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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Andreas Herrig, Rheine, DE;
Saskia Gerarda Honhoff, Salzbergen, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/12 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/00 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/12 (2013.01); F03D 7/00 (2013.01); F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F05B 2270/30 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method for controlling a wind turbine based on an identified surface condition of a rotor blade may include monitoring an operating parameter of the wind turbine to obtain parameter data related to the operating parameter as an operating input of the wind turbine changes, analyzing the parameter data to identify a roughness state of the rotor blade and performing a corrective action in response to the identified roughness state.