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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Pranav Agarwal, Guilderland, NY (US);
Govardhan Ganireddy, Bangalore, IN;
Mark Edward Cardinal, Altamont, NY (US);
Venkata Krishna Vadlamudi, Bangalore, IN;
Pranav Agarwal, Guilderland, NY (US);
Govardhan Ganireddy, Bangalore, IN;
Mark Edward Cardinal, Altamont, NY (US);
Venkata Krishna Vadlamudi, Bangalore, IN;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A wind turbine includes wind turbine blades, a wind turbine rotor coupled to the wind turbine blades, a wind turbine generator coupled to the wind turbine rotor, a wind turbine converter coupled to the wind turbine generator, a controllable brake comprising one or more sources of controllable rotor torque adjustment for providing a first level of torque adjustment, a discrete brake for more coarsely providing a second level of torque adjustment, and a controller programmed for responding to a deceleration event by determining a required torque adjustment for braking, determining a sequence of applying the controllable brake and the discrete brake for driving a combination of the first and second levels of torque adjustment towards the required torque adjustment, and providing control signals for decelerating the wind turbine.