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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Applicant:
GE Infrastructure Technology, Llc., Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey A. Butterworth, Rocklin, CA (US);
Tobias G. Wehrhan, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/044 (2013.01); F03D 7/0232 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); F05B 2270/3015 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
One or more controllers may perform one or more methods to control one or more air deflector units of one or more wind turbine rotor blades. The methods include per-blade control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce blade loading caused by wind gusts. The methods also include collective control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce tower motion and/or rotor speed.
Butterworth, Jeffrey. (2018). Wind turbine air deflector system control (U.S. Patent No. 9926911). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9926911
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