Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control system and method for mitigating rotor imbalance on a wind turbine
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Application No.: US14477950Application Date: 2014-09-05
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Publication No.: US10018177B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Xu Fu , Lihan He , Hai Qiu , Gerald Addison Curtin, Jr. , Myungkeun Yoon
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent Douglas D. Zhang
- Priority: CN201310435662 20130923
- Main IPC: F03D7/02
- IPC: F03D7/02 ; F03D7/04 ; F03D17/00

Abstract:
A wind turbine includes a rotor comprising multiple blades mounted on a hub, MIMUs mounted on each blade for sensing parameter signals thereof, and a control system. The control system includes a wind speed calculation unit, a wind shear calculation unit, a pitch angle compensation command calculation unit, and a pitch control unit. The wind speed calculation unit is used for calculating wind speeds at the blades based at least on the sensed parameter signals. The wind shear calculation unit is used for calculating a characteristic shear exponent based at least on the calculated wind speeds. The pitch angle compensation command calculation unit is used for calculating pitch angle compensation commands of the blades based at least on the calculated characteristic shear exponent. The pitch control unit is used for adjusting the pitch angles of the blades based on the calculated pitch angle compensation commands.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150086362A1 CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING ROTOR IMBALANCE ON A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2015-03-26
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