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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Peter Slack, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandon Shane Gerber, Charleston, SC (US);
Thomas Franklin Perley, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Bernardo Adrian Movsichoff, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present subject matter is directed to a system and method for dynamically controlling a wind turbine. The method includes operating the wind turbine based on a thrust set point and a speed set point. A next step includes determining a desired change in actual speed of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from an instantaneous operating point. The method also includes determining a desired change in thrust of the wind turbine in response to control actuations starting from the instantaneous operating point. Next, the method determines at least one parameter set point that achieves the desired change in speed and the desired change in thrust and controls the wind turbine based on the parameter set point so as to maintain the actual thrust and the actual speed of the wind turbine within a certain tolerance of the thrust set point and the speed set point, thereby regulating loads acting on the wind turbine while simultaneously maintaining optimal or near optimal power output.