 (2013.01); F03D 7/048 (2013.01); F05B 2270/20 (2013.01); F05B 2270/321 (2013.01); F05B 2270/329 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for improving power production efficiency on a wind farm having of a plurality of spatially distributed wind turbines is provided. The method includes receiving a wind measurement that includes a wind direction impinging on a turbine (), determining a misalignment of the wind turbine with respect to the wind direction, and activating a wake steering control for the wind turbine () to implement the misalignment of the wind turbine () with the wind direction such that the misalignment is adapted to steer a wake of the wind turbine away from a neighboring wind turbine (). A wind turbine arrangement including a nacelle, a yaw controller, and a yaw drive is also provided.


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